Vendor Reckons Farmers Use Natural Disasters As Excuse

Lautoka Market Vendors As­sociation president, Filom­ena O’Neill, has called for Government to implement a mon­itoring mechanism for farmers who charge high prices for their produce.

This was her contribution dur­ing the Fiscal Review Consulta­tion (FRC) at the Sugarcity Mall carpark in Lautoka on Wednesday.

“Government invests so much into agriculture, but there is no monitoring mechanism in place where they come back and check on these farmers. When it comes to natural disasters they come down to the market and increase the price of their goods in the market,” Ms O’Neill said.

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