Plantwise: Beyond implementation of Plant Clinics to Sustainably Strengthen Plant Health Systems in Africa
Washington Otieno et al. Regional Plantwise Coordinator for Africa CABI Africa
The vision National PHSD Improved vigilance on emerging threats to PH Support farmers to reduce pest related crop losses Improve food security Reduce poverty Adapt to climate change
Plant Clinics Part of extension service Free at the point of use Set up at local meeting places Regularly run Samples brought by farmers Diagnosis & advise by ‘prescription’ Plant clinic, DR Congo
Relevant: “Prescription”
Example: Plant Clinics in Kenya >35 clinics >80 extension staff trained plant doctors Positive response from: farmers, plant doctors, partners Demand-driven
MoA developing strategy for scale up
Knowledge Bank Comprehensive on-line resource Country and Region homepage
> 10,000 Pest fact sheets Diagnostic search tool Pest management guides Pest mapping and forecasts Supporting literature Translating tool for many different languages
Diagnosis, support, advice
smallholder farmers
Dialogue with farmer
Plantwise ‘plant doctors’ extension workers
Improved, evidence-based extension materials; recommendation guides, monitoring & evaluation tools
knowledge bank
Content Partner materials/data
Scientific information and expertise
Clinic information: What pests are problems for farmers? Where? Who is coming to clinics?
Clinic data management Clinics
People
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Past month Clinic name * (e.g. 'Dundori market clinic'):
Basic Basic info Info
YTD Nembure market clinic Partners
visits Country: * County: * repeat Village/town:
visits Nembure
% female
146
452
87
325
District:
OR
67%
Reports Reports, stats Stats
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56%
Nearest main town: *
Visits to clinic by month (2011) Clinic code (automatically generated): Date established:*
11 / 01 / 2012
KY021
Visits by month at a single clinic Frequency:*
Tomato Banana
Day of the week clinic is held:* Other details (e.g. 'mobile clinic')
Advertised via radio and posters at MoA
Farmer catchment area
Location type:
Cassava
CABI staff:
Coffee
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Supervisor:
Other
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Crops brought in to clinic over SAVE SAVE past 6 months
Data from Clinics Potential value to many users Extension Research Policy makers Agro-input suppliers Regulators NPPOs Stimulates links between actors
Strengthening Plant Health System of Countries Farmers
Extension
Input supply Plant clinics
Regulation
Research
Plantwise in 2013
Caribbean & Central America Nicaragua Honduras Barbados Grenada Trinidad & Tobago Suriname
South America Bolivia Peru
Africa Burkina Faso DR Congo Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Malawi Mozambique Rwanda Sierra Leone Tanzania Uganda Zambia
SE & East Asia China Cambodia Vietnam
S, W, Central Asia Pakistan Afghanistan Bangladesh India Nepal Sri Lanka
Net income for potato farmers in Bolivia after adopting clinic advice
Key income investments of farmers in Bangladesh resulting from PW approach Kind of investment Buying land Children's education
Buying a cow Planting
Home improvement Growing a crop
% gain 9 25
13 9 21 7
Next Steps in Africa Which countries next
Gain experience, learn Review, plan for scale out
PHSD Incorporation as part of public funded agriculture extension systems Integration of modules in curricula of learning institutions
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