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PREMIUM How once-profitable pyrethrum sector lost farmers and markets Seeds of Gold 18 min ago Listen

PREMIUM How once-profitable pyrethrum sector lost farmers and markets Seeds of Gold 18 min ago Listen

By GhanaSummary NewsroomKenya

Photo credit: Boniface Mwangi | Nation Media Group The decline of the former Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK), which regulated and marketed the crop, coincided with claims of mismanagement and delayed payments that farmers say drove them away.

Mr Kuria said the revival programme promised to restore production, create jobs and revive the pyrethrum factory in Nakuru.

Her lack of enthusiasm is compounded by uncertainty over when she will be paid after the Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya (PPCK) collects her crop.

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