The Ministry of Agriculture’s Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) on Tuesday distributed 100 storage cabinets to farmers across the country.
This was disclosed in a Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) release on Tuesday which said that the distribution exercise was held at the Board’s office in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.
The release said that the project began in 2013 and over 300 pesticide storage cabinets were distributed to farmers in regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten by the end of 2016. It was re-launched in 2020. Chairman of the PTCCB, Dr. Leslie Munroe said that one of the Board’s mandates was to ensure substances that are considered toxic are used and stored responsibly and that the Board is currently working to introduce other pest management tools to farmers across the country.
