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We totally underestimate the importance of our smallholder farmers.
我們完全低估了小型養(yǎng)殖戶的重要性。
We're beginning to recognize how important they are and how they influence our medical health,
我們現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始認(rèn)識(shí)到他們有多重要，還有他們會(huì)如何影響我們的醫(yī)療健康，
our biosafety and more recently, our cognitive and our physical health.
生物安全，還有最近提出的認(rèn)知健康和生理健康。
They stand at the frontline of zoonotic epidemics.
他們站在人畜共患病流行的前線。
They pretty much underpin our existence.
他們可以說(shuō)就是我們賴以生存的基礎(chǔ)。
And they need to know so much, yet most lack knowledge on livestock disease prevention and treatment.
他們有太多需要去了解，然而，他們大多恰恰缺少有關(guān)于牲畜疾病預(yù)防和治療方面的知識(shí)。
So how do they learn? Apart from shared experiences, trial and error,
所以他們從何了解呢？除了通過(guò)共享的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，通過(guò)反復(fù)的試驗(yàn)試錯(cuò)，
conventional farming extension services are boots on the ground and radio
傳統(tǒng)農(nóng)業(yè)的推廣服務(wù)和無(wú)線電廣播，
expensive and hard to scale in the face of population growth.
在面對(duì)人口增長(zhǎng)時(shí)，這顯得不夠經(jīng)濟(jì)也難以衡量成效。
Sounds pretty gloomy, doesn't it? But we're at an interesting point in Africa.
聽(tīng)起來(lái)挺沮喪的是吧？但是我們處在對(duì)于非洲來(lái)說(shuō)一個(gè)非常有趣的時(shí)間節(jié)點(diǎn)上。
We're changing that narrative using innovative solutions, riding across scalable technologies.
我們將會(huì)跨過(guò)那些規(guī)模化的技術(shù)，使用一個(gè)具有創(chuàng)造性的方案來(lái)改變現(xiàn)狀。
Knowledge doesn't have to be expensive.
知識(shí)不一定要是昂貴的。
My company developed an agricultural platform called iCow.
我的公司研發(fā)了一款農(nóng)業(yè)平臺(tái)名叫iCow。
We teach farmers best livestock practices using SMS over simple, low-end phones.
我們?cè)诤?jiǎn)單低端的手機(jī)上，通過(guò)SMS（手機(jī)短信服務(wù)）教給農(nóng)民們最好的畜牧業(yè)飼養(yǎng)方法。
Farmers receive three SMSs a week on best livestock practices,
農(nóng)民們會(huì)在每周收到三條有關(guān)畜牧飼養(yǎng)方法的短信，
and those that execute the messages go on to see increases in productivity within as short a time as three months.
那些看完短信并學(xué)以致用的農(nóng)民們，在短短三個(gè)月的時(shí)間內(nèi)生產(chǎn)力就獲得了提高。
The first increases in productivity, of course, are improved animal health.
生產(chǎn)率提高的第一個(gè)因素當(dāng)然就是家畜健康水平的提高。
We use SMS because it is retentive.
我們使用SMS的原因就是它容易存儲(chǔ)信息。
Farmers store their messages, they write them down in books,
農(nóng)民們保存這些信息，并把它們記載入冊(cè)，
and in effect, we're drip-feeding agricultural manuals into the fields.
實(shí)際上，我們是一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)把農(nóng)業(yè)手冊(cè)上的知識(shí)運(yùn)用到實(shí)際生產(chǎn)之中。
