Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka paʻi ʻana i nā mea kūʻokoʻa mai ka WPC (World Potato Congress), e haʻi ana e pili ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o kahi kaulahao hua kanu hua maikaʻi ma ʻApelika.
E mālama ʻia ka World Potato Congress mai Mei 31 a Iune 3 ma Dublin, Ireland. E hui pū ana ka hanana i nā poʻe ʻoihana e like me nā mea kanu ʻuala, nā mea kūʻai nui, nā mea packer, nā mea lawe mai a me nā mea hoʻopuka i nā hua a me nā ʻuala.
I kēia pule ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka kūʻai ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻuala ma ʻAitiopa.
Ke kūʻai aku ʻana
Aia kekahi mau hua kanu ʻē aʻe ma Yeldu, kahi e noho ai ʻo Guta, akā ʻike ʻia kāna mahiʻai i nā mea he kumu o ka ʻuala hua maikaʻi.
Hele mai nā Lunamaka'āinana o nā hui aupuni, nā NGO (nā aupuni a me ka honua), ka ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa a me nā mahiʻai pākahi mai nā wahi like ʻole o ka ʻāina e kūʻai i nā hua.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻōlelo ka Potato Center (CIP) i nā mea kūʻai aku e hele i Yelda, ʻoiai nā mea hana hua ma laila e hoʻokō i nā koi QDS e hana i nā hua maikaʻi. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Holleta i nā hua ʻuala a Guta a me kekahi mea mahiʻai ʻo Tesfaye, ma ka pūnaewele Solagrow a ma ka nūpepa heluhelu nui loa, The Ethiopian Reporter.
Hoʻomaka ka poʻe kūʻai e hāʻawi i kāna ʻōlelo i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, a ʻo Guta ponoʻī i hōʻiliʻili i nā helu o nā mea kūʻai aku a kāhea iā lākou e hōʻike iā lākou he hua ʻuala kāna e kūʻai aku ai. No laila, ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i mau haneli o nā hua ʻuala i nā hui ʻole aupuni, me ka World Vision, no kā lākou mau papahana. I ka makahiki i hala, ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia ma kahi o 36 tons o nā hua ʻuala Gudene iā Dutch processor Senselet (ʻo ia hoʻi "chain" ma Amharic, ka ʻōlelo nui ʻAitiopa). Lawe ʻo Guta i kāna mau ʻuala mākeke ma kāna mau kaʻa ponoʻī i nā hale kūʻai horticultural mākeke waho ma Addis Ababa. Lawe ʻo ia i nā hana panakō ma ʻekolu mau ala nui: ma o ka hoʻoili ʻana, nā loiloi a me ke kālā.
Ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo Guta i nā huahana waiū a hoʻolako i nā ʻoihana mahiʻai. ʻO kāna papahana kula a me ka hōkele i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokumu i nā hana he nui no ka heluna kūloko, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā ʻōpio.
Ke hoʻokumu ʻana i ka waiwai hoʻohui (packaging, mālama pono, halihali)
ʻAʻole kūʻai ʻo Guta i nā hua ʻuala i ka wā e ʻohi ai, akā hoʻohui i ka waiwai ma ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻuala a hiki i ka wā e hoʻohua ai i nā mea kanu he nui, pōkole, ʻōmaʻomaʻo a paʻa ʻole i haki ʻole i ka wā o ka lawe ʻana a me ke kanu ʻana. Ua ʻike ka poʻe kūʻai aku he ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hua ʻuala me nā ʻōpuʻu he nui, a ʻaʻole kānalua lākou e uku hou aku. ʻEkolu mau kaʻa kaʻa me ka nui o 35 tons, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopuka i nā hua a me nā ʻuala, e huki ana i nā mea kūʻai aku.
