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Kenya to venture into China, Britain pyrethrum markets

Pyrethrum

The national government has promised to work with counties to increase the land under pyrethrum production from the current 6,000 hectares to and 8,000 hectares in the next one year as it seeks new markets abroad.

The national pyrethrum production dropped from 18,000 metric tons in the early 1990s to the current 500 metric tons.

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