KENYA: Pyrethrum farmers look to liberalization to reverse fortunes

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Mismanagement of Kenya's once globally dominant pyrethrum industry has dealt a harsh blow to the 200,000 or so farmers who used to grow the natural pesticide, many of whom have not been paid for three years, leading them to uproot their crops. Farmers are hoping their fortunes will be reversed if and when the state's monopoly on buying, processing and marketing the plant is lifted.