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 ...

RUBAVU - The pyrethrum production company Sopyrwa and Rubavu farmers have agreed to increase the production of pyrethrum in order to meet the growing demand. The decision was taken last week during a ...

Tourists flock to Rwanda's mountains to see its famed gorillas, but now the small nation is working to diversify its economy with a natural insecticide farmed on nearby fertile foothills. Pyrethrum, a ...

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

Pyrethrum farmers say they are ready to sustain pyrethrum production on their own since a project that has closely supported them over the last six years closed shop on Wednesday. The project, dubbed ...

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 ...

Tasmania and Victoria hold the exclusive growing rights to the pyrethrum crop, a privilege dating back to 1986 in the island state and 15 years in Victoria. Pyrethrum is an active ingredient in many ...