Wahi a ka puka IIohana, i ka pule i hala no ka manawa mua i Dekemaba o kēia makahiki ma ka mākeke kūloko o Moldova, ua hāʻule nā kumukūʻai kūʻai nui no ka ʻuala ma kahi o $ 0,19-0,25 / kg. ʻO kēia ke kumukūʻai o ka waena o Nowemapa, i ka manawa i hoʻolako ʻia ai nā ʻuala hou i ka mākeke kūloko mai nā mahina ʻai.
Wahi a nā ʻelele o ka ʻAhahui ʻo Potato Growers o Moldova, i ka hopena o ka pule mua o Dekemaba, ua hōʻiliʻili kekahi mau māla ʻuala i ka hōʻiliʻili hope loa o nā ʻuala hope - mai nā māla i kanu ʻia i Iulai. Hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia kēia mau huahana i loko o ka waihona hua. Akā kūʻai ʻia nā ʻuala nui loa i meaʻai. I kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻuala i ulu ʻia i nā ʻoihana mahiʻai kūikawā.
ʻIke ʻia nā ʻuala nui e ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Moldovan me ka makaʻala, kākau lākou iā lākou ma ke ʻano he "hoʻokomo ʻia, overfed me nā mea kanu". ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka noi no kēlā huahana i nā hale kūʻai nui; kūʻai ʻia no ka ʻai ʻana i kēia manawa. Ke koi nei kēia kūlana i nā kumukūʻai kūʻai kūʻai.
I ka hopena o Nowemapa, ma ka maʻamau, ua hoʻomaka kekahi mau hale kūʻai kūʻai nui e lawe mai i ka ʻuala mai Ukraine a me Polani. He liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā lako, akā hiki ke hoʻopili i nā kumukūʻai i ke kūlana i ka wā e nui ana ka lako o nā waiwai ma ka mākeke.