https://virtual.ilri.org/portfolio/virtual-vets/ Thu, 14 May 2015 10:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 https://virtual.ilri.org/portfolio/virtual-vets/#comment-871 Thu, 14 May 2015 08:33:47 +0000 https://virtual.ilri.org/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=962#comment-871 and Grammen in Uganda are/ were using mobile phones to disseminate extension services, check http://www.grameenfoundation.org/what-we-do/agriculture
They worked with EADD1 on dairy
It took years for the vet community to accept paravets, so we better start working on policy change also!

]]> https://virtual.ilri.org/portfolio/virtual-vets/#comment-863 Thu, 14 May 2015 08:16:35 +0000 https://virtual.ilri.org/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=962#comment-863 sounds cool but how do we get people to “trust” the information? would this strengthen quality control?

]]> https://virtual.ilri.org/portfolio/virtual-vets/#comment-832 Thu, 14 May 2015 07:20:24 +0000 https://virtual.ilri.org/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=962#comment-832 they also did work in India with “livestock guru” – much to be learned

]]> https://virtual.ilri.org/portfolio/virtual-vets/#comment-820 Thu, 14 May 2015 06:52:22 +0000 https://virtual.ilri.org/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=962#comment-820 I remember that the University of Reading (UK) had a project a few years ago where they were installing equipment in rural areas of Kenya which livestock keepers could use to input their animal’s symptoms and obtain a diagnosis. It would be worth talking to Claire Heffernan, Director of their Livestock Development Group, about how far that went.

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