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E hui pū me mākou i kahi huakaʻi hoʻohiwahiwa ma o ka lens o ka mea kanu pathologist kaulana, ʻo Professor David Thurston.
Ma ke ʻano o ka mahiʻai, he mea koʻikoʻi ka pathology o nā mea kanu i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana a me ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka hopena o nā maʻi i nā mea kanu. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Polofesa David Thurston, he kanaka koʻikoʻi ma kēia kahua, i kāna ʻoihana e wehe i nā mea pohihihi o nā maʻi kanu a me ka lanakila ʻana i nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau. ʻO kāna pūnaewele, "Smokin' Doc Thurston's Greatest Hits," he waihona waiwai o ka ʻike waiwai a me ka hoʻoulu ʻike ʻana no nā mahiʻai, nā agronomists, nā ʻenekinia mahiʻai, nā mea mahiʻai, a me nā ʻepekema like.
Ma kēia ʻatikala, ʻimi mākou i ka ʻāpana waiwai o kā Professor Thurston hana paionia a me nā ʻike honua. Ke ʻimi nei mākou i ka honua hoihoi o ka mea kanu pathology ma o kāna lens, i kākoʻo ʻia e nā ʻikepili hou a me nā ʻike mai nā kumu like ʻole o ke kaiāulu mahiʻai.
ʻO kekahi o nā hoʻokō kaulana loa o ka ʻoihana ʻo Professor Thurston, ʻo ia kāna hāʻawi ʻana i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hopena o nā maʻi kanu i ka mālama ʻai honua. Wahi a ka Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ʻo nā maʻi mea kanu ke kuleana no ka 10-16% o nā poho o ka honua i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo ia ka nui o nā piliona kālā. Ma ke aʻo ʻana i ka laha a me nā hopena o nā pathogens mea kanu, ua kōkua ʻo Professor Thurston i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele maʻi maikaʻi, e kōkua ana i ka poʻe mahiʻai ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e pale i kā lākou mau mea kanu a me nā ola.
Ma waho aʻe o kāna noiʻi, ua pāʻani ʻo Professor Thurston i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka hāpai ʻana i nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau. Hoʻokumu ka United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mahiʻai hoʻomau i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka palekana meaʻai honua, ka hōʻemi ʻilihune, a me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kaiapuni. Ua pili pono ka hana a Professor Thurston me keia mau pahu hopu, no ka mea, ua hooikaika ikaika oia no ka hooponopono ana i na mea ino, ka hoololi ana i na mea kanu, a me ka hoohana ana i na cultivars paakiki e hoemi ai i ka hilinai ana i na pesticides a me ka hoomau ana i ka mahiai no ka manawa loihi.
I loko o kāna ʻoihana hanohano, ua hopu ʻo Polofesa Thurston i ke ʻano o kāna hana a hele ʻo ia ma kāna lens kamera. ʻO kāna hōʻiliʻili o nā kiʻi ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,500, hiki ke loaʻa ma kāna pūnaewele, he hōʻike ʻike i ka nani a me ka paʻakikī o ke aupuni mea kanu, a me nā pilikia e kū nei. Mai nā kiʻi o nā mea kanu maʻi a hiki i nā hiʻohiʻona nani, hāʻawi kēia mau kiʻi i kahi hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa i ka honua o nā mea kanu lāʻau a me nā ʻano ʻāina mahiʻai like ʻole a puni ka honua.
He mea kupaianaha maoli nā haʻawina a Professor David Thurston i ke kahua o nā mea kanu lāʻau a me ka mahiʻai hoʻomau. ʻO kāna pūnaewele, "Smokin' Doc Thurston's Greatest Hits," ʻaʻole wale ka hōʻike ʻana i kāna hōʻiliʻili nui o nā kiʻi hoʻohiwahiwa akā he kumu hoʻoikaika no ka poʻe mahiʻai, agronomists, ʻenekinia mahiʻai, nā mea mahiʻai, a me nā ʻepekema. Ma ka kaʻana like ʻana i kona ʻike a me kāna ʻike, hoʻomau ʻo Professor Thurston i ka hoʻoulu ʻana a alakaʻi i ke kaiāulu mahiʻai i kahi wā e hiki mai ana.