E ai ki te US National Potato Council (NPC) kua eke te putea mo te rangahau whakatipu rīwai i te motu ki te taumata teitei o te hitori, kua tohuhia ki te tomokanga Potatoworld.eu.
E ai ki te korero a te NPC, i te 28 o Hurae, ka tukuna e te Komiti Whakawhiwhinga a te Senate tana putanga o te Pire Putea Paamu 2023 (FY23), ka tukuna he $4 miriona mo te rangahau whakatipu riwai.
Ka whakawhiwhia ano e te pire he putea mo te whakawhanaketanga taiwhenua, te tirotiro i nga kai me nga rongoa rongoa, te urupare mo te raru o te rangi, me etahi atu - he $27,2 piriona ka toha mo enei kaupapa, he 8 paiheneti neke atu i tera tau.
“Kei te maioha te umanga riwai i te mea he nui te whakaaro a te Komiti Whakawhiwhinga a te Senate ki te ahunga o te whakatipu riwai. I whakatauhia e matou tenei kaupapa hei kaupapa matua mo ia huringa putea, me te kaha o te mahi a te roopu kei te tino whai hua," te kii a RJ Andrus, te perehitini tuarua o te NPC mo nga take ture.
Kia mahara ano i tera tau i whakawhiwhia e te National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) nga putea rangahau riwai e wha na roto i tana Kaupapa Tohu Rangahau Motuhake. E ai ki te whare wananga kei te whakangao ki te whakatipu rīwai hei tautoko i "te rangahau e whai ana ki te whakawhanake me te whakamatautau i nga momo rīwai arumoni pai ake ma te whakamahi i te whakatipuranga puāwaitanga me nga huarahi irapoi me te hangarau koiora."