Killer Daisy Growers in Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda
Pyrethrum Daisy Growers in Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda
Pyrethrum killer daisy Growers in Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda
The Pyrethrum daisy flower natural insecticide flower thrives at high altitudes, in volcanic soil and grows in some of the most interesting places in East Africa's Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Rwanda
is the most densely populated country in sub-Saharan Africa with around 10
million people living on about 10,000 sq. miles or 26,000 sq. km, which is about the size of
the US state of Maryland.
According to the most recent statistics, around 57
percent of the Rwandan population lives below a poverty line of about $1.30 per
day and nearly 37 percent fall below an extreme poverty threshold of about
$0.90 per day.
In the 1970's, Rwanda began building
its pyrethrum industry, regrettably conflicts and genocides caused the Rwandan infrastructure
to fall. However, flower power is helping the small East African nation increase is trading power and income, the pyrethrum flower is in great demand by many international companies.
SC Johnson Company is one of the world’s largest users of pyrethrum flower extract
used in pest control products. Pyrethrins are one of the most widely used to
control mosquitoes, lice, fleas, flies, moths, ants and ticks and have been
used as insecticides for over 100 years. The U.S. Agency for International
Development and SC Johnson Company funds the over 2 million dollar Rwanda Pyrethrum
project from 2012-2015.
SC
Johnson Company substantially increased its purchase of pyrethrum from Rwanda’s
15,000 farmers who harvest chrysanthemum flowers for pyrethrin in the Ruhengeri
area of Rwanda.
In Kenya, MGK, an accounting and auditing firm licensed the extraction
and refining technology to the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya, PBK who collects
flowers from growers in several regions in Kenya. In Tanzania, the pyrethrum
industry is under operation of a private company Pyrethrum Company of Tanzania,
PCT which MGK is its majority owner.
Producers
in East Africa, mainly Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda succeed in growing the
pyrethrum flower because the unique plant thrives at high altitudes and in volcanic
soil.
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