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 ...

THE need for economy in the use of pyrethrum extracts in insecticidal practice makes necessary the continuous search for substitute toxic agents or at least for activator substances which may be added ...

Pyrethrum was introduced in Kenya in the 1920’s by colonial farmers, who through influence caused the enactment of the Pyrethrum Act by the colonial Government. And at independence Chapter 340 of the ...

Kenya was once the world’s leading producer of pyrethrum, exporting to markets in the US, Europe, China and South Africa. But the sector collapsed in the 1990s due to mismanagement, delayed payments ...

Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya plant in Nakuru that was set up in 2006 at a cost of Sh600 million. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Kenya is not giving up on the dream to recapture control of the ...