For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A pyrethrum farm in Temoyetta Village, Kuresoi North on November 26, 2021. [Kennedy ...

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 ...

A research team has elucidated the biosynthetic pathways of pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium), identifying key genes responsible for pyrethrin production. These findings highlight pyrethrum's ...

As the Government starts a programme to revamp the moribund pyrethrum sub-sector, disillusioned farmers in the North Rift are uprooting the crop due to Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) delay in paying ...

PARLIAMENT - The government is reviving its interest and investments in pyrethrum years after farmers gave up growing the cash crop, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Agnes Kalibata has said ...

Nairobi — The Government has been urged to liberalise the pyrethrum industry to increase production. An official with the Kenya National Federation of Agricultural Producers, Mr Joseph Ngiera, said ...

Production of a valuable flower crop is blooming again in Kenya after years of wilting sales. Chrysanthemums, aside from being attractive, are prized as a source of organic pesticides, called ...

A pyrethrum farm in Temoyetta Village, Kuresoi North on November 26, 2021. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]. The county government has partnered with the Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya (PPCK) to ...