Related to the Economics in Practice on page 150: For pineapple farmers in Ghana, the choice of how much fertilizer to use was highly dependant on social learning, where the farmers based their decisions on
A) the amount of fertilizer they used for their previously-grown maize crops.
B) the amount of fertilizer they were given by the government.
C) how much fertilizer their more successful neighbor farmers used.
D) the expected value of their future pineapple crops.

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The article states that pineapple farmers in Ghana based their choices on "the amount of fertilizer their more successful neighbor farmers used." This demonstrates that their decision-making was highly influenced by social learning from their peers.

Related to the Economics in Practice on Page 150: for Pineapple