Table 5 Different selling practices reported by pesticide vendors during the survey
Variable | Answer | Percentage response (n) |
|---|---|---|
Type of pesticide sold | Insecticides | 48% (72) |
Fungicides | 26% (39) | |
Herbicides | 23.3% (35) | |
Nematicides and acaricides | 2.7% (4) | |
Origin of pesticides sold | Asia | 86.7% (130) |
Europe | 8.7% (13) | |
Africa | 2.7% (4) | |
America | 2% (3) | |
Usage of pesticides and fertilizers | Agriculture | 96.7% (145) |
Indoor spraying | 3.3% (5) | |
Purchasing period | March–June (rainy season) | 93.8% (76) |
July–August (dry season) | 1.2% (1) | |
September–October (rainy season) | 3.7% (3) | |
November–February (dry season) | 1.2% (1) | |
Do you advise customers? | Yes, regularly | 100% (81) |
No | 0% (0) | |
Advise provided to customers | Choice of product | 70.4% (57) |
Dosage | 28.4% (23) | |
Personal protection | 1.2% (1) | |
Do pesticides and fertilizers often perish? | Yes | 80.6% (65) |
No | 19.8% (16) | |
What do you do with expired pesticides and fertilizers? | Return to suppliers | 60% (39) |
Used on the field | 26.2% (17) | |
Sell them | 6.2% (4) | |
Throw them in the trash | 7.7% (5) |