Plant Clinics Taking Root in East Africa

歌曲 Plant Clinics Taking Root in East Africa
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[00:00.10] From VOA Learning English,
[00:02.22] this is the Agriculture Report.
[00:05.06] Crop disease continues to be a problem
[00:08.66] for farmers everywhere.
[00:10.55] The non-profit Center for Agriculture
[00:13.48] and Biosciences International says
[00:16.88] pests and diseases destroy up to
[00:19.70] 40 percent of the food grown worldwide.
[00:23.44] The center based in Britain is trying to change that
[00:27.47] with a crop protection program,
[00:29.56] the program is called Plantwise.
[00:32.84] In the past three years,
[00:34.99] Plantwise has trained almost one thousand so-called
[00:39.12] plant doctors in 24 countries,
[00:42.42] one of those countries is Uganda.
[00:45.55] Recently, plant doctor Daniel Lyazi
[00:48.85] set up a table under a small tent,
[00:51.53] join market day in Mukono, the village
[00:54.82] is about 15 kilometers from Kampala, the capital.
[00:58.95] People brought samples of diseased plants to his clinic.
[01:03.73] One farmer brought cabbage covered in slime.
[01:07.87] Nothing can be done to save his cabbages this year,
[01:11.83] but Daniel Lyazi's advice may save the next season's crop.
[01:16.50] "So he's telling me there's a small caterpillar
[01:18.34]which eats [the cabbages] starting from the youngest leaf.
[01:21.34] He's told me that the whole garden has been attacked
[01:26.42] and affected by this caterpillar.
[01:29.05] So according to me, I know that it's a diamondback moth."
[01:32.89] The farmer has been using an insecticide
[01:35.92] but Mr Lyazi says the chemical is the wrong one.
[01:40.11] "It's tolerant - it doesn't kill the diamondback moth caterpillar.
[01:43.70] So I'm recommending him to use another insecticide called Fenkill,
[01:47.79] and in another planting season he should plant with onions.
[01:52.61] Onions can repel (the caterpillar) and he can get income."
[01:55.90] He advises the farmer to plant onions
[01:58.68] between the rows of cabbages
[02:00.43] as an additional measure of protection.
[02:03.56] The clinic lasts about three hours,
[02:07.05] in that time Daniel Lyazi advises about 20 farmers.
[02:11.77] The clinic takes place twice-a-month, it started last year.
[02:16.96] The Plantwise program says
[02:19.94] there are now about 90 of these clinics in Uganda,
[02:23.43] this year donors spent close to $300,000
[02:27.96] training plant doctors and expanding the system in the country.
[02:32.64] Joseph Mulema coordinates the Plantwise program in Uganda and Zambia.
[02:39.41] He argues that plant clinics are a far more effective way
[02:44.49] to get advice to farmers than the traditional model.
[02:48.07] In the traditional model, agricultural extension workers visit farms.
[02:53.70] "Plant clinics can help so many farmers in a very short time.
[03:00.78] In fact, more farmers are seen in a plant clinic session,
[03:04.76] if good mobilization is done,
[03:06.55] than actually an extension officer can look at in an entire month."
[03:10.14] Robert Karyeija is a crop protection officer for the government.
[03:14.57] He says training plant doctors has been very important,
[03:19.24] this is because even though
[03:21.59] there were thousands of agricultural extension workers,
[03:24.78] they just didn't know enough.
[03:27.22] "They were there.
[03:28.76]But the problem [was] they would be general agriculturalists
[03:33.70] who knew agronomy but didn't know much about pests and diseases."
[03:38.97] Since 2010, The Center for Agriculture and Biosciences International
[03:44.35] has set up Plantwise clinics in 12 African countries
[03:49.23] - nine of them in East Africa and three in West Africa.
[03:53.71] And that's the Agriculture Report from VOA Learning English.

歌词大意

[00:00.10] lái zì VOA Learning English,
[00:02.22] zhè shì yí gè nóng yè bào gào.
[00:05.06] nóng zuò wù jí bìng réng rán shì yí gè wèn tí
[00:08.66] duì yú suǒ yǒu de nóng mín.
[00:10.55] zhè gè fēi yíng lì de nóng yè
[00:13.48] hé guó jì shēng wù kē xué zhōng xīn biǎo shì
[00:16.88] hài chóng hé jí bìng pò huài le gāo dá
[00:19.70] bǎi fēn zhī sì shí de shēng zhǎng zài quán qiú fàn wéi nèi de shí wù.
[00:23.44] shè zài yīng guó de zhōng xīn zhèng cháng shì qù gǎi biàn zhè
[00:27.47] tōng guò yí gè nóng zuò wù bǎo hù jì huà,
[00:29.56] zhè gè jì huà jiào zuò Plantwise.
[00:32.84] zài guò qù de sān nián lǐ,
[00:34.99] Plantwise yǐ jīng péi xùn le jìn qiān míng de suǒ wèi de
[00:39.12] zhí wù yī shēng cóng 24 gè guó jiā zhōng,
[00:42.42] zài zhè qí zhōng de yí gè guó jiā jiù shì wū gān dá.
[00:45.55] zuì jìn, zhí wù yī shēng Daniel Lyazi
[00:48.85] zài yí gè xiǎo zhàng péng xià bǎi le zhāng zhuō zi
[00:51.53] jiā rù le zài mù kē luò de shì chǎng rì,
[00:54.82] nà gè cūn zhèn jù lí kǎn pà lā wū gān dá de shǒu dū 15 gōng lǐ.
[00:58.95] cūn mín dài lái le bìng zhū de yàng běn lái dào tā de zhěn suǒ.
[01:03.73] yǒu yí gè nóng mín dài lái le yī kē bèi nián yè fù gài de bái cài.
[01:07.87] jīn nián méi yǒu rèn hé fāng fǎ kě yǐ wǎn jiù tā de bái cài,
[01:11.83] dàn shì Daniel Lyazi de jiàn yì yě xǔ kě yǐ bāng tā jiù huí xià gè jì dù de nóng zuò wù.
[01:16.50] " suǒ yǐ tā gào sù wǒ nà lǐ yǒu yī zhǒng xiǎo de máo máo chóng
[01:18.34] zhèng zài cóng bái cài de zuì nián yòu de cài yè kāi shǐ chī.
[01:21.34] tā gào sù wǒ zhěng gè cài yuán dōu yǐ jīng bèi gōng jī
[01:26.42] ér qiě dōu bèi zhè zhǒng máo chóng suǒ yǐng xiǎng.
[01:29.05] rán ér duì yú wǒ lái shuō, wǒ zhī dào zhè shì yì zhī xiǎo cài é."
[01:32.89] zhè gè nóng mín yī zhí shǐ yòng shā chóng jì
[01:35.92] dàn shì Lyazi xiān shēng biǎo shì shì yòng huà xué shā chóng shì cuò wù de:
[01:40.11] " zhè shì méi yǒu yòng de tā shì shā bù sǐ zhè zhǒng xiǎo máo chóng de.
[01:43.70] suǒ yǐ wǒ tuī jiàn tā qù shǐ yòng lìng yī zhǒng jiào zuò Fenkill de shā chóng jì,
[01:47.79] ér qiě zài lìng yí gè zhòng zhí jì jié tā yīng gāi zhòng zhí yáng cōng.
[01:52.61] yáng cōng kě yǐ qū chú zhè zhǒng xiǎo máo chóng, rán hòu tā jiù kě yǐ huò dé shōu rù le."
[01:55.90] tā jiàn yì nà míng nóng mín zhòng zhí yáng cōng
[01:58.68] zài yī xíng xíng bái cài zhōng jiān
[02:00.43] zuò wéi é wài de bǎo hù cuò shī.
[02:03.56] zhè jiàn zhěn suǒ chí xù le dà yuē sān xiǎo shí,
[02:07.05] zài zhè sān xiǎo shí nèi Daniel Lyazi jǐ yǔ le dà gài 20 míng nóng mín yì jiàn.
[02:11.77] zhè gè zhěn suǒ cóng qù nián kāi shǐ měi gè yuè kāi bàn liǎng cì.
[02:16.96] Plantwise jì huà biǎo shì
[02:19.94] xiàn zài zài wū gān dá yǐ jīng yǒu le dà yuē 90 jiān zhè zhǒng zhěn suǒ,
[02:23.43] zài zhè nián juān zhù zhě men juān zhù le jiē jìn sān shí wàn měi jīn lái
[02:27.96] péi xùn zhí wù yī shēng hé kuò dà zài zhè gè guó jiā lǐ de zhè gè xì tǒng.
[02:32.64] Joseph Mulema fù zé xié tiáo zài wū gān dá hé zàn bǐ yà de Plantwise jì huà.
[02:39.41] tā rèn wéi zhí wù zhěn suǒ shì yí gè bǐ chuán tǒng fāng shì gèng yǒu xiào de fāng fǎ
[02:44.49] qù jǐ yǔ nóng mín jiàn yì.
[02:48.07] zài chuán tǒng de mó shì lǐ, yóu nóng yè jì shù tuī guǎng rén yuán bài fǎng nóng chǎng.
[02:53.70] " zhí wù zhěn suǒ kě yǐ xùn sù dì bāng zhù hěn duō nóng mín.
[03:00.78] shí jì shang, yuè lái yuè duō de nóng mín shì chū xiàn zài zhí wù zhěn suǒ qù yǔ yī shēng huì yì,
[03:04.76] rú guǒ wán chéng le hǎo de dòng yuán,
[03:06.55] nà me yí gè jì shù tuī guǎng rén yuán kě yǐ wán chéng yī zhěng gè yuè de gōng zuò."
[03:10.14] Robert Karyeija shì yí gè shǔ yú zhèng fǔ de nóng zuò wù bǎo hù rén yuán.
[03:14.57] tā rèn wéi péi xùn zhí wù yī shēng shì shí fēn zhòng yào de,
[03:19.24] zhè shì yīn wèi suī rán
[03:21.59] jí shǐ nà lǐ yǒu shàng qiān gè gōng yè jì shù tuī guǎng rén yuán,
[03:24.78] tā men yě shì méi yǒu zú gòu de zhī shí.
[03:27.22] " tā men dí què zài nà li,
[03:28.76] dàn wèn tí shì tā men zhǐ shì yì bān de nóng xué jiā
[03:33.70] nà zhǒng liǎo jiě nóng xué dàn shì bù liǎo jiě zhí wù de hài chóng hé jí bìng de nóng xué jiā."
[03:38.97] zì cóng 2010 nián, zhè gè nóng yè hé guó jì shēng wù kē xué zhōng xīn
[03:44.35] yǐ jīng zài 12 gè fēi zhōu guó jiā jiàn lì le Plantwise zhěn suǒ,
[03:49.23] qí zhōng 9 gè zài dōng fēi ér lìng wài 3 gè zài xī fēi.
[03:53.71] rán ér zhè jiù shì lái zì yú VOA Learning English de nóng yè bào gào.