“Pyrethrin is the most important insecticide in the world,” says Joel Maina Kibett, chief agriculture officer of Nakuru ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Australia's only producer of the natural insecticide, pyrethrum, is expanding into Victoria. Botanical Resources Australia manages more than 3000 hectares of pyrethrum in Tasmania's north-west. For ...

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 ...

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 ...

Farmers in Bisate, Musanze District have decried what they termed as 'forcing' them to grow pyrethrum against their will because they are occupying government land. farmers interviewed by Business ...

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 ...