ʻO ka Potato Variety Management Institute (PVMI) kahi hui waiwai ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻano ʻuala hou ma nā mokuʻāina ʻo Idaho, Oregon, Wakinekona a ma ʻō aku hoʻi.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka PVMI, ʻo Jeanne Debones, ke hōʻiliʻili nei ka Institute i nā hopena o kahi papahana noiʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kaʻuala ma ʻekolu mau mokuʻāina (lawe ʻia ka hana e nā ʻepekema mai Wakinekona State University, Idaho State University, Oregon State University).
"Aia ʻo PVMI," hoʻokūkū ʻo Jeanne Debons, "no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i nā kula nui ke hana i ke kālepa ʻana a me ka hoʻolauna ʻana. Mālama ka Institute i kēia mau hana. Hōʻiliʻili pū ʻo PVMI i nā mōʻī a me nā mōʻī. "
He aha ka manaʻo nui o nā mea hānai e komo nei i ka papahana? Wahi a Jeanne Debons pili ka pahuhopu o kēlā me kēia noi i ka pono o ke kaiāulu. Ke ʻimi nei ka Northwest o ka ʻāina i kēia manawa e kiʻi i kahi ʻano ʻuala i hana ʻia me kahi ʻili ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula. ʻO kēia ka pahu hopu o kēia manawa.