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 ...

Pyrethrum flowers contain a natural insecticidal ingredient that is harmless to humans and animals. KINCHO founder Eiichiro Ueyama spread the cultivation of these flowers throughout Japan starting in ...

JERRY COLEBY-WILLIAMS: When it comes to dealing with problem pests in the garden, pyrethrum is a really good tool. Natural pyrethrum comes from flowers - flowers are the pyrethrum plant which is ...

Pyrethrum is a plant (Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium). Pyrethrum is also the name of the crude extract obtained from flowers of this plant. Be careful not to confuse pyrethrum with pyrethrin. Pyrethrin ...

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 ...

June 22, 2021 – Unless you enjoy getting bit by mosquitoes, you've probably used insect repellent once or twice in your life. While we use cans full of chemicals, flowers have their own way of ...

Nairobi-based pyrethrum company Kentegra Biotechnology will receive Sh2.1 billion (USD 15 million) in equity and loan financing from Finnish development financier Finnfund and the United States ...

Flowers often have their own way of preventing pests. A recent Sustainable, Secure Food blog from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) discusses the ...

Pyrethrum growers in the Rift Valley are optimistic about the government's revival plans. Besides support from the Treasury, the government has introduced a Miraa and Pyrethrum Bill, which is in ...

A tractor is busy cultivating an arable land in Molo just next to the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya research station. It is during this planting season that farmers take advantage of the research station ...