New prospects for Kenyan pyrethrum

In Kenya, cultivation of pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium) has the wind in its sails. Once popular with farmers, it fell out of favour because of the tender handling it needs, and the consequent labour-intensive costs. Kenya used to be the...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: News Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2000
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46913
Descripción
Sumario:In Kenya, cultivation of pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium) has the wind in its sails. Once popular with farmers, it fell out of favour because of the tender handling it needs, and the consequent labour-intensive costs. Kenya used to be the...