ʻO ia ka hopena o nā makahiki he ʻumi o nā hoʻolālā a me $ 15 miliona i nā hoʻopukapuka, ʻoiai ʻo Syngenta hou ʻo Global Vegetable Seeds Quality Control Lab i hoʻomaka i kēia mahina ma Nampa, Idaho. ʻO ka lab kahi hoʻonui o ka $30 miliona Trait Conversion Accelerator i wehe ʻia ma ka pūnaewele ma 2019. Ke alakaʻi nei ka lab maikaʻi hou i ke olakino hua a me ka hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻana no nā hua kanu e hoʻouna ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
"ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ke ola olakino he lawelawe a he koi mākou e hōʻoia i ka hua a mākou e hāʻawi ai i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, ka poʻe mahiʻai, palekana, maʻemaʻe, a palekana," i wehewehe ʻia ʻo Matthew Johnston, Global Head of Syngenta Vegetable Seeds and Flowers i ka wā o kahi hanana VIP ma ka hale. “He mea ola ka hua, no laila, loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻano kapu a puni ka honua kahi e hoʻāʻo ai nā ʻāina a i ʻole nā ʻāina e pale i kā lākou pono mahiʻai ponoʻī a ʻaʻole makemake lākou i nā ʻano invasive. ʻAʻole lākou makemake i nā pathogens invasive e komo mai i hiki ke lawe ʻia e nā hua. He mea koʻikoʻi ia o ka ʻoihana hua mea kanu.
Wahi a Syngenta, he 37,000-square-foot quality control facility i loaʻa i nā wahi ulu ulu kaiapuni a me ka hoʻāʻo pololei e hoʻonui ai i ke olakino hua ma ka ʻoihana meaʻai honua a no nā mea kūʻai hua kanu. Ma ka huli ʻana, e kākoʻo ka hana ma ke keʻena hoʻomalu maikaʻi ma Nampa i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka palena manawa mai ka hana hua a hiki i nā māla ulu.
"He mea koʻikoʻi ko mākou hiki ke hoʻoneʻe i nā hua ma ke aupuni," wahi a Stacy Woodruff, Global Head of Vegetable Seeds Production, Syngenta Seeds. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo nā hua e hele ana i loko o ka hale ʻo Nampa e hele i ko lākou ala i nā mea kanu mea kanu a puni ka honua, "a pono lākou e ʻike i ka wā e loaʻa ai kahi mea mai Syngenta e hele ana ia i ka germ i ka maikaʻi kūpono, e ulu ana ia. akā, ʻo ia ka maʻemaʻe mai kahi hiʻohiʻona maʻi. ʻO ia ka hana a kēia hale hana.
ʻO Laurel Carter ke poʻo honua o ka Phytosanitary and Seed Movement Compliance for Syngenta's Vegetable and Flower Seeds Division. Ua wehewehe hou ʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o ka lab.
"He mea koʻikoʻi ke ola o ka hua no mākou, a ma ka ʻoihana hua meaʻai, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā maʻi, virus, bacteria, a me nā haʻi hiki ke pili me ka hua a hele pū me nā hua," wahi āna. "ʻO kekahi o nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hale hana ma ʻaneʻi ʻo ia ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole i loaʻa kēlā mau maʻi virus, bacteria, a me nā fungi i kā mākou hua a hele a hoʻopilikia i nā mea ulu i lalo. No laila, he mea hopohopo nui iā mākou mai ka hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o nā hua Syngenta a puni ka honua, pono lākou e noʻonoʻo hou aʻe.
"Ke noʻonoʻo nui nei mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi a me nā maʻi maʻi ma nā ʻāina a puni ka honua. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻāina kā lākou hui mālama mea kanu, "wahi āna. “ʻO kā lākou hana ka mālama ʻana i ka mahiʻai ma ko lākou ʻāina. No laila, he mea nui e hōʻoia inā e neʻe ana ka hua mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a, e ʻōlelo ʻo Australia, ʻaʻole mākou e lawe pū me ia i nā pathogens ʻaʻole paha i loaʻa ma Australia. Nui nā phytosanitary i hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia e pili ana i ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole e neʻe nā pathogens me ka hua i nā wahi i hiki ʻole ai.
Wahi a Syngenta me ke kau wela a me ka hooilo, ʻo Idaho kahi wahi kūpono loa no ka hana hua a me ka noiʻi. Ua mahalo nui ʻia ke Keʻena ʻOihana o ka mokuʻāina a puni ka honua no kāna mau kūlana phytosanitary a me nā papahana e pili ana i ka hana hua.
Ua wehe ʻo Syngenta i $15 miliona i ka Global Vegetable Seeds Quality Control Lab