Ukusebenzisana kwemboni ukusebenzela ekubuyekezeni isiqondiso sokuphepha kokudla okuqondene ne-cantaloupe kubamba izincingo zengqungquthela yamasonto onke esikhundleni sokuzama ukuhlangana ngokwezifunda.
Baphinde bethula iwebhusayithi entsha lapho umphakathi ungabuka khona amadokhumenti nokuqhubeka.
Sekukonke, abaholi bazobamba iqhaza kumaseshini ocingo ayi-15. Ababambiqhaza abavela kuyo yonke imboni bayangena isonto ngalinye ukuze baxoxe ngezihloko ezihlobene nokugwema ukuqubuka kokungcola esikhathini esizayo. Izingxoxo kungenzeka zibandakanye ukuchelela, amanzi, inhlanzeko, ukuthuthwa kwendle, okokusebenza, ukuphatha, ukulawula izinambuzane, ezokuthutha, izinqubo zokukhumbula kanye namarekhodi.
"Imboni isungule izinkombandlela eziningi eminyakeni embalwa edlule," kusho uDavid Gombas, iphini likamengameli we-United Fresh ophezulu wezokuphepha kokudla nobuchwepheshe.
“Inhloso yethu lapha wukuqhamuka nomqulu owumhlahlandlela ofaneleka kakhulu kuma-cantaloupe
imboni. Lokhu esikhuluma ngakho wumbhalo ozobe ungowokuzithandela, osekelwe kwisayensi futhi oqondile.”
Kuzodingeka futhi ivumelane nezimo ukuze isetshenziswe ezinqubweni ezikhulayo nezokuphatha hhayi e-US kuphela, kodwa emhlabeni jikelele, kusho uGombas. Inhloso ukuhlinzeka abaqhubi kuzo zonke izinyathelo eziqondisweni ze-supply chain ukuze basebenzise ukuhlela izinhlelo zabo zokuphepha kokudla.
Ithimba labagqugquzeli lakhiwe uGombas, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sesayensi Nobuchwepheshe be-PMA u-Bob Whitaker, iPhini Likamongameli Omkhulu We-Western Growers we-Strategic Planning, Isayensi Nobuchwepheshe u-Hank Giclas kanye no-Allison Moore, umqondisi wezokuxhumana, I-Fresh Produce Association of the Americas. Bazosiza ukwelusa inqubo "ngendlela eholela kumkhiqizo ekupheleni kosuku ongasetshenziswa yimboni yonke," kusho uGiclas.