»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Introduction of Mobile Plant Clinics to Uganda. First Results and Lessons Learned 2005 â€� 2010.
Lessons from 4 mobile (or community-based) plant health clinics started in Uganda on a pilot basis
Abstract
Four mobile (or community-based) plant health clinics were started in Uganda on a pilot basis in 2005-2006. This new way of delivering primary plant healthcare to farmers has attracted wider interest and several countries are now seeking ways to implement plant clinics on a wider scale to improve the delivery of plant health services to farmers. Moving from a pilot scheme to a larger intervention requires knowledge about how plant clinics operate, what the outcomes and limitations are, and what interventions are needed to ensure effective, well-connected and accountable services. Linking plant clinics to effective networks of diagnostic labs, research institutions and input suppliers under a ‘plant health systems� framework is a new and largely unexplored challenge that needs to be addressed.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp main purpose of this study was to gather results and lessons learned from the existing plant clinic initiative to inform future interventions. A second purpose was to validate the applied methods and analyses to establish a common framework for clinic assessment, which allows comparing plant clinic performance and outcomes.
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University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 34 pp.
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