Ke hele mai nei mai kahi wā ulu paʻakikī a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hana, hāʻule paha ka ʻuala ʻEulopa i 2022.
He mau makahiki paʻakikī kēia no ka poʻe mahi ʻuala ma ʻEulopa. Ma waena o ka maʻi maʻi, nā nalu wela a me nā kahe i nā wahi o ʻEulopa, a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai hana, ʻaʻole i maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā.
"ʻO ka pilikia maoli i kēia makahiki aʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻolako ʻana iā ia ma mua o ke koi ʻana. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi e pili ana i ka noi a me ka nele o ka noi. ʻOiai i kēia manawa e pili ana paha i ka nele o ka lako," ʻo Cedric Porter, ka luna hoʻoponopono o Nā Kūʻai Uala Honua, wehewehe i loko o kahi nīnauele Zoom.
nohona, hana ʻuala ma ka ʻāina ʻo North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG). ua hāʻule i ka 24,000 ʻeka i 498,000 ʻeka i ka makahiki 2020. ʻO kahi wā ulu haʻahaʻa a me ka hōʻiliʻili lohi i alakaʻi i ka maikaʻi a hiki i ka awelika hua, akā naʻe, ua haʻahaʻa nā hua ʻupena ma muli o nā poho ma nā māla ma muli o ka pōʻino o ka wai a me nā pilikia physiological.
“Maʻalili a pulu kēia kauwela, no laila ua nui ka ʻuala. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o kā mākou ʻuala, akā i ka manawa like, ma kekahi mau ʻāina a i ʻole kekahi mau ʻāina, ua anuanu loa ka punawai, ʻoi aku ke anuanu ma mua o ka mea maʻamau, a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka lā, manaʻo wau ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā māla, nā ʻāina, nā ʻano like ʻole, " Daniel Ryckmans, ʻO ke kākau ʻōlelo ʻo NEPG, i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi ninaninau Zoom.
ʻO ka loli ʻana o ka wā ulu i alakaʻi i nā pilikia pest a me nā maʻi ma waena o ʻEulopa.
“Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi ʻano kau kahi i nui ai ka maʻi ʻino a puni, ua nui nā maʻi, a me nā mea ʻino. No laila, ʻo ka mea i hana ʻia he ʻano awelika nā hua, ma nā hua mahina inā makemake ʻoe, akā aia ka hua nui, ke lawe ʻoe i ka ʻōpala, ʻo kekahi o nā pilikia a me nā mea e hoʻomaha nui loa, "Porter wehewehe.
ʻO nā pilikia pest a me nā maʻi i alakaʻi i ka nui o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mahina ʻai ma ʻEulopa, a me ka ʻāina ma ke kumukūʻai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā māla i hiki ke kanu i nā spuds. Ke ulu nei nā ʻāina e like me Belgium a me Holani i nā ʻuala ma nā ʻāina he nui e hiki ai me nā manawa liʻiliʻi e hoʻohui hou aku. Eia naʻe, ke piʻi wikiwiki nei ka ʻāina ʻuala ma Palani i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā wahi hou e kanu i nā spuds.
Ke Kūʻai ʻana i nā kumukūʻai ʻuala
Ke piʻi aʻe nei nā kumukūʻai o ka ʻuala ma ʻEulopa no kekahi mau kumu. ʻAʻole i hoʻololi hou ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka European Union chlorpropham's (CIPC). ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea kanu ʻuala ke hoʻohana hou iā ia no ka mālama ʻana i ka mālama ʻana e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2020. Ua koi ʻia nā mea kanu e hoʻohana i nā mana ulu e hoʻonui ai i nā kumukūʻai mālama.
Ke piʻi aʻe nei nā kumukūʻai mahiʻai no ka poʻe mahiʻai ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai momona. Hoʻohui pū ʻia me nā kumukūʻai ʻāina kiʻekiʻe ma ʻEulopa, a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai kūʻai aku no nā waiwai ʻē aʻe, nui ka poʻe mahiʻai e nānā nei i ke kanu ʻana i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka ʻuala e loaʻa ai ka waiwai nui.
“He ʻano hoʻowalewale maoli nō e ulu liʻiliʻi i ka ʻuala no ka mea he ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kumukūʻai, lawe i nā pilikia liʻiliʻi a loaʻa nā kumukūʻai palaoa maikaʻi loa. Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka nui o ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻuala, "wahi a Porter.
Ma ʻEulopa, ʻaʻole like ka nui o nā ʻeka ʻuala i ʻaelike ʻia no ke kūʻai ʻana ma mua o ke kanu ʻana e like me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka pilikia o nā mea kanu ʻuala i ka ulu ʻana i nā spuds ma mua o ko lākou mau hoa ma waena o ka loko. Ua wehewehe ʻo Porter he 30 pākēneka o ka ʻuala ʻEulopa i kēlā me kēia makahiki he mākeke manuahi, kahi āna i manaʻo ai e hoʻoikaika ʻia nā mea kanu i ke kanu ʻana i nā ʻeka spud hou i kēia makahiki.
"ʻO ka ʻuala ma ʻEulopa ʻEulopa he hui mau ia o ka hāʻawi ʻana ma ke koi, ʻaelike a me ke kūʻai manuahi. A laila no ka manawa mua i nā makahiki i hala, he hopena o nā kumukūʻai cereal, no ka mea, haʻahaʻa nā kumukūʻai cereal i ka makahiki i hala, "wahi a Ryckmans. "I kēia manawa, no ka maikaʻi o nā kumukūʻai, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopau i ka lūlū ʻana i nā cereals hoʻoilo."
Manaʻo ʻo Porter aia paha he ʻoki liʻiliʻi i ka ʻeka ʻuala me ka piʻi hiki ʻole. Ke wānana nei ka NEPG i nā kumukūʻai aelike no ka makahiki ulu 2022/23 pono e hoʻonui ʻia e ʻekolu a ʻehā euros no 100 kg no nā mea kanu e noʻonoʻo i ke kanu ʻana i ka ʻuala. Inā ʻaʻole hiki kēia, manaʻo ʻo NEPG e hoʻemi ʻia ka ʻāpana ʻuala.