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 ...

Flowers often have their own way of preventing pests. A recent Sustainable, Secure Food blog from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) discusses the ...

Local pyrethrum farmers and key stakeholders have faulted the appointment of the chairperson of the financially troubled Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya (PPCK) by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

June 22, 2021 – Unless you enjoy getting bit by mosquitoes, you've probably used insect repellent once or twice in your life. While we use cans full of chemicals, flowers have their own way of ...

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 ...

Workers harvest pyrethrum. The number of farmers growing the crop has dropped to 10,000 from 200,000 in 1980s. [PHOTO: FILE] KENYA: Pyrethrum farmers in Nakuru and Nyandarua counties recall with ...

The price of pyrethrum extract, the main product obtained from the processing of pyrethrum flowers, jumped by 38.8 percent last year to hit the highest level on available record, due to a weak ...

Mismanagement of Kenya’s once globally dominant pyrethrum industry has dealt a harsh blow to the 200,000 or so farmers who used to grow the natural pesticide, many of whom have not been paid for three ...