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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DODOMA: A NEW five-year strategy seeks to revive the pyrethrum industry by boosting production, improving productivity and increasing farmers’ incomes after years of challenges that affected the ...

Painted daisy (Tanacetum coccineum) is a charming flowering perennial that many gardeners plant simply because they are beautiful, free flowering, and easy to grow. Related to the aster family, it is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...