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This Partners article builds on these Key Points:
- Focal villages have been established in Pakistan where farmers work with social researchers to maximise impacts from commodity-based agricultural research projects.
- The model further benefitted from establishing Community Service Centres (CSCs) as meeting places for training and other development activities.
- The model has proven so effective it has been adopted by other aid providers.