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In the Hode region, where the “Raquel Ernesto” shop was   Naissone Makoose, Hode’s leader, explained that farmers
            set up, many farmers had never used fertilizers before. This   will no longer have to travel long distances just to
            type of input was completely new for the producers, who   purchase seed. One of Hode’s notable producers João
            even regarded it as “magic” to increase productivity.  Baptista agreed. “FAR had freed the region’s farmers,” he
                                                               enthused.

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