Typically unregistered | Government registered | Government registered |
Located in rural villages | Located either in small towns or rural villages | Shops were always located in larger towns near agricultural areas |
Often untrained vendors involved in selling pesticides | Trained vendors involved in selling pesticides | Several trained vendors were directly involved in the business |
Some of these vendors are part time | Most common type of shop | Sell pesticides for a wholesale price to small-scale and medium-scale pesticide shops and also directly to farmers |
Newer shops and were operating for less than 5 years | Primarily there was one person involved in selling pesticides | Offer attractive discounts |
Pesticides sales are the main business and often only specific brands of certain companies are available | At times others in the household may also sell | Normally, customers exceed 100 per day |
| Pesticides sales are the main business and often they had available only specific brands of certain companies | They offer free consultancy services to select the correct pesticides |
| | The shops have direct links with pesticide companies |