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 e kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i ka waiwai hoʻohui o ka ʻuala (packaging, processing) ma nā ʻāina ʻApelika.
Ke ulu wikiwiki nei ka hana ʻuala ma ʻApelika, e like me nā ʻāina ulu ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻuala i hana ʻia e ʻai hou ʻia, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻuala i hana ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma mua o nā mea hou.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ma ʻApelika, ke ulu mau nei ka ʻai ʻana i nā ʻuala i kālai ʻia me ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka noi no nā ʻuala i hana ʻia ma nā kūlanakauhale. Ua ʻike lākou i ka loli nui o ka ʻai ʻana, a ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i ka poʻe e ʻai ana i ka palani ma nā alanui, ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau. Pono kēia i nā mea hānai e hana i nā ʻano ʻuala me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻenehana maikaʻi a hana i nā mea waiwai kiʻekiʻe.
Pono nā ʻāina ʻApelika e loaʻa i kā lākou ʻāpana o nā ʻuala i hoʻoponopono ʻia. Eia nō naʻe, i kēia manawa, ʻo ka mea keakea nui loa no ka ʻoihana hana ʻo ka loaʻa ʻole o nā kumu waiwai maikaʻi maikaʻi ma ke kumu hoʻomau a me ko lākou kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka huahana e alakaʻi i ka haʻahaʻa o nā kumukūʻai maka, no laila pono e kuhikuhi ʻia nā hana ma kēia ala.
Ma nā ʻāina he nui o ka SSA, kūʻai ʻia ka ʻuala me ka lepo ma luna o nā ʻuala, no laila ʻo ka holoi ʻana a me ka hoʻopili pono ʻana i nā ʻuala i mālama ʻole ʻia e lawe mai i ke kālā ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka ʻuala holoi ʻole ʻia ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa pono ʻia.
Aia nā hale kūʻai nui ma nā kūlanakauhale nui ma ʻApelika, no laila ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia a hoʻopaʻa maikaʻi ʻia nā ʻuala, e hōʻike ana i kahi o kā lākou hana ʻana, hana i kahi waiwai hoʻohui maikaʻi e hoʻonui ai i ka loaʻa kālā.
Ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā mea hoʻopihapiha i nā kūʻai aku o nā huahana mahiʻai like ʻole ma Uganda a me Kenya, ʻoiai e mālama ana i ka maikaʻi o ka huahana like.
No laila, pono e hoʻomaopopo pono i ka manaʻo o ka waiwai i hoʻohui ʻia a ʻaʻole pili wale me nā hoʻopukapuka nui. Hiki ke maʻalahi e like me ka holoi ʻana i nā huahana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kā lākou hōkeo, a paʻakikī paha, e like me ka hana hou ʻana, e koi ana i ka nui o ke kālā.
Ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo Kisima Farm i nā hua ʻuala i hōʻoia ʻia. Eia kekahi, mālama ʻia nā hua ʻuala i loko o ka friji a ua hoʻopili ʻia (mechanically) i loko o nā ʻeke kūikawā i loaʻa nā ʻike āpau e pili ana i ka huahana a me kona ʻano.