Mau "gula" maia ke hoola i ka ola o na mea he nui na keiki i loko o Uganda

ʻepekema, ua ulu ka houʻano o ka maiʻa e hiki ke kōkua nui na keiki i loko o Uganda loaa mai i ka nele o ka provitamin A. ka ai-kapaia "gula" maia i ua hoʻomohala, mai ke Kulanui o Queensland ma Australia, ke kime alakaʻiʻia e Kumu James Dale. Nā hopena o keia hanaʻikeʻia i loko o ka puke pai Plant Biotechnology.

Ua Ua manaolana i ka 2021, Ugandan mahiʻai ua ulu ka maia i waiwai ma ka provitamin A. kēia ao i hoʻolako 'ia e ka Bila & Melinda puka Foundation, i i helu' ia ma kahi o 10 miliona dala i ka noiʻi.

Ka hooulu ana o ka uala hou mai

Ke kaʻina hana o ka ulu houʻano likeʻole o ka maiʻa kikowaena hooponopono hou ana o ko lakou poe kanaka keena, a i laila hoohuliia mai i loko o embryos a germinate i mea kanu. No ka hoʻoikaika 'ana i ka "gula" maiʻa i pono ai no ka oi ma mua o 12 makahiki o ke keʻena hoʻokolohua, a kahua e hookolokolo ai i loko o'ākau Queensland. Ugandanʻepekema e replicate keia iaʻano hana no ka kūloko maiʻaʻano likeʻole.

No ka houʻano likeʻole o nā kānakaʻepekema i ka'ōewe mai ka maiʻa, i ulu ma Papua New Guinea. I ka hua o keia ano i wehewehe aku e kiʻekiʻe loa pae o ka provitamin A, akā, ua uuku na. Mau nā'ōewe Ua ua wahahee ma ka "Cavendish" maiʻa genotypeʻano likeʻole. Over na makahiki, ua hiki ke loaa nui hua me kiʻekiʻe pae o ka provitamin A. mawaho oko ao mai i ke koena o ia hiki e ku pono ana i ke gula-alaniʻiʻo pepaʻepekema, like loa nāʻano likeʻole ia i ka creamy waihoʻoluʻu.

Deficiency o provitamin A

Ma kua'āina nā kaiāulu i loko o Uganda maia e nō ka staple meaʻai. Here, kanaka e ai i ka hikinaʻApelika Waena imu maiʻa, a ua wehewehe aku ma kiʻekiʻe pia maʻiʻo, akā, i loa mau micronutrients, a me kākoʻo-wikamina A a me ka hao.

Kela a me keia makahiki, no ka nele o ka provitamin make mai 650 a hiki i 700 tausani keiki nā hualoaʻa a. keiki kekahi lilo aku i ko lakou mau maka aku. Other symptoms i nā stunted ulu, infertility, maloo ili a me ka oi.

Ka hoʻomaka 'ana o ke kahua hookolokolo ma Uganda

No laila, i kēia "gula" maia hiki e incredibly maikaʻi kēia. ʻepekema, ua hoao i ka hailona o aaiaoe oko mua, e hoʻoikaika 'o ka hope loa "beauty". Na paipu i loaʻa i ka mea e pono ai nā'ōewe i i ua hoouna ia Uganda, kahi a lakou e hoʻolauna i loko o ka genotype o kūloko laha 'o ka maiʻa no kahua ikea ai.

Ke e piʻi like ana o ia mau hualoaʻa ma kānakaʻepekema, e like me kā lākou puke mea he milestone i loko o kā lākou kona manaopaa, e hoomakaukau i oi nutritiousʻai no nā kaiaulu ilihune e noho ana ma Africa.