Ke nalowale nei nā lāhui like ʻole ma kahi wikiwiki weliweli, e like me kahi noiʻi hou mai ka American Ke KeʻenaʻEpekema Biological (AIBS). Akā ke hana nei nā mahiʻai a me nā ʻepekema i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā mea kanu e hōʻoia i ke ola o nā ʻōnaehana o ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ke kūpaʻa o ka ʻōnaehana meaʻai honua e pili i ka ʻokoʻa moʻomeheu hua. ʻO ia "ke kumu pono o ka mahiʻai," ʻo Kauka Nora Castañeda-Álvarez, Luna Hoʻokele o nā hua no ka kūpaʻa ma The Crop Trust, haʻi iā Food Tank.
"ʻO ka moʻomeheu genetic ka loli i waena o nā lāhui a me kā lākou heluna kanaka… [ka mea e kōkua ai i nā laha e hoʻololi a hana i ke kaiaolaola i mea hou aʻe," ʻo Kauka Sean Hoban, ka mea kākau o ka hōʻike AIBS a me ka meaola lāʻau mālama lāʻau ma The Morton Arboretum, i haʻi aku ai iā Food Tank .
Hiki i nā lāhui like ʻole ke hoʻomaikaʻi "i ka wā i hala, nā manawa a me nā wā e hiki mai ana o ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā kikowaena o ke kumu a me nā ʻano like ʻole," kākau ʻo Stef de Haan, Scientist kiʻekiʻe ma Andean Food Systems ma The International Potato Center (CIP), ma Plant Genetic Resources. Akā i kēia lā ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia nei kā lākou kuleana ma ke ʻano he kahu mālama i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe e nā kaomi o nā mākeke ākea a me nā loli.
ʻO kahi pepa hou i loko o nā Evolutionary Applications i koho ʻia he ʻeono pakeneka nalo o nā ʻano ʻē aʻe i nā lāhui hihiu mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka hoʻokahuli ʻoihana ma waena o 1700s. A hoʻopaʻapaʻa nā mea kākau o ka hoʻopaʻa haʻawina AIBS, ʻoiai ʻo nā hui aupuni ʻole (NGO) e hoʻokumu nei i nā pahuhopu nui e pale aku i nā lāhui a me nā ʻano kaiaolaola, ua nele nā pahuhopu no ka mālama ʻana i ka nohona like ʻole.
ʻO ka Crop Trust's Seeds for Resilience project, no ka laʻana, ke lana nei ka manaʻo e hoʻoikaika i nā pilina ma waena o nā panakō a me nā mahiʻai ma nā ʻāina ʻelima ma ka ʻĀpana ʻo Sahara ʻApelika. ʻO nā panakō Gene, nā mea e paʻa a mālama i nā ʻanoʻano i nā hōʻiliʻili, kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻano mea kanu mai kā lākou mau wahi maoli. "He kuleana nui lākou ma ke ʻano he mau pūnaewele kākoʻo no ka mālama ʻana," haʻi ʻo Castañeda-Álvarez iā Food Tank.
Ma ka hana pū ʻana me nā panakō, hiki i nā mahiʻai ke koho i nā ʻano mea kanu o nā kī nui e like me sorghum, millet, a me cowpea me "nā ʻano e kōkua iā lākou e kū i ke aniau a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe," wahi a Castañeda-Álvarez. A hiki i nā mahiʻai ke mālama pū i nā ʻano mea kanu kū hoʻokahi i loaʻa iā lākou me ka panakō hua no ke kū hou ʻana o ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka papahana ʻelima mau makahiki e "ʻae i nā mea kanu mea kanu a me nā ʻepekema ʻē aʻe e hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻokoʻa i mālama ʻia i loko o nā panalāʻau a me ka hoʻohana ʻana ia mea i nā papahana hoʻohua e hoʻomohala i nā ʻano hou i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia," i ʻōlelo ʻo Castañeda-Álvarez iā Food Tank.