Hiki i ka Brexit ke alakaʻi i ka hapa nui o ka ʻuala no nā mea kūʻai aku Irish ma 2023, ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe loea. He mea kūpono i nā mea kanu ʻuala ke hoʻopili i nā mea kanu hua i kēia manawa e hoʻonohonoho i nā hua hou no ka makahiki 2023, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hōʻike ka Brexit impasse i kahi hōʻailona o ka emi ʻana.
Hāʻawi kēia i ka hilinaʻi o ka mea hana hua e ulu i ka nui o nā hua i makemake ʻia, no kahi mākeke i maopopo iā lākou aia. A i ʻole, ke lawe nei lākou i kahi pilikia nui, e ulu no kahi mākeke i hiki a ʻaʻole paha.
Ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana o UK mai ka EU, ua lawe ʻia mai ka hapa nui o nā hua ʻuala i hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe mahiʻai Irish no nā ʻano like me Kerr Pinks, Golden Wonders a me British Queens. Kekokia.
Akā ma lalo o nā lula post-Brexit a ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o UK mai ka mākeke hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ka lawe ʻana aku i nā hua ʻuala - nā mea ʻaʻole i hoʻopau ʻia akā hoʻohana ʻia e kanu i nā ʻuala ʻē aʻe - mai Scotland a i Ireland ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia.
ʻO ka poʻe mahiʻai ma Garretstown, Co Cork, ke kanu nei nā mōʻī wahine Pelekane i ka hua uala i ka makahiki i hala. (Courtesy: Denis Boyle) ʻOiai maikaʻi loa kēia, pono e ʻike nā mea kanu ma muli o ka pilikia Brexit ma waena o EU a me UK ma ka lawe ʻana mai i nā hua mai Scotland a me Great Britain, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia kēia ala no ka hua. i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Shay Phelan, he loea ʻuala ma Ireland's Agriculture and Food Development Authority:
"He mea kānalua kēia, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua kaupalena mākou i nā hua kanu e ulu ana ma ʻaneʻi a ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ka lawe ʻana mai i nā hua ʻuala UK."
“Ua ʻimi ʻia ka derogation no ka lawe ʻana mai i nā hua, akā ʻaʻole i kūleʻa a he hopena nui ia i kekahi mau mahiʻai. Inā hiki iā mākou ke komo i kahi derogation no nā mea kanu hua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopiha i nā āpau, akā ʻo ia hoʻi e hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻelua paha.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu i nā hua no kēia makahiki ma hope o ka hua ʻai ikaika, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole paha e ʻike nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi hopena koʻikoʻi a hiki i 2023, wahi a Mr Shay.
ʻO John Carroll, kahi mea kanu ma County Louth:
"He pilikia nui ke ʻole e hana ʻia kekahi mea me ka ʻoihana hua. ʻAʻole mākou e mālama i nā hua no ka mea he ʻokoʻa loa ia, ʻo ia ke kumu he kakaʻikahi nā mea kanu hua ma ʻIlelani no ka mea paʻakikī ke hoʻoponopono.
ʻAʻole kaulana nā ʻano mea maloʻo kiʻekiʻe i makemake ʻia e ka poʻe mahi ʻuala ma ʻIlelani ma ka ʻāina, me ka hopena he liʻiliʻi nā mea kanu hua ma ʻEulopa i mākaukau e hoʻopilikia i ka ulu ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole i kūʻai ʻole ʻia.
No laila, i mea e hoʻolako ai i ka mākeke Irish, me kēia mau ʻano ʻano ʻano, ʻo ka koho maoli wale nō ka hana ʻana i ka hua ma Ireland.
Ua hoʻohiki ke Kuhina Mahiʻai ʻo Charlie McConalogue e kōkua i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻuala ponoʻī o Ireland, me kēia mau hana i hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ka hana ʻana ma ka mahiʻai noiʻi, ʻo Tops Farm. Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Carroll he mau makahiki e hoʻopiha i ka hakahaka i waiho ʻia e Brexit.
ʻO Thomas McKeown, ka pelekikena mua o ka ʻuala o ka Irish Farmers Association (IFA):
“He manawa kūpono loa ma ʻaneʻi no ka poʻe kanu hua, akā ʻekolu makahiki paha ia, a he mea ʻeha loa ia. ʻAʻohe hoʻoponopono wikiwiki. "
ʻO Bob Carruth, ka waha ʻōlelo o NFUS:
"ʻOiai ua pāpā ʻia ka lawe ʻana aku i nā hua ʻuala mai Great Britain a Northern Ireland, ua ʻōlelo mua ka DUP i ka ʻuala ma ke ʻano he meaʻai nona ka hana ʻana i ka home e pono ai ke palekana mai ka hemahema.
I kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ka National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) "he mea nui ka nalowale o ka mākeke ʻEulopa" ma ka ʻākau o ka palena.
"ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe nui o ka Brexit kuʻikahi, akā ʻo ka hua ʻuala kekahi o lākou no ka mea ʻaʻohe kālepa.
No laila, ʻaʻole ia he pilikia e pili ana i ka pepa a i ʻole nā manawa lawe, ʻaʻohe manawa kūpono e hoʻokuʻu aku i nā hua ʻuala, no laila ʻoiaʻiʻo he mea mākou e hoʻomau nei e hoʻāʻo a hana ma ka pae ʻEulopa.
Ma mua o Brexit, ua hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Pelekane ma kahi o 30,000 tonnes o ka ʻuala hua - ke kumu kūʻai o GBP 13.5 m (ma kahi o USD 16,9 m) - i ka ʻāina nui o ʻEulopa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou he mau lāʻau olakino kiʻekiʻe i ulu ma Scotland, e like me ka NFUS.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Carruth, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe mahiʻai e ulu ana i ka ʻuala e loaʻa i nā mea ʻē aʻe i kā lākou ʻoihana, hiki ke ulu i nā mea kanu like ʻole a mālama i nā holoholona.
E like me ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻo Scottish, e paʻakikī ana nā mea kanu ʻuala e hoʻokō i ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai hoʻokomo, me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o ka fertilizer i 300 pakeneka i 18 mau mahina a ua pālua ke kumukūʻai o nā mea kanu.