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E ʻimi i ka mana hoʻololi a McCain Foods i ka mahiʻai ʻo Kolombia mai kona hōʻea ʻana i ka makahiki 1996. E ʻimi i ka ʻikepili hou loa mai 2022, e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā hoʻopukapuka kālā a McCain i ka mahiʻai kūloko, e pōmaikaʻi ana i nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi a hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka lāhui. E ʻike i nā ʻano mahiʻai hou a me nā hana hoʻomau e alakaʻi ana i ka kūleʻa o McCain, e lilo ia i mea pāʻani koʻikoʻi i ka ʻāina mahiʻai o Kolombia.
I ka makahiki 1996, ua hana ʻo McCain Foods i kāna hōʻailona ma Kolombia me ka loaʻa ʻana o Mekato, kahi hale hana fries french kaulana. I loko o nā makahiki, ua ulu nui ka noho ʻana o McCain, e hoʻopau ana i ke kūʻai ʻana iā Congelagro ma 2000, kahi neʻe hoʻolālā i hoʻopaʻa i kona kūlana ma ka mākeke Colombian. ʻO ka wikiwiki a hiki i 2022, ua piʻi ke kūʻai aku ʻo McCain Colombia, ʻoi aku ma mua o USD 315 miliona, me ka loaʻa kālā ma mua o USD 12.5 miliona, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana e nā supersociedades.
ʻO kahi hapa nui o ka kūleʻa o McCain hiki ke pili i kāna mau hana mahiʻai hoʻomau. Ma kahi o 80% o ka McCain uala i kūʻai ʻia ma Kolombia ua mahi ʻia ma kahi o 2,200 ʻeka o ka ʻāina. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo 60% o kēia mau mahiʻai ponoʻī a McCain aia ma nā savannas nani o Cundinamarca. ʻO ke koena 40% e loaʻa mai ma o nā ʻaelike mua me nā mahiʻai kūloko, kahi i koho mua ʻia nā kumukūʻai, e hōʻoia ana i ka paʻa a me ka uku kūpono.
Ma kēia mau ʻaelike, hoʻohana nui ka poʻe mahiʻai Kolombia i ka ʻano ʻuala Capira a i ʻole R12, kahi koho i hōʻoia i ka hua i nā makahiki. Hāʻawi ʻo McCain i nā ʻanoʻano e like me nā ʻeka i ʻaelike ʻia, e unuhi ana i ke kumukūʻai mai ka uku hope ʻana, e hoʻoulu ana i kahi hui e pono ai kekahi.
Hoʻopuehu ʻia ka hana ʻuala o Colombia ma nā keʻena he ʻumikūmākahi, me 85% i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ʻekolu wale nō: Cundinamarca, Boyacá, a me Nariño. He kūlana koʻikoʻi ko McCain i kēia mau ʻāina no nā makahiki ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua mau makahiki, e kōkua ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mahiʻai o kēia mau wahi.
ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o ka mahiʻai ʻuala Kolombia ka laha o nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi. Ma kahi o 95% o kēia poʻe mahiʻai e mahi ana ma lalo o 3 mau ʻeka o ka ʻāina, e hōʻike ana i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi a McCain i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kaiāulu kūloko a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mahiʻai liʻiliʻi. Ma waena o kēia mau mahiʻai ʻo Jairo Calderón, kahi hōʻike i ka ʻokoʻa o nā mea kanu e pōmaikaʻi ana i nā hana a McCain.
Ma ka pōʻaiapili ākea, 6% a 8% o ka nui o ka hana ʻuala ma Kolombia e mālama i ka ʻoihana ʻuala maloʻo, e hōʻike ana i ka hopena nui o McCain i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai o ka lāhui.
ʻO ka huakaʻi ʻo McCain Foods ma Colombia e hōʻike ana i ka hana hou a me ka hoʻomau i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai. Ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka launa pū ʻana me nā mahiʻai kūloko, ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā ʻenehana mahiʻai holomua, a me ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana i ke kaiāulu, ʻaʻole wale ʻo McCain i hoʻololi i ka ʻoihana ʻuala akā ua kōkua nui i ka holomua waiwai o ka lāhui. ʻO kēia hui pū ʻana ma waena o kahi alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana honua a me nā mahiʻai kūloko e hōʻike ana i ka hiki o ka mahiʻai hoʻomau, e hoʻonohonoho ana i kahi kūlana kupaianaha no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mahiʻai ʻo Colombian.