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 ka hanana i nā poʻe loea, me nā mea hana potatoes, nā mea kūʻai nui, nā mea ʻeke, nā mea lawe mai a me nā mea hoʻopuka i nā hua a me nā meaʻai potatoes.
I kēia pule e kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka hana hoʻomau a me ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻuala ma nā ʻāina ʻApelika.
Pono ka ʻoihana ʻuala kūleʻa i ka hana mau a me ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻuala. E hōʻoia kēia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻuala no ka ʻai hou a me ka hoʻohana ʻia i loko o ka makahiki, e hoʻonui ai i ka palekana meaʻai a me ka loaʻa kālā o ka heluna kanaka e ulu nei i kēlā me kēia lā. Pono ka hana ʻuala hoʻomau i ka hoʻolako mau ʻana i nā lako maka maikaʻi a puni ka makahiki. Pono kēia e ulu i ka ʻuala ʻelua a ʻekolu manawa i ka makahiki a loaʻa nā hale kūʻai anu maikaʻi. Loaʻa i ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika Hema kahi agro-ecology kūpono me ka nui o ka ua, kahi e hiki ai ke hana i nā ʻano huahana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka irrigation.
Hoʻolālā ʻo ʻAitiopa e hoʻonui i ka wahi ma lalo o ka ʻāina irrigated mai ka 2,7 miliona mau ʻeka i kēia manawa. a hiki i 4,1 miliona eka. Ua palapala ʻia ka ʻāina i ka wai lepo i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻoulu ʻana me nā kumu wai ʻē aʻe e like me nā muliwai, ka wai ua, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻopuka ka mahiʻai ʻo Kisima i nā hua ʻuala ʻelua i ka makahiki ma kahi o 100 mau ʻeka i kēlā me kēia kau. Me kahi hale hoʻopaʻa anu me ka mana o kahi o 1000 tons, hiki iā ia ke hoʻolako i ka nui o nā hua ʻuala i hōʻoia ʻia kokoke i ka makahiki āpau. Mālama ka pahu hau i ka liʻiliʻi loa i nā poho ma hope o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana, nā maʻi a me nā ʻino. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā hua maikaʻi mai nā mea hana liʻiliʻi e ulu ana i nā hua i hōʻoia ʻia mai Kisima e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻuala no ka ʻai hou a me ka hana ʻia.