Agricultural materials (plant varieties, animal breeds, organic fertilizers and other fertilizers, animal feed, pesticides, etc.) that do not ensure quality or are fake will cause great consequences for plant varieties and also cause economic losses for farmers and the state.

Recently, the Plant Protection Department (PPD) - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issued Notice No. 503/BVTV-TTPC, announcing the punishment of 92 enterprises and business households importing, producing, and trading poor quality fertilizers and pesticides.

Specifically, 44 out of 92 enterprises were penalized for importing fertilizers that did not ensure quality, 9 fertilizer production facilities did not ensure quality, 6 fertilizer trading facilities did not ensure quality, 3 fertilizer trading facilities violated labeling content, 1 facility did not make a declaration of conformity for fertilizer products, 11 facilities imported pesticides that did not ensure quality, 2 facilities produced pesticides that did not ensure quality, 5 facilities traded pesticides that did not ensure quality, 5 pesticide manufacturing facilities violated labeling content.