Ua hoʻomaka ka wā hua waina Spanish i ka waena o ʻOkakopa, ma hope o ka mea maʻamau, me ka hana haʻahaʻa, e hopena i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe a paʻa ma mua o ke kau hope.
Wahi a ka ʻikepili mai ka Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), hiki ke hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka hua waina i ka 75,394 tons. He 13.7% ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ke kau i hala a ʻo ka hōʻiliʻili haʻahaʻa loa hoʻi i nā kau ʻekolu i hala, ma hope o ʻelua mau moʻolelo hana i nā hoʻolaha ʻelua i hala.
"He nui ka poʻe i manaʻo he ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hua ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia," wahi a Miguel Barber, ka luna o Pomelos MBC, ka mea loea i ka hana ʻana a me ke kūʻai ʻana i ka hua waina, me ka nui o 16 miliona mau kilo. "Ua hoʻomaka mākou e hōʻiliʻili i ka pule 42, ma hope o ka mea maʻamau a hui pū me ka hoʻihoʻi mua ʻana o nā lako mai ka ʻaoʻao hema, a ua alakaʻi ʻia i kahi koi i manaʻo ʻia no ka hua waina Spanish mai nā kaulahao ʻEulopa."
Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Miguel Barber e hāʻule ka hana ma nā ʻāina hana a pau o ka Mediterranean, e like me Israel a me Turkey, "kahi i ʻike nui ʻia ai ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻohi." Hōʻike pū ʻo ia "ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka hua waina Mekiko, kahi e hoʻopili ai me ʻApelika Hema a he mea hoʻokūkū maʻamau no mākou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau." ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻia nā puke kiʻekiʻe mai Florida, kahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia ai nā huahana e ka Hurricane Ian. "Ma muli o kēia kūlana, ke hoʻouna aku nei mākou i nā puke hou aku i Farani, ka mea maʻamau e lawe nui mai Florida mai," wahi āna.
Ma muli o ka maloʻo o ke kauwela, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā liʻiliʻi, "he mea ʻē i ka makahiki me ka liʻiliʻi o nā hua." Eia naʻe, hāʻawi ʻia ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau ma mua a ke paʻa nei, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hana. Me nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke manaʻo e piʻi ka koi. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, he mea maikaʻi inā hiki ke mālamaʻia kēia kaulike i ke kau.
Wahi a ka ʻikepili MAPA, ʻo nā wahi ulu citrus i ulu nui loa i kēia makahiki ʻo ia ka lemona a me ka hua waina, i hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o 10%, ʻoi loa ma Andalusia a me ka ʻāina ʻo Murcia. "ʻO ke kumu e ulu ikaika ai ka ʻeka i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka hua waina no ka mea ʻo ia ka hua citrus maikaʻi loa i kēia manawa. Ke ulu wikiwiki nei ia, akā naʻe, no ka mea, ʻo ka manaʻo e hoʻonui ʻia ka hana ʻana o ka hua waina Spanish ma 85% e 2025. Loaʻa iā mākou. e pili ana i kahi huahana niche i hauʻoli i kahi pae hoʻohana paʻa loa no kekahi mau makahiki i kēia manawa.