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From VOA Learning English,
来自VOA Learning English，
this is the Agriculture Report.
这是一个农业报告。
Crop disease continues to be a problem
农作物疾病仍然是一个问题
for farmers everywhere.
对于所有的农民。
The non-profit Center for Agriculture
这个非盈利的农业
and Biosciences International says
和国际生物科学中心表示
pests and diseases destroy up to
害虫和疾病破坏了高达
40 percent of the food grown worldwide.
百分之四十的生长在全球范围内的食物。
The center based in Britain is trying to change that
设在英国的中心正尝试去改变这
with a crop protection program,
通过一个农作物保护计划，
the program is called Plantwise.
这个计划叫做Plantwise。
In the past three years,
在过去的三年里，
Plantwise has trained almost one thousand so-called
Plantwise 已经培训了近千名的所谓的
plant doctors in 24 countries,
植物医生从24个国家中，
one of those countries is Uganda.
在这其中的一个国家就是乌干达。
Recently, plant doctor Daniel Lyazi
最近，植物医生Daniel Lyazi
set up a table under a small tent,
在一个小帐篷下摆了张桌子
join market day in Mukono, the village
加入了在穆科洛的市场日，
is about 15 kilometers from Kampala, the capital.
那个村镇距离坎帕拉——乌干达的首都15公里。
People brought samples of diseased plants to his clinic.
村民带来了病株的样本来到他的诊所。
One farmer brought cabbage covered in slime.
有一个农民带来了一棵被粘液覆盖的白菜。
Nothing can be done to save his cabbages this year,
今年没有任何方法可以挽救他的白菜，
but Daniel Lyazi's advice may save the next season's crop.
但是Daniel Lyazi的建议也许可以帮他救回下个季度的农作物。
"So he's telling me there's a small caterpillar
“所以他告诉我那里有一种小的毛毛虫
which eats [the cabbages] starting from the youngest leaf.
正在从白菜的最年幼的菜叶开始吃。
He's told me that the whole garden has been attacked
他告诉我整个菜园都已经被攻击
and affected by this caterpillar.
而且都被这种毛虫所影响。
So according to me, I know that it's a diamondback moth."
然而对于我来说，我知道这是一只小菜蛾。”
The farmer has been using an insecticide
这个农民一直使用杀虫剂
but Mr Lyazi says the chemical is the wrong one.
但是Lyazi先生表示试用化学杀虫是错误的：
"It's tolerant - it doesn't kill the diamondback moth caterpillar.
“这是没有用的——它是杀不死这种小毛虫的。
So I'm recommending him to use another insecticide called Fenkill,
所以我推荐他去使用另一种叫做Fenkill的杀虫剂，
and in another planting season he should plant with onions.
而且在另一个种植季节他应该种植洋葱。
Onions can repel (the caterpillar) and he can get income."
洋葱可以驱除这种小毛虫，然后他就可以获得收入了。”
He advises the farmer to plant onions
他建议那名农民种植洋葱
between the rows of cabbages
在一行行白菜中间
as an additional measure of protection.
作为额外的保护措施。
The clinic lasts about three hours,
这件诊所持续了大约三小时，
in that time Daniel Lyazi advises about 20 farmers.
在这三小时内Daniel Lyazi给予了大概20名农民意见。
The clinic takes place twice-a-month, it started last year.
这个诊所从去年开始每个月开办两次。
The Plantwise program says
Plantwise计划表示
there are now about 90 of these clinics in Uganda,
现在在乌干达已经有了大约90间这种诊所，
this year donors spent close to $300,000
在这年捐助者们捐助了接近三十万美金来
training plant doctors and expanding the system in the country.
培训植物医生和扩大在这个国家里的这个系统。
Joseph Mulema coordinates the Plantwise program in Uganda and Zambia.
Joseph Mulema负责协调在乌干达和赞比亚的Plantwise计划。
He argues that plant clinics are a far more effective way
他认为植物诊所是一个比传统方式更有效的方法
to get advice to farmers than the traditional model.
去给予农民建议。
In the traditional model, agricultural extension workers visit farms.
在传统的模式里，由农业技术推广人员拜访农场。
"Plant clinics can help so many farmers in a very short time.
“植物诊所可以迅速地帮助很多农民。
In fact, more farmers are seen in a plant clinic session,
实际上，越来越多的农民是出现在植物诊所去与医生会议，
if good mobilization is done,
如果完成了好的动员，
than actually an extension officer can look at in an entire month."
那么一个技术推广人员可以完成一整个月的工作。”
Robert Karyeija is a crop protection officer for the government.
Robert Karyeija是一个属于政府的农作物保护人员。
He says training plant doctors has been very important,
他认为培训植物医生是十分重要的，
this is because even though
这是因为虽然
there were thousands of agricultural extension workers,
即使那里有上千个工业技术推广人员，
they just didn't know enough.
他们也是没有足够的知识。
"They were there.
“他们的确在那里，
But the problem [was] they would be general agriculturalists
但问题是他们只是一般的农学家——
who knew agronomy but didn't know much about pests and diseases."
那种了解农学但是不了解植物的害虫和疾病的农学家。”
Since 2010, The Center for Agriculture and Biosciences International
自从2010年，这个农业和国际生物科学中心
has set up Plantwise clinics in 12 African countries
已经在12个非洲国家建立了Plantwise诊所，
- nine of them in East Africa and three in West Africa.
其中9个在东非而另外3个在西非。
And that's the Agriculture Report from VOA Learning English.
然而这就是来自于VOA Learning English的农业报告。
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