#Maʻiʻai #MāʻaiLiʻiliʻi #HuaPotatoContamination #ASMP #ImportIrregularities #EnvironmentalImpact #AgriculturalCrisis
Ma kahi pōʻino i ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻĀkau e hilinaʻi nui nei i nā mea kanu pōkole e like me ka ʻuala, chili, a me nā aniani ʻulaʻula, ua loaʻa i ka Agriculture Modernization Project (ASMP) kahi pilikia nui. ʻO Selvaskantharajah Thusyanthan, he kanaka mahiʻai meaʻai a me ke poʻo o ka Hui Pūʻai Uila ma Jaffna, aia ma waena o 300 mau mea pōmaikaʻi e hakakā nei me ka hāʻule ʻana o kahi consignment o 20 metric tonnes o nā hua ʻuala i lawe ʻia mai.
No Thusyanthan a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui, nā hoʻolālā ʻuala o kēia kau ka mahiʻai ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻole o nā hua ʻuala olakino. ʻO ka ukana i lawe ʻia mai, i hōʻea mai i loko o nā ʻeke jute ma kahi o nā pahu pahu maʻamau, ua ʻike ʻia ua loaʻa i ka maʻi bacteria ʻino, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Geotrichum spp.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻomākaukau hoʻoikaika ʻana a ka poʻe mahiʻai, ua pau ko lākou manaʻolana i ka ʻike ʻana ua popopo ka nui o nā hua ʻuala a me ke kūlana ʻino. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā haʻawina pathological ma hope mai i ka hoʻohaumia ʻana, e alakaʻi ana i ka hoʻoholo e hoʻopau i ka consignment holoʻokoʻa.
Ua hana ka 'Oihana Mahiai, me ka National Plant Quarantine Service, i nā noiʻi e hōʻike ana i nā maʻi fungal (Geotrichum spp) a me nā maʻi bacteria (Pectobacterium carotovorum). ʻO nā kūlana mālama maikaʻi ʻole, kūʻē i nā alakaʻi i ʻōlelo ʻia, ua kōkua i kahi pae nui o ka maʻi, e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke kaiapuni.
Ua haʻi ka Hope Luna Hoʻokele ʻo ASMP Anura Wijetunga i ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka hua ʻuala i nā hiʻohiʻona hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia, me ka ua nui e pili ana i ka ʻāina i nā pule i hala. ʻO ka hoʻoholo no ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hoʻouna ʻia ma muli o nā hōʻike i waiho ʻia e nā hui nānā, me ka manaʻo e pale i ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ke kaiapuni.
I ka pane ʻana i ka pilikia, ua kāhea ʻia kahi hālāwai o ke Kōmike Hoʻohui Apana i alakaʻi ʻia e ke Kiaʻāina ʻĀpana ʻĀpana ʻo PSM Charles a me ke Kuhina lawaiʻa ʻo Douglas Devanada i nā palapala hōʻoia mai ka National Plant Quarantine Service. Ua koho ʻia kekahi kōmike e noiʻi i nā hewa kūpono ʻole o nā lula quarantine a me nā hewa ʻole i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka consignment i haumia.
Ua haʻi ʻo Kuhina Mahiʻai Mahinda Amaraweera e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻuala hua, ua aʻo i nā luna e noiʻi i nā pono kūpono ʻole a me nā poho i loaʻa e ke Aupuni i ka lawe ʻana mai, mālama ʻia a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ʻai.
Hōʻike ka pilikia o ka hua ʻuala i ka nāwaliwali o ka poʻe mahiʻai liʻiliʻi i nā kumu o waho, e komo pū ana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka lawe ʻana mai a me nā ʻano o ka wā hiki ʻole ke wānana. Pono nā hana koke e kākoʻo i ka poʻe mahiʻai i hoʻopilikia ʻia e kēia hoʻihoʻi ʻana a pale aku i nā hanana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.