Ua piʻi aʻe nā kumukūʻai ʻuala i nā pae i ʻike ʻole ʻia i nā mahina ʻelua i hala aku nei, e waiho ana i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku e hakakā nei me ka hopena waiwai. ʻOiai ua emi iki nā kumukūʻai i kēia pule, ke koi nei ka poʻe loea a me nā mea kūʻai aku i ke Kuhina Mahiai e komo a hoʻolaha i ka mahi ʻana i nā ʻuala i ulu i ka ʻāina e hoʻēmi i ka pilikia.
I kēia mau manawa, ua ʻike ʻo Trinidad a me Tobago i ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai ʻuala i waiho ai i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi kūlana pilikia. Ua aneane pālua ʻia ke kumukūʻai o kēia meaʻai mai Iulai, e koi ana i nā mea he nui e ʻimi i nā koho ʻē aʻe e like me ka ʻulu a me ka eddoes. ʻO kēia piʻi nui ʻana o nā kumukūʻai ʻuala ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia wale i ka waihona kālā o ka hale akā ua hōʻike pū i ka nāwaliwali o ke kaulahao meaʻai o ka lāhui.
Ka Pilikia Kumukuai Uala o keia wa
ʻO ke alakaʻi agronomist, ʻo Akanath Singh, e koi ana i ka pono o kahi ala e hoʻoponopono ai i kēia pilikia. Manaʻo paʻa ʻo ia he hiki i Trinidad a me Tobago ke hana i kāna mau ʻuala ponoʻī ma kahi ʻano nui, inā e hoʻokō ʻia nā kūlana ulu kūpono. Hōʻike pū ʻo Singh i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kanu kūloko a me nā bio-stimulants hiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka hana ʻuala.
ʻO nā mea kūʻai kūʻai nui ma ka Hale Kūʻai ʻo San Fernando, e like me Visham Mahabir, ua ʻike i ka piʻi o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai ʻuala. ʻO kahi ʻeke ʻuala he 50 paona, i kūʻai ʻia no $60 a $80 i ka makahiki i hala, ua piʻi aʻe i $200 a $250. ʻO nā mea kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai, e like me Radica Arjoonsingh, ua koi ʻia e hāʻawi i kēia mau kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe i nā mea kūʻai aku, me kahi ʻeke o 50 paona i kēia manawa ke kūʻai aku nei a hiki i $200. ʻO kēia piʻi nui o nā kumukūʻai i alakaʻi i nā mea kūʻai aku e like me Dexter George e nīnau i ka hiki ke hoʻokomo i ka ʻuala ke ʻike ʻia ka mahi ʻai kūloko he hopena kūpono.
ʻO Anil Boodram, kekahi mea kūʻai aku, e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano fluctuating o nā kumukūʻai ʻuala a hoʻohālikelike i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai i ke koi kiʻekiʻe. Eia naʻe, hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia ua hoʻomaka nā kumukūʻai e hāʻule i kēia manawa, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hoʻomaha i nā mea kūʻai.
Ka Manawa no ka Mahi Uala Kuloko
Ma Biche, ua lawe ʻo Judy Narine-Persad i nā mea i loko o kona mau lima ponoʻī ma ka mahi ʻana i ka ʻuala Irish. Hōʻike kāna moʻolelo kūleʻa i hiki ke ulu i ka ʻuala ma kahi ʻano liʻiliʻi ma Trinidad a me Tobago. Me ka ʻohi ʻana o ʻekolu a ʻehā mahina, ʻike ʻia e hiki i ka mahiʻai kūloko ke kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke kaomi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai ʻuala.
Nā Manaʻo Aupuni a me nā Manaʻo e hiki mai ana
Ua hoʻomālamalama ke Kuhina Mahiai ʻo Kazim Hosein i nā hana a ke aupuni e hoʻoponopono i kēia pilikia. I nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei, ua loiloi ke Kuhina i nā ʻano ʻuala like ʻole e hoʻoholo ai i ko lākou kūpono no ka hana kūloko. ʻO nā mea hou hou e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā ʻano ʻuala hoʻomanawanui a me nā maʻi mai Kelemania. Ke hana nei ke Kuhina, me ka Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA), no ka lawe ʻana mai a loiloi i kēia mau ʻano ʻano no ka hana pāʻoihana ma lalo o nā kūlana kūloko.
ʻO ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā kumukūʻai ʻuala ma Trinidad a me Tobago ua hoʻokumu i kahi kaumaha nui i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku. Ke piʻi nui nei nā kāhea no ke Kuhina Mahiai e kākoʻo i ka mahiʻai kūloko, ʻoiai ʻo nā moʻolelo kūleʻa e like me Judy Narine-Persad e hōʻike ana i ka hiki ke hana i ka ʻuala ma ka ʻāina. ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ke aupuni e loiloi i nā ʻano ʻuala hou e hōʻike ana i ka ʻōlelo no ka wā e hiki mai ana.
I ka hakakā ʻana o ka lāhui me ka pilikia o ke kumukūʻai ʻuala, he mea koʻikoʻi ia e noʻonoʻo i nā pono lōʻihi o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka lawe ʻana mai a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hana kūloko. Ma ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kahi ʻano kūpono no ka mahi ʻuala a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo i ka poʻe mahiʻai kūloko, hiki i Trinidad a me Tobago ke hana nui i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka palekana o ka meaʻai a me nā kumukūʻai kūpaʻa no kēia waiwai pono.
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