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Ua loaʻa i ka mākeke ʻuala ma ʻEkuador kahi haunaele nui i kēia mau manawa, me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai ma 30% a 50% i loko o hoʻokahi mahina. Wahi a ka papa inoa kumu kūʻai mai ka Wholesale Market o Ambato, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai e pili ana i ka hāʻawi palena ʻia, ʻo kekahi hapa ma muli o nā pilikia climatic a me nā pilikia pest.
No ka laʻana, ua piʻi ke kumu kūʻai o kahi kuintal o ka uala Gabriela mai $14 ma Sepatemaba 18 a i $21 i ka lā 18 ʻOkakopa. $21 a i $28.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Marta Cordero, ka pelekikena o ka Hui ʻuala, ʻo ka piʻi koke ʻana o nā kumukūʻai, ʻaʻole ia ka hewa o nā mea kālepa. Akā, ma muli o ka hōʻole ʻana o nā mea hana i ka mahi ʻana i ka wā e haʻahaʻa ana ke kumukūʻai ʻuala, e alakaʻi ana i ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea kanu ma ka mākeke. ʻO nā ʻuala i hāʻawi ʻia i ka Wholesale Market o Ambato mai nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale like ʻole, me Quero, Tisaleo, Pelileo, Mocha, a me Píllaro.
ʻO ka poʻe mahiʻai e like me Ángel Morales i loaʻa i nā poho nui ma muli o ka hau e hōʻino ana i kā lākou mau mea kanu a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai o nā mea pono. ? iecaianoaaiiuo nā mea hoʻokomo. Ua koho nā mea hana he nui i nā mea kanu pōkole pōkole e hōʻemi i nā pilikia hoʻopukapuka.
Ke manaʻo nei nā mea kūʻai aku i ke kui. Ua hōʻike ʻo Estela Garzón, kahi kamaʻāina o Ambato, i kona kahaha i ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā kumukūʻai ʻuala. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai e koi ai i nā ʻohana e ʻimi i nā mea pani no kā lākou ʻai. Pēlā nō, ʻike nā mea hale ʻaina e like me Magdalena Ortiz i kā lākou ʻoihana i hoʻopilikia ʻia, pono e lawe i nā koina hou a hiki i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka mākeke.
ʻAʻole mea hou ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai ma ka mākeke ʻuala. ʻO ka ʻano super chola, i manaʻo ʻia kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa, ua ʻike i ka hāʻule nui o ke kumukūʻai ma mua o 2023. Ua hoʻomaka ia ma $25 i Ianuali, hāʻule i $16 i ʻApelila, a piʻi hou i $28 ma ʻOkakopa 18. Ua ʻae nā mea kālepa a me nā mea hana i nā kumukūʻai ʻuala ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa i loko o ka makahiki, hoʻololi ʻia e ka loaʻa ʻana o ka huahana a me ka makemake o nā mea kūʻai aku.
ʻO ke kumukūʻai ʻuala ma ʻEkuador e hōʻike ana i nā pilikia e kū nei i nā mahiʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku. ʻO nā pilikia o ke aniau a me nā pilikia pest ke hoʻopau i ke kaulahao lako, e alakaʻi ana i ka maopopo ʻole o ka mākeke. ʻO ka poʻe mahiʻai e lawe i ka pōʻino o nā mea kanu, ʻoiai nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā ʻoihana e hoʻololi i ka loli o ka mākeke. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā hana mahiʻai a me ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā ʻano mahiʻai kūpaʻa he mea nui ia i ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ia mau pilikia a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i kahi mākeke ʻuala paʻa no nā mea kuleana āpau.
