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Mr Japhet and Miss Khadija

Initiative and showcase new or improved crops. They also serve
as a venue to research and test new methods alongside
Through the BMGF project, AFAP Tanzania is undertaking traditional ones.
demand-creation activities by establishing demonstration
plots. The assumption behind this initiative is that demo In the Lake Zone, these demonstration plots are established
plots are a smart investment that can help accelerate the under the management of the Hub Agrodealers. In Kahama
adoption of new innovations. Farmers can learn new ways district, Ng’wanaibengwe Agrovet in collaboration with
of doing things without having to do it on their farms. As Monsanto and Yara, did demonstration plots in Iboja,
stated by (SAST, 2017) demonstration plots are used to Dodoma and Manzese villages to show the importance
teach various agricultural techniques and technologies, of using agricultural inputs and other good agricultural
practices. It was thought that farmers would participate

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