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Benefits of the ‘Agriculture Demonstration Plots’ in Africa

Benefits of the ‘Agriculture Demonstration Plots’ in Africa

n  As part of the challenges in introducing new technologies to small scale farmers in Africa,  I have found three main issues:

1.     Lack of farmer funds  and  conservative  notions  that make them  hesitate  to accept  new technologies, and by  doing that, risk the known  methods

2.     As many of them don’t know how to read, written documents that introduce the new methods are not effective; simply,   they can’t use them

n  As a result, we have started establishing demonstration plots by ourselves or in collaboration with our development partners.

n  In this aspect, we are now able  to :

·        Showcase success stories

·        Involve the community as they maintain the plots

·        Encourage the communities  to  copy and paste the new  technologies