Ua haʻi ʻo Qu Dongyu ka Luna Nui o ka Food and Agriculture Organization o United Nations (FAO) i kahi ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi ma ka World Potato Congress ma Ireland, i mālama ʻia mai Mei 30 a Iune 2, e hōʻike ana ka Federal Journal of Agribusiness.
Hiki i nā ʻuala ke hāʻawi nui aku i ka mōʻaukala o ka honua a me ka palekana o ka meaʻai honua, a hiki i ka nui o ka hana ʻana o kēia meaʻai ke pālua i nā makahiki he 10 e hiki mai ana. Ua haʻi ka Luna Hoʻokele o FAO QU Dongyu i kēia ma kāna ʻōlelo nui ma ka 11th World Potato Congress ma Dublin.
I kēia lā, ulu ka ʻuala me nā aʻa genetic ma ʻAmelika Hema ma mua o 20 miliona mau ʻeka ma 150 mau ʻāina, me ka nui o ka hana honua ma 2020 he 359 miliona tons. hiki ke hoʻonui i ka hana i 500 miliona tons ma 2025 a me 750 miliona tons i 2030, wahi a ka luna nui o ka FAO.
"E lilo ka ʻuala i hoʻokahi o nā mea kanu pono i ka ʻōnaehana palekana meaʻai honua i ka wā e kokoke ana ka hua o nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe i ka palena," wahi a Qu Dongyu. Ua ʻike pū ʻo ia ʻo ʻAsia a me ʻApelika nā wahi me ka wikiwiki o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻuala i kēia manawa, ʻoiai ke emi nei ka hana ma ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hana ʻuala e like me ka emi ʻana o ka wahi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka mahi ʻuala, e hōʻike ana i ke kuleana o ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hua.
I ka ʻike ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hana ʻana i ka ʻāina kūpono, ka lako meaʻai a me ka pono o nā kulekele hoʻohui, nā hoʻolālā a me nā hana, ua kāhea ʻo ia i ke kākoʻo hoʻonui ʻia no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ka ʻuala a me ka hoʻopōkole ʻana i nā pōʻai ʻuala, a me ka waiwai kūpono o nā ʻōnaehana hua ʻuala manuahi ʻole. .
Ua mālama ka International Potato Center Lima gene bank ma mua o 7 mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe a me nā ʻohana ʻāhiu he nui nā ʻano, me ka hiki ke hoʻololi i nā kūlana hana like ʻole a pale aku i nā ʻano mea ʻino a me nā maʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Qu Dongyu ʻo ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka ʻuala no nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe he meaʻai nui ia e hiki ai i nā kānaka ke ola i ka wā wī a me nā pōʻino kūlohelohe. Ma Kina, ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻuala he mea kanu i koho ʻia no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻilihune, i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, me ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka mea kanu i ka ʻāina e pili pono ana i nā wahi ʻilihune ma mua, ʻo ia hoʻi nā wahi mauna.