Pyrethrum farming is slowly making a comeback in Kenya as county governments take initiatives to promote the crop that was once a major foreign exchange earner. Over the past six years, production of ...

Botanical Resources Australia looking the grow its Tasmanian pyrethrum production base into some new areas to cater for a projected increase in demand for Pyrethrins, the natural insecticide extracted ...

Following a ready market for the cash crop, pyrethrum will be grown alongside other crops such as potatoes, coffee, and maize, among others. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Almost two decades after farmers ...

Nyandarua’s pyrethrum farmers have a reason to smile following the entry of a major investor into the sector. The county will partner with Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), an arm of the Aga Khan ...

Gabriel Bizimungu is the general manager of Horizon Sopyrwa, a pyrethrum processing firm. He talked to Ben Gasore about the company's plans and its activities in the sub-sector. Excerpts: Ans: We ...

Up to 4,000 farmers in Kabale are now engaged in growing pyrethrum either as their main enterprise or alongside food and cash crops in their fields. In some cases, a few of them have completely ...

A pyrethrum farm. Kenya’s share of the global export market has dropped from a high of 75 per cent in the 1990s to about 10 per cent. Photo/FILE The Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) is betting on prompt ...

Pyrethrum farmers have been urged to increase production if they are to benefit from the increasing demand for the crop. Epimaque Nsanzabaganwa, the head of the horticulture division at the National ...

About 5,000 pyrethrum famers in Kabale District and Rwenzori region have something to smile about following revision to the crop’s pricing structure. Under the new pricing structure that took effect ...

The rising demand for hygienic household products of Pyrethrin are primarily driving the growth of the global market during forecast Period NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, May 10, 2022 ...