Is 4-H trying to hook African farmers on costly seeds?

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By Nathanael JohnsonNov 17, 2014, 8:19 am33 pts
When Keira Butler went to Ghana to research what the farm education program 4-H was doing there, she found that it was working with the American seed company DuPont Pioneer to teach small farmers how to use high-yielding hybrid seeds. That’s part of her book, Raise: What 4-H Teaches Seven Million Kids and…

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