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Don José Jesús Mendoza (Don Chepe Chu) of Nicaragua (background) working with Rogelio Sánchez of Mexico (foreground)

Mexican promotor Rogelio Sánchez recalls, “In the first workshops . . .
it was difficult because we didn’t see any results. Fortunately we met
people like Don Chepe Chu who worked hard on his own farm and made
it a demonstration plot. Don Chepe Chu was able to increase his bean
production in a short time, from one agricultural cycle to the next. This
was very convincing and the people ... started to follow his example.”