Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka ʻano genetic o nā ʻano hua kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻohana ʻia nā hua maikaʻi i hui pū ʻia me nā hana mahiʻai maikaʻi (GAP). ʻO ka noiʻi ʻana ma kekahi mau ʻāina ma ʻApelika ua alakaʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā palapala kahe no nā ʻano ʻano hou i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia lākou no nā kumu he nui, e like me:
(1) nele i ka hoʻoikaika a me ka naʻaupō o ka poʻe mahiʻai liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā palapala ʻenehana.
(2) ʻAʻole kūpono nā ʻōlelo paipai no nā wahine mahiʻai,
(3) Pono nā ʻano hana i ka manawa nui i loaʻa ʻole i ka poʻe mahiʻai i ka wā ulu,
(4) pipiʻi lākou no nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi.
No kēia mau kumu a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe, ʻokoʻa ka hoʻokele mahiʻai mai kahi hui i kahi hui, ma muli o ka pono o ka hana a me ka loaʻa kālā i manaʻo ʻia. ʻO ka hahai ʻole ʻana i nā hana hoʻokele mahiʻai maʻamau ka hopena i ka hana ʻana i ka ʻuala o nā ʻano like ʻole, e lilo ai ka huahana i kūpono ʻole no ka hana ʻana a kūʻai aku paha i nā hale kūʻai nui, nā hōkele pipiʻi a me nā hale ʻai.
Hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka hoʻokele mahiʻai a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā hana mahiʻai kūpono ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki ke hana i ke kaulahao waiwai ʻuala. ʻO nā hana hoʻokele maikaʻi e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka lepo a me ka mālama wai, ka hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻana i nā minerala a me nā mea kanu organik, ka manure ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ka mulching, ka hopu ʻana i nā mea kanu, ka irrigation, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā hua e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticides no ka mālama ʻana. .me nā ʻiniko a me nā maʻi e kū mai ana i ka wā e mahi nui ana i ka ʻuala.
ʻO kēia a me nā hana mahiʻai mālama mālama ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā kaʻina hana kūlohelohe kūlohelohe e hōʻoia i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ʻuala i ka wā e mālama ana i ke kumu waiwai kūlohelohe.
Hoʻoulu ka Kisima Farm i ka palaoa a me ka bale i kāna mau mea kanu nui, a me nā hua ʻaila a me nā legumes. No laila, hoʻohana lākou i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā huaʻai e hōʻoia i ʻole e haumia ka lepo. Hoʻohana ka mahiʻai i nā ʻano mālama mālama ʻāina a me ka wai e like me ka kanu ʻole ʻana a me ka lūlū pololei, a me nā ʻōnaehana alakaʻi ukali no ka mahiʻai pololei.
ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka ʻuala ma Kissim ʻaneʻane hana ʻia (97%) mai ke kanu ʻana a hiki i ka hoʻopili ʻana. I ka manawa like, ua lawe pololei ʻia ka noi ʻana o nā mea kanu i ʻōlelo ʻia, ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kanu a me nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe. ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻokele mahiʻai e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokele waiwai maikaʻi loa a me nā hana kanu kanu, loaʻa mau iā lākou nā hua kiʻekiʻe o nā hua ʻuala maikaʻi.