Ua lilo ka World Potato Congress Industry Awards iā Dr. John J. Burke, Paul K. Struik, Antoine Wallace a me Richard W. "Dick" Okrey no kā lākou mau haʻawina koʻikoʻi i ka ʻoihana ʻuala honua.
Kauka John J. Burke
ʻO Kauka Burke kekahi o nā loea koʻikoʻi o ʻIlelani i ka ʻuala.
Ua hoʻomaha ʻo Dr. Burke mai Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland) i ka makahiki 2007. I ka hoʻomaha ʻana, ua hoʻi ʻo ia i kāna mea kanu punahele e hāʻawi manawaleʻa me ka Irish NGO Vita, e hana nui ana ma ʻAitiopa a me Eritrea ma nā papahana ulu ʻuala.
Ua hana ʻo ia me ka luhi ʻole e hoʻonui i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻuala, me ka nānā mau i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻike a me nā mākau o ka poʻe mahiʻai. Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i kahi pāhana hua ma nā ʻāina kaiāulu maʻemaʻe ma Chenche, ʻAitiopia, a ua hoʻolalelale i ka hoʻohua ʻuala ma nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe o ʻEritrea.
Ua alakaʻi ʻo John i nā seminar a me nā aʻo ʻana no ka poʻe mahiʻai, agronomists, regulators a me nā kumu hoʻonaʻauao ma nā ʻāina ʻelua. ʻIke koke ʻia ʻo ia a mahalo nui ʻia e kēlā me kēia mai ka mahiʻai a i nā kuhina, mahalo i kāna ʻano kamaʻilio ʻoluʻolu a mahalo, hoihoi ʻiʻo i nā mea a pau āna e hālāwai ai, a me kona makemake mau e kaʻana like i ka ʻike.
I loko o nā mākaʻikaʻi lōʻihi, hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā seminar a me nā haʻawina me ka poʻe mahiʻai a me nā kumu aʻo mahiʻai, ua ʻike nui ʻo John i ka nele o nā mea aʻo maikaʻi. Ma 2017, ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi puke i kapa ʻia ʻo Potato Cultivation, i lilo i kumu nui o ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hana ʻuala ma nā ʻāina ulu. Ua paʻi ʻia ka puke me ke kākoʻo ʻana o ka Irish Potato Industry a loaʻa me ka manuahi i nā poʻe āpau ma nā ʻāina ulu.
Mai ia manawa ua unuhi ʻia ʻo Growing the Potato Harvest i nā ʻōlelo he nui a ua kūkulu ʻia kahi manual pōkole. Loaʻa ka puke ma ke ʻano he kumu punaewele manuahi a ma ke ʻano pdf.
ʻO kāna mau kipa ʻana i ʻAitiopa a me ʻEritrea ua manaʻo nui ʻia a mahalo nui ʻia ʻo John e ka poʻe a pau i hālāwai me ia a aʻo pū me ia. Ke kākoʻo ikaika nei ʻo John i ka noiʻi ʻana o kekahi mau haumāna puka kula a haʻahaʻa e hana ana i nā kumuhana hoʻomohala ʻuala.
Paul K. Struik
Ua lilo ʻo Paul K. Struik i Polopeka no Crop Physiology ma ke Kulanui ʻo Wageningen mai ka makahiki 1986. I kēlā manawa, ʻo ia ka polopeka ʻōpio loa i koho ʻia ma Wageningen, a ʻo ka ʻuala ka mea nui i kāna ʻoihana. Ua hana ʻo ia i ka noiʻi ʻana i ka physiology, ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā hua, ka ulu ʻana o ka hua a me ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka maikaʻi e pili ana i ka QTL, ka ʻōnaehana hua a me ka hoʻokele kaulahao lako mahiʻai ma ʻApelika, a me ka hoʻoikaika mau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o kāna mau noiʻi noiʻi he interdisciplinary a hana ʻia me ka launa pū ʻana me nā sociologists, e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka agronomy potato a me nā hopena hoʻomohala. Ua lilo ʻo Paul i Luna Hoʻoponopono o Potato Research, he puke pai o ka European Potato Research Association, a he lālā o ka EAPR Board ma nā ʻano like ʻole. Ua kākau pū ʻo ia ma luna o 500 mau ʻatikala ʻepekema i loko o nā puke pai honua me nā Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NATURE PLANTS, Trends in Plant Science.
ʻO kāna papa inoa o nā mea i loaʻa pū kekahi ma mua o 300 mau puke ʻepekema a me nā ʻatikala no ka lehulehu; a me 15 mau puke (me ka ʻenehana ʻuala hua).
I ka makahiki 2019 ua loaʻa iā Professor Struik ka International Plant Science Award mai ka American Plant Society no kāna haʻawina nui i ka ʻepekema. ʻO ia hoʻi ka Luna Hoʻomalu o ke Kōmike Polokalamu a me ka Hope Pelekikena o ka Papa Kahu o ka Advisory Group o ka International Institute for Agricultural Research, ICARDA, ka International Center for Agricultural Research in the Drylands. Eia kekahi, hoʻomau ʻo ia i ke aʻo ʻana ma Wageningen, ke aʻo ʻana i ka hanauna hou o nā mea kanu ʻuala.
Antoine Wallace
Ma hope o kona puka ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻenekini kīwila, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Antoine Valleys, me kāna hoa ʻoihana a me ka agronomist Luc Raes, i ka mea kanu ʻuala ʻo Agristo ma Hulst/Harelbeek (Belgium). ʻO Antoine lāua ʻo Luc nā keiki a ka poʻe mahiʻai, a ʻo kā lāua mau hoa kāne i hana ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokele o ka hui, e hoʻohuli ana i kahi ʻoihana ʻohana maoli.
Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana, ua hana ʻo ia i ka hui Belgian no ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i nā ʻuala, ʻo Belgapom. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ka hui kaiapuni, hoʻolaha i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻohana hou ʻana i ka wai, a ʻo kāna kuleana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻuala Belgian kekahi o nā mea holomua loa.
Ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena o Belgapom (2006-2012), ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka Belgian Industrial Federation. He lālā ʻoihana ʻo ia o ka European Potato Processors Association.
ʻO Antoine nō hoʻi ka pelekikena mua o Vegaplan, he polokalamu palekana meaʻai a me nā mea kanu Belgian i hōʻoia ma luna o 10 mau mahiʻai a ua hōʻoia ʻia i ke gula e ka Sustainable Agriculture Initiative.
ʻO kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī ʻo Agristo, me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā keʻena hana hou ma Tilburg (Netherlands) i 2001, Nazareth i 2011 a me Vilsbeek i 2017, ua lilo ia i hoʻokahi o nā mea pāʻani Belgian koʻikoʻi e lawe aku i nā huahana ʻuala ma ʻEulopa a me ka honua.
Richard W. "Dick" Okrey
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Richard W. "Dick" Okrey ma Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Mai 1982-2020, ua hana ʻo ia ma ka Okrey Family Farms ma Plover, e ulu ana i 7750 ʻeka o nā mea kanu lālani maikaʻi ma Central Wisconsin, ʻoihana i nā ʻuala hou. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka mahiʻai e kona ʻohana ma mua o 110 mau makahiki i hala. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka makahiki 2020, noho mau ʻo ia i ka mea nona ka mahiʻai ʻohana i loaʻa ka makana aupuni no ka maikaʻi i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pesticide.
Ua pōmaikaʻi nui ka ʻoihana ʻuala honua mai ke alakaʻi ʻana a Dick Okrey. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke Kōmike Hoʻokō o ka US Potato Council (ʻike ʻia ʻo Potatoes USA) a he ʻelele no ka ʻoihana ʻuala o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e hele ana i nā hanana World Potato Congress ma Kina, Scotland, New Zealand a me Peru.
Ua kōkua ʻo ia a me kāna wahine ʻo Carol i ka loaʻa kālā e kūkulu i nā luawai ma nā kauhale ʻilihune kokoke i Cameroon, ʻApelika. Ua hoʻonohonoho lākou i ka hanana WellersWalk ma Stevens Point, Wisconsin, kahi i hoʻopiha ai nā poʻe komo a lawe i nā hue wai nui ma ke kaona, e hoʻonui ana i ka ʻike i ke kumu kūʻai o nā kamaʻāina he nui ma ʻApelika i kēlā me kēia lā e hāʻawi i ka wai i ko lākou ʻohana. ʻO nā kālā i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i ka wā o ka hanana makahiki i hoʻohana ʻia no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā luawai ma nā wahi kuaʻāina o Cameroon, e hoʻomaikaʻi nui ana i ke ola o nā tausani o nā poʻe kuaʻāina.
ʻO ka hana ma kāna kaiāulu a me kāna ʻoihana, ua lawelawe ʻo Dick ma nā hui a me nā papa he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi: ka Wisconsin Migrant Labor Council; Hui Hoʻolālā Waiwai o Central Wisconsin; ʻO United Potato Growers o Wisconsin a me United Potato Growers o ʻAmelika. Ua mahalo nui ʻia ʻo Dick no kāna mau hana philanthropic, e lawelawe ana ma ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka St. Michael's Hospital Foundation, ka Edward J. Oakray Charitable Foundation, a me ka Farming for the Future Foundation.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Dick ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ke Komite International o ka US Potato Board. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ka Wisconsin Potato Industry Board 2015-2020 (ʻo ia ka Hope Pelekikena o ka Papa).
Ua loaʻa iā ia ka WPVGA Agri-Communicator Award a me ka Portage County Business Council's Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture Award, a me ke Kulanui o Wisconsin-Stevens Point ka hanohano Distinguished Alumni Award. I ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i ka Hale Hoʻohanohano ʻo Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Association Hall of Fame.
Hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mea lanakila a pau o ka makana ʻoihana o ka World Potato Congress!