| Autor: |
Solveig Danielsen, Charles Kajura, Joseph Mulema, Robert Taylor, Monica Kansiime, Christine Alokit, Benius Tukahirwa, Esther Schelling |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
One Health, Vol 7, Iss , Pp - (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2352-7714 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.onehlt.2019.100082 |
| Popis: |
The benefits of joint health service delivery remain under-explored in One Health. Plant clinics are known to provide ad hoc, undocumented advice on animal health and production to farmers. To understand the scope of this activity, 180 plant doctors (extension workers) in Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Peru and Costa Rica were surveyed and a workshop involving key stakeholders was organized in Uganda. Most (81%) plant doctors regularly received queries from farmers on livestock topics. This shows that the single sectoral approach to service delivery often does not match small-scale farmers' needs. There is growing interest among service providers, ministry officials and researchers to improve integration of farmer services to reduce operational costs and make better use of existing capacities. The workshop supported the proposal for the first ‘crop-livestock clinics’ to be trialled and evaluated in Uganda. This will inform other countries on the potential of joint services to mixed crop-livestock farming communities. Keywords: Plant clinics, Agricultural extension, Joint health services, Animal health, Livestock production, Mixed farming |
| Databáze: |
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