Plant health clinics: “Many poor countries offer no agricultural services to subsistence farmers and have little or no money for cars and fuel that would let agents journey to rural areas to offer help. Now a development organization based in Britain wants to step into the breach by expanding a program of plant-health clinics in many more countries. … The program dispatches experts to set up shop in villages on market day and invite farmers to bring in diseased plants and local insects. … Local people are trained to eventually take over and support the clinics by charging small fees….. A CABI spokeswoman said a study had shown that farmers who used its Bolivian clinics were earning an extra $4 a day. ” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/health/08glob.html
S.B.Rao 11:54 am on July 28, 2010 Permalink
I want to Plant health clinics in rural area (India) to advises to farmers on insect pest and disease control in the farm. Can I get financial support to start the PHC in.
S.B.Rao