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.
Ma ʻApelika, hiki i ka mea mahiʻai ke loaʻa ke kākoʻo ʻoihana inā makemake ʻo ia e hana i nā hua ʻuala. E nānā kākou i kekahi mau laʻana.
1. Ka hui pū ʻana a me ke kākoʻo ʻoihana no nā mea kanu ʻuala hoʻomaka ma ʻAitiopa
Ua haʻalele ka mea mahiʻai ʻo Guta Gudisa i ka papa 9 ma muli o ke kākoʻo ʻole a hoʻoholo e lilo i mea kanu ʻuala. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻuala hua maikaʻi, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hana a me ka hoʻokele ʻana, a me kahi hoʻolālā pāʻoihana no ka hana ʻuala mai ka Holetta Agricultural Research Center o ka Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR) a me ka International Potato Center (CIP).
Ua kanu ʻo ia i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o nā hua i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia i loaʻa iā ia mai EIAR ma kahi ʻāpana 20m x 20m Ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i nā hopena a ua ʻaiʻē ʻo ia i ke kālā mai nā poʻe ma kona wahi i ka uku pānaʻi kiʻekiʻe no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i ka ʻāina no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana.
Ke ulu nei ʻo ia a hiki i ka 22 ha o ka ʻuala i kēlā me kēia kau (maʻa mau ʻelua kau), no ka hoʻohua ʻana i nā hua, akā no ka ʻuala. Eia kekahi, ke hana nei ʻo ia i nā hana ʻē aʻe, e like me ka hana ʻana i nā huahana waiu mai nā bipi exotic āna i kūʻai mai ai mai EIAR, ka mahi ʻana i nā kumulāʻau eucalyptus, ka ʻoihana kaʻa e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe kaʻa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ʻekolu mau kaʻa i loaʻa iā ia, i loaʻa kālā mai ka loaʻa kālā mai. ʻuala.
Hāʻawi ʻo Guta i ka hana no ka lehulehu. Loaʻa iā ia he 18 mau limahana a he 60 mau limahana kōkua i ka wā kiʻekiʻe. Eia hou, hoʻolālā ʻo ia e kūkulu i kula a me kahi hōkele e lawe mai i nā pōmaikaʻi nui i ke kaiāulu.
2. Mea kanu maikaʻi a maikaʻi
Hoʻopuka ʻo Guta i ka 22 ʻeka o nā hua ʻuala e like me ka maikaʻi i haʻi ʻia.
Ua nānā ʻia kāna māla ʻuala i ʻelua manawa i ka wā e ulu ana a i hoʻokahi manawa i ka mālama ʻana i ka mālamalama e nā mea nānā i aʻo ʻia mai ka regulator, ka Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Hāʻawi ʻo EIAR a me CIP i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kēia mau mea nānā e hāʻawi iā lākou i ka ʻike kūikawā i ka nānā ʻana i nā māla hua ʻuala.
Inā ʻaʻole loaʻa iā Guta kahi ʻae e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka hua i nā kūlana QDS, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kūʻai aku i kāna mea kanu no nā hua. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu nui o nā hua maikaʻi no ka poʻe mahiʻai ma kona wahi, a mai nā wahi like ʻole o ka ʻāina, ʻoi aku kekahi ma mua o 700 km kaawale.