date:Jun 10, 2015
The experts also called for the training of farmers, stiffer penalties and regulations to deal with the emerging cases, with quacks playing a key role in the crisis.
According to Gideon Aliero from the East Africa Growers Association (EAGA), the number of quacks in the sector was worrying.
Some farmers with the help of quacks are buying the wrong types of chemicals and applying them at the wrong time leading medical complication for consumers, he said in Naivasha, about 90 kms northwest of Nai