Farmers in Kenya are exposed to counterfeit pesticide products that are rampant in the market. This is according to Patrick Amuyunzu, Chairperson of the Agro-chemical Association of Kenya (AAK). AKK estimates that the country loses between 100-120 billion annually from the trade of counterfeit pesticides products.
“Over 15 to 20 per cent of agrochemicals being distributed in Kenya today are fake and this has been facilitated by the fact that unscrupulous dealers have devised a way of selling these products by generating labels similar to the genuine products,” says Amuyunzu.