date:Dec 29, 2012
ijing and South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
The plant clinics already are improving harvests for farmers while seeking to build public confidence in food safety by reducing the use of agrochemicals, insiders said.
Zhao Shifu, 44, an agriculture technician in Beijing's Shunyi district, began to work as a plant doctor in his spare time when a plant clinic opened in August.
Zhao, who has more than 20 years of experience curbing pests and plant diseases, said the plant clinic can do