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unlikely to adopt a new management practice unless they have tried the technique for
themselves and seen positive results or learned from other farmers by example. This
finding endorses the farmer field school concept in which farmers in a number of
locations can learn through experimentation over a period of time at no cost to
themselves.
Acknowledgments
Funding for this research was provided by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche
Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), Germany.
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