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State focuses on more pyrethrum farming

By Antony Gitonga | Aug. 12, 2019
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Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri and Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui join farmers at a pyrethrum farm in Eburru, Gilgil during a field visit. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The Ministry of Agriculture plans to increase land under pyrethrum from the current 6,000 hectares  to 18,000 hectares by next year, Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has said.

He said the Government is in the process of restructuring the Pyrethrum Processing Company so that it can support more farmers.

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