He mārama te rerekētanga o te whakamahinga motuhake o ngā hua pepa horoi.

I te whai a te tangata i te oranga kounga me te whakapai tonu i te kaha ki te kai, kei te piki haere te hiahia mō ngā pepa motuhake mō te whakamahinga o ia rā, e whakaatuhia ana i roto i ngā āhuatanga motuhake pēnei i te wehewehenga o ngā horopaki e tika ana, te wehewehenga o ngā manakohanga o te mano, me te wehewehenga o ngā mahi hua.
I roto i te wāhanga o ngā hua pepa horoi, kua tino piki ake te hoko o ngā tauera horoi, pepa kirīmi, pepa tauera, pepa tauera me ētahi atu hua. Kei te tere te tipu o te hiahia mō ngā hua pepa horoi, ā, kei te piki haere te kanorau o ngā momo hua, e whakaatu ana i ngā āhuatanga o te "whakaaro ki te maroke me te mākū". Kua whanake te momo hua mai i te tango pepa tuku iho me te pepa rōra ki tētahi whānau hua nui tae atu ki ngā tauera mākū, ngā tauera horoi maroke, pepa kirīmi, pepa tauera, me ētahi atu. Ko te pepa tuhi me te pepa rōra tonu ngā kaihoko matua i te mākete, me te tokomaha o ngā kaiwhakamahi kei roto i te rua o runga o te kai hua pepa. I roto i ēnei, ko ngā hua pepa tuhi e whai wāhi ana ki te haurua o ngā hoko mākete. Ko te hoko o te pepa wharepaku mākū me ngā tauera horoi e tino akiakihia ana e te hiahia o ngā kaihoko mō te akuaku me te horoi.
Ko te nuinga o ngā hua pepa ka pā tika ki te tinana o te tangata, ā, ka aro nui ngā kaihoko ki te kounga o te hua, te mahi, me te wheako o te kaiwhakamahi. I roto i ēnei, ko te waitohu te mea tino aro nui. I te hoko pepa, ko te ōwehenga o ngā kaihoko e aro ana ki te waitohu e 88.37%; 95.91% o ngā kaihoko e whakatairanga ana i te waitohu i te hoko tauera mākū.

He mārama ake ngā waitohu ā-rohe ki ngā āhuatanga ā-tinana me ngā tikanga noho o te iwi Haina, me ō rātou painga utu nui, ā, e tino manakohia ana e ngā kaihoko, e noho ana i tētahi wāhi nui o te mākete. Hei hua kaihoko auau, e kitea ana te ia o te "pepa motuhake" mō ngā hua pepa horoi. Ka taea e ngā kaihokohoko waitohu te arotahi ki te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia pepa o ngā kaihoko taitamariki i whānau i ngā tau 2000 me 1990, me te whakarite i ngā hiahia kai a ngā kaiwhakamahi whare, te whakapai ake i te wheako kaiwhakamahi o te hua me te waihanga wāhi mō te tipu o te hua.