Tasmanian-grown pyrethrum is now becoming a bigger part of other local industries. When the pyrethrum plant is processed for its natural insecticide (the chemical pyrethrin), the leftover parts of the ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Workers harvest pyrethrum. The number of farmers growing the crop has dropped to 10,000 ...

Cyrus Nderitu from Kieni, Nyeri county, vividly remembers his childhood in the 1990s when pyrethrum farming was part of their daily life. “When we weren’t in school, my younger sister and I would ...

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

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 ...

Pyrethrum is a naturally occurring mixture of chemicals found in certain chrysanthemum flowers. It was first recognised to have insecticidal properties around 1800AD in Asia and was used to kill ticks ...

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 ...

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 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Pyrethrum is made from an extract from the flower of a pyrethrum daisy, and has been used for over ...

Mosquito-borne diseases kill about 700,000 people every year. Lives can be spared by applying insect repellents, including a chrysanthemum flower extract called pyrethrum that humans have used for ...

• Agriculture CS Peter Munya said the Ministry is targeting an additional 1,500 acres under pyrethrum in Nakuru by April 2021. • Kenya, which was producing about 80 per cent of pyrethrum globally has ...