Kenya: Neglect - Is It Time Kenya Pyrethrum Farming Was Put Out of Its Misery?

In the tropical highlands of Molo, in Kenya's Nakuru County, 72-year-old Joseph Segei looks at a sack of pyrethrum with little enthusiasm.

As a Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya-contracted farmer, Segei is waiting for the company to collect the cash crop that he has planted, nurtured, harvested, dried and packaged in a 30kg bag and from which he expects to make only $30.

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