Holo ʻo Eyleen Goh i kahi mahiʻai mai ka papa luna o kahi paka kaʻa ma Singapore.
A ʻaʻole kēia he hana liʻiliʻi - hāʻawi ia i nā hale kūʻai kokoke me 400kg o nā mea kanu i ka lā, wahi āna.
“He liʻiliʻi loa ʻo Singapore akā he nui kā mākou mau kaʻa. ʻO ka moeʻuhane ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mahiʻai [ma ʻaneʻi] e hoʻokō ai i nā pono o nā kamaʻāina ma ke kaiāulu, "wahi āna.
Ma ka liʻiliʻi he ʻumi o kēia mau mahiʻai ma luna o ka hale i ulu aʻe ma waena o ka mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAsia Hema Hema.
Ua hoʻomaka ke aupuni e hoʻolimalima i nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa ma 2020 ma ke ʻano o kāna hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i ka hana meaʻai kūloko. ʻO ka ʻāina o 5.5m ka poʻe e lawe mai nei ma mua o 90% o kāna meaʻai.
Akā ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi ka wahi ma kēia ʻāina mokupuni ākea a ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole kūʻai ka ʻāina. Aia ʻo Singapore i kekahi o nā waiwai pipiʻi loa o ka honua.
Ua haʻi aku kekahi kanaka mahiʻai i ka BBC ʻo ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o kāna kahua kaʻa kaʻa mua e pono ai ʻo ia e haʻalele a neʻe i kahi wahi haʻahaʻa.
I ka manawa i kipa aku ai ʻo BBC News i ka mahiʻai a Ms Goh, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hapakolu o ka nui o kahi kahua pōpeku, ua holo piha nā hana.
ʻOhi nā limahana, ʻokiʻoki a hoʻopaʻa choy sum, he lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo lau i hoʻohana ʻia i ka kuke ʻana i ka Pākē.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka hale i kēia manawa, ua paʻa kekahi limahana i ka kanu ʻana i nā mea kanu.
“Ke ʻohi nei mākou i kēlā me kēia lā. Ma muli o nā mea kanu a mākou e ulu nei, hiki iā ia mai 100kg a 200kg a 400kg i kēlā me kēia lā, "wahi a Ms Goh.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻomaka ana ke kumukūʻai mahiʻai ma kahi o S$1m ($719,920; £597,720), me ka nui o ke kālā i hoʻolilo ʻia i nā mea hana e kōkua i ka wikiwiki o ka ʻohi ʻana.
ʻOiai ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi mau haʻawina, ʻōlelo ʻo Ms Goh ʻaʻole pono kāna ʻoihana.
He 10 kāna mau limahana a uku i ka hoʻolimalima ma kahi o S$90,000 i hoʻokahi makahiki no ka wahi a me kahi kahua kaʻa ʻē aʻe, ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia nei.
"ʻO kā mākou manawa hoʻonohonoho i hana ʻia i ka wā maʻi maʻi Covid, no laila ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka logistic a ua lōʻihi ka manawa," i wehewehe ai ʻo Ms Goh.
"Eia kekahi, ʻo ia ka makana mua o ka hale kaʻa kaʻa i hāʻawi ʻia [e ke aupuni] no laila he mea hou loa ke kaʻina hana i nā mea āpau," wahi āna.
Ke ʻimi nei ka poʻe mahiʻai ma luna o Singapore i nā ala ʻē aʻe e loaʻa kālā ai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nicholas Goh, ʻaʻole pili iā Ms Goh, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā ma ka uku ʻana i ka poʻe i ka uku mahina no ka ʻohi ʻana i nā mea kanu ma kāna mahiʻai kūlanakauhale.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua kaulana loa ka manaʻo i nā ʻohana e noho kokoke ana ma ke ʻano he "ʻano kaiāulu ia, ma mua o ke ʻano ʻoihana".
Eia naʻe, ʻōlelo kekahi kanaka mahiʻai kūlanakauhale, ʻo Mark Lee, ʻo ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe ua hoʻoikaika iā ia e neʻe i kahi hale ʻoihana e hoʻopiʻi nei i kahi "nogligible" ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻolimalima haʻahaʻa.
“ʻO ka huaʻai ka mea ʻai wale nō. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi iā ia ma ke ʻano hou a maikaʻi loa akā aia ka palena i ka nui o ka uku. ʻAʻole mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā truffles ma aneʻi, "wahi a Mr Lee.
'Pelekia kū'oko'a'
ʻAʻole ʻo nā mahiʻai ma luna o ka hale wale nō ke ala a Singapore e manaʻo ai e hoʻonui i ka nui o ka meaʻai e ulu ai.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu home o ka ʻāina mai nā hale ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe i kākoʻo nui ʻia e ke aupuni. Ua loaʻa iā ia he 238 mau māla laikini i 2020, e like me nā helu mana.
Ua loaʻa ka waiwai o kekahi o nā mahiʻai, a hiki ke hoʻonui i kā lākou hana e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā, wahi a ka Singapore Food Agency (SFA).
"He pilikia koʻikoʻi ka palekana meaʻai no Singapore. Ma ke ʻano he kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka honua me nā kumu waiwai liʻiliʻi, ua pilikia ʻo Singapore i nā haʻalulu o waho a me ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā pilikia, "wahi a ka ʻōlelo a SFA i ka BBC News.
"ʻO kēia ke kumu he mea nui e hoʻomau mākou i nā hana e hoʻopaʻa i kā mākou waiwai pono," hoʻohui ka ʻōlelo.
Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua hoʻomaka ka pilikia o ka palekana meaʻai ma Singapore i ka wā ua pāpā ʻia kekahi mau ʻāina o ka ʻāina i nā meaʻai nui.
Ua hoʻāʻo nā aupuni e hilinaʻi i nā mea lawe mai e pale i kā lākou lako meaʻai e like me ke kaua ʻo Ukraine a ua hoʻonui ka maʻi maʻi i ke kumukūʻai o nā mea āpau mai nā meaʻai nui a i ka aila.
Ma ka makahiki 2030, manaʻo ʻo Singapore e hana i 30% o ka meaʻai e ʻai ai iā ia iho - ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu manawa i ka nui o kēia manawa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Polofesa William Chen o Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, pono e hāʻawi ʻia ke kākoʻo hou aku i nā mahiʻai kūlanakauhale.
"Aia nā hana e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā huahana mai SFA, a me nā mākeke mahiʻai maʻamau e paipai i nā mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai hou aku i nā huahana kūloko," wahi a Prof Chen, he luna hoʻokele o ka papahana ʻepekema meaʻai a me ka ʻenehana.
"Malia paha e noʻonoʻo ʻia ke kōkua ʻana i nā mahiʻai kūloko e hoʻohana i nā ʻenehana maʻalahi," wahi āna.
Eia naʻe, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Sonia Akter, he loea kōkua ma ke kula ʻo Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, e lilo paha nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe i mea paʻakikī no ka poʻe mahiʻai kūlanakauhale.
"Ke hāʻawi nei ʻo Singapore i nā kālā he nui a me ke kākoʻo kālā i nā poʻe ʻoihana e hana nei ma kēia wahi," wahi āna.
"ʻO ka nīnau inā paha e hiki i kēia mau mahiʻai ke hana a lilo i mea kūʻai: hiki i ka wā e pau ai ke kākoʻo o ke aupuni."
Ma hope o ka hale i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā poloka hale kiaʻi ma waena o ke kaona o Singapore, ʻike ʻia ʻo Ms Goh he honua kaawale mai ka mahiʻai kuʻuna.
Eia naʻe, hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā manaʻo o nā hanauna o ka poʻe mahiʻai i hele mai ma mua ona: “ʻAʻole he koho ka haʻalele ʻana. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. "
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