CHENNAI, India – When Victor Mary’s husband decided to travel abroad for work, he left her a plot of land to cultivate in southern India and a new mobile phone that would help them stay in touch.
CHENNAI, India – When Victor Mary’s husband decided to travel abroad for work, he left her a plot of land to cultivate in southern India and a new mobile phone that would help them stay in touch.
Fresh to farming, Mary found herself struggling after India’s coronavirus lockdown began in March, unsure of how to fight the pests attacking her paddy and groundnut crops.
Initially she called her husband in Singapore to ask for advice. But then she realized she could use her phone to dial into an “e-plant clinic,” where farmers and experts meet online to discuss crop pests and blight.
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