At a time when chrysanthemum flower production for use in mosquito-repelling incense coils has all but ceased in Japan, the tradition has been picked up in Kenya where thousands of people are killed every year by mosquito-borne malaria.A company based in central Japan has begun teaching the technique to local farmers in the East African country, which is a major producer of pyrethrum that naturally contains the active insecticide that, in high doses, can kill mosquitoes.Hiromitsu Iio, 48, is the executive director of Rinnesha Co., the company based in the Aichi Prefecture city of Tsushima w…READ FULL ARTICLE
