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CELIA JEAN WEIDEMANN is currently Director, Federal Economics Programs, Midwest Research Institute, Washington, D.C. For the previous 12 years she has worked for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, The University of Wisconsin ⋯ Madison, the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, and the Agency for International Development on Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Projects in 18 countries. Weidemann has conducted research and written more than 20 books and articles in her areas of expertise: Institutional and Human Resource Development, Agricultural and Home Economics Education/Extension Systems and Project Evaluation.

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Weidemann, C.J. Extension systems and modern farmers in developing countries. Agric Hum Values 2, 56–59 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01534994

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