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A day at the plant clinic in Pucara, Peru

 

Did you guess Peru in our ‘Guess the clinic‘ challenge? Well you were  correct.

On the morning of April 22nd , plant doctor and clinic coordinator Flavia Felix Huanca (pictured here) held a plant clinic for local farmers. They brought in samples of their crops which various problems, asking for her advice to diagnose what was wrong. This plant clinic, supported by training from Plantwise and the global Plantwise knowledge bank, runs every other Tuesday at a regular local fair. This is the EEA Plant Clinic of Santa Ana -Huancayo, in Municipalidad Distrital de Pucara.

1 Comment

  1. Martha Passador on 28th May 2014 at 4:25 AM

    This clinic is working well. It was very good to know the work of this clinic, which resulted in this photo.

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