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Why flowery pyrethrum lost its allure to Kenyan farmers

Workers harvest pyrethrum. The number of farmers growing the crop has dropped to 10,000 from 200,000 in 1980s. [PHOTO: FILE]

KENYA: Pyrethrum farmers in Nakuru and Nyandarua counties recall with nostalgia days when the crop was their mainstay.

The good old days are now gone and the changed fortunes are evident as one traverses the crop-growing areas of Nyandarua, Naivasha, Kuresoi and Molo.

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