Region Two farmers protest over fertiliser price

A farmer with his placard. 

The spike in the price for fertilisers has resulted in Region Two rice farmers protesting and calling for immediate intervention by the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha.

Scores of rice farmers on Friday staged a protest saying that the price for fertiliser offered in the region is too high and that the stocks that private individuals are selling are old. 

Farmers who spoke with Stabroek News said that private individuals are selling the fertilisers for $9500 a bag and they believed that they are being exploited. Many of them related that with the high price of fertiliser it will be unprofitable for them to venture back into their fields.