I'm not sure that all the peanuts get to the right place when the person planting doesn't really see too well, but what is the right place in an African peanut garden?? Anywhere you drop the nuts and cover them by scooting dirt over them with your foot. No such thing as rows and perfect spacing. Often there'll be tree stumps and maybe huge termite mounds in the fields and the crops are just randomly planted. I was chatting with Nadege, a CEFA village agent, and she has been running trials in co-op farms. She'll plant a plot of peanuts with good spacing and rows so they can be easily weeded, right next to the villagers plot of peanuts, which are planted willy-nilly and aren't weeded. Guess what happens? Nadege's peanuts produce more, and the villagers see it right there in front of them.
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