Ua hui pū ka 'Oihana Mahiai o New Jersey me ka Rowan University GeoSpatial Research Lab e hāʻawi i kahi mea hana pūnaewele e hiki ai i nā mea hoʻohana o ke kaiāulu mahiʻai ke komo, nānā a paʻi i nā hōʻike lepo ma o ka ʻāpana ʻauhau. Hoʻokomo ka mea hana i kekahi mau mea e pono ai ke kaʻina loiloi ʻāina mahiʻai.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hāmeʻa he koho a hiki ke loaʻa i ka poʻe e noi ana no ka loiloi hou ʻana. ʻAe ka New Jersey Farmland Assessment Act i nā ʻāina mahiʻai a me nā ʻeka ululāʻau i hoʻolaʻa ikaika ʻia i kahi hoʻohana mahiʻai a i ʻole horticultural e loiloi ʻia i ko lākou waiwai huahana. Loaʻa kēia ʻike hou no nā luna aupuni a me ke kaona no ka loiloi loiloi ʻāina mahiʻai.
"ʻO ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o kā mākou limahana a me nā limahana ʻo GeoSpatial Research Lab ma Rowan i alakaʻi i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mea hana no ka loiloi ʻana i nā ʻāina a puni ka mokuʻāina," wahi a ke Kakauolelo ʻo NJDA Douglas Fisher i loko o kahi nūhou. "E hāʻawi kēia hana pololei a me ka mea hoʻohana i ka ʻike hou e kōkua i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kaʻina loiloi ʻāina mahiʻai."
Ua puka mai nā pilikia e pili ana i ka ʻikepili huahana no ka lilo ʻana o ka ʻike mōʻaukala i ka wā kahiko a ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i ka lehulehu. I ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻoholo ʻia kahi mana kau kānāwai no ka NJDA e hoʻomohala i kahi kahua palapala palapala hiki ke hiki. Ua kūkākūkā ka NJDA i ka USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) no ka huli ʻana i kahi ala ʻē aʻe e loiloi i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka lepo. Ua ʻike ʻia ka USDA-NRCS National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (NCCPI). ʻO ka NCCPI ke ʻano o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā lepo o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka hoʻohua ʻana i nā mea kanu waiwai ʻole ma muli o ko lākou mau waiwai lepo. He ala paʻa kēia i hoʻopili pololei ʻia me ka palapala ʻāina o kēia manawa a me ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka palapala i hoʻohana mua ʻia no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka ʻāina no ka loiloi ʻāina ʻo ia ka "Productive Capacity of New Jersey Soils", i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1964 i ka wā i hoʻoholo ʻia ai ke Kānāwai Hoʻohālikelike ʻĀina. I kēlā manawa, ua mālama ʻia ka Survey Soil hou loa i ka makahiki 1911 a ua hoʻopau ʻia i ka makahiki 1927. Ua wehewehe ka palapala i 215 New Jersey Soils a hoʻonoho iā lākou i ʻeono mau ʻāpana (Nā Pūʻulu A a hiki i F). ʻO ka hui A he ʻāina mahiʻai maikaʻi loa a ʻaʻole kūpono ka hui F no ka mahiʻai.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā loulou i ka mea hana palapala ʻāina a me kahi wikiō hōʻikeʻike ma ka ʻaoʻao NJDA Farmland Assessment ma https://bit.ly/3GyHjvN.
No nā nīnau e pili ana i ka paahana palapala, e leka uila i ka 'Oihana ma ContactAg@ag.nj.gov a i ʻole kelepona 609-913-6490. No nā nīnau e pili ana i ka loiloi ʻāina mahiʻai a i ʻole ka loiloi hou e kelepona i kāu luna ʻauhau kūloko.