The health of farmers and consumers and the viability of local agricultural enterprises are under threat from fake chemicals which are being illegally imported and sold to farmers across the country, according to Managing Director of Caribbean Chemicals Guyana Ltd Victor Pires.
Pires, whose company provides the country’s agricultural sector with both treatment for plant and soil application and scientific farming advice told Stabroek Business that farmers in the various sub-sectors in the industry are duped by cheaper prices for products which may be manufactured under the same brand name,
