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Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign studied Tanzania’s agricultural marketplace and found that frequent turnover among local agro‑dealers influences farmers’ perceptions of fertilizer quality. The study, published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, links this instability to low adoption and application rates of fertilizer by smallholder farmers in sub‑Saharan Africa. The findings suggest that the lack of consistent dealer presence may reinforce distrust in product quality, contributing to the broader issue of low agricultural productivity in the region.

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