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 ...

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 ...

A new study has identified a scent receptor in mosquitoes that helps them sniff out and avoid trace amounts of pyrethrum, a plant extract used for centuries to repel biting insects. These findings ...

Australia's pyrethrum company says the coming harvest of the perennial daisy will be the biggest on record. Botanical Resources Australia is the single largest supplier of the natural pyrethrum ...

One of the oldest pesticides known, pyrethrum is also the strongest insecticide allowed under National Organic Standards guidelines. Made from the dried flowers of a little white daisy now classified ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Anyone who spends time outdoors knows insect encounters are almost inevitable. While some insects benefit gardens, a great many more are pesky ...

Pyrethrum Directorate is seeking to license Highchem East Africa to invest in the production, processing and export of the cash crop, making it the third investor to get the permit in the last one ...

When pyrethrum farming was thriving and farmers were earning good income in the 1980s, hundreds of workers at the defunct Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) were assured of a happy retirement and monthly ...

A new NHVR operation is focusing on heavy vehicle safety and compliance during Tasmania’s peak poppy and pyrethrum harvest.