What do you do when farmers do not want the improved seed?
The yields are better in trials. Uptake is about 15 percent. I think we have been answering a question nobody asked.
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Ask what they do with the harvest. If the improved variety does not store, or the market pays less for it, better yield is irrelevant to them and entirely rational to refuse.
brian_otieno: Ask what they do with the harvest. If the improved variety does not store, or the market pays less for it, better yield is irrelevant to the...
The market price point. I had not checked that. Going to go and check that.
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