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 ...

A new study has identified a scent receptor in mosquitoes that helps them sniff out and avoid trace amounts of pyrethrum, a plant extract used for centuries to repel biting insects. These findings ...

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 ...

Pyrethrin Market - Key Market Dynamics 5.1 Market Drivers 5.1.1 Pyrethrin as an organic insecticide favours market growth 5.1.2 Medicinal applications of Pyrethrin 5.2 Market Restraints 5.2.1 Harmful ...

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 ...

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has raised concerns over the poor management and utilisation of Sh5.5 billion assets belonging to the Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya. Ms Gathungu, in a report ...

Last year's terrorist attacks in America, over-expenditure and retrenchment of workers by the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK), contributed to the sharp drop in pyrethrum prices and bonus. The board ...

Report Ocean published the latest research report on the Pyrethrum Market. In order to comprehend a market holistically, a variety of factors must be evaluated, including demographics, business cycles ...

PYRETHRUM farming has proved to be a vital component in improving living standards of rural life as well as strengthening the national economy through foreign currency earnings. The cash crop came in ...