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Mars has made another partnership to work on aflatoxin control, this time in India. The company announced a collaboration Wednesday, Jan. 6 with the Tata Trusts, one of the oldest and most influential philanthropic organizations in India, to work to find solutions to malnutrition and improving food safety. Mars will draw on the Global Food…
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Aflatoxins are dangerous substances that can kill livestock and people. They can destroy trade and steal the hope for a little cash that a smallholder farmer has in his crop. So, why not give up on crops like groundnuts and maize? Why fight for a crop that might turn bitter? Because peanuts also save lives.…
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The International Fertilizer Development Center has set its training schedule for 2016, beginning with Advanced Application of DSSAT in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from March 2-9. Other dates for 2016 include:
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Global candy giant Mars has signed a deal with the African Union Commission to share food safety resources and expertise to control aflatoxins in food crops. The agreement means Mars and the AUC’s Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) will share food safety research, knowledge, and best practices, and work together to improve aflatoxin testing…
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Helica Biosytems announced this week that the company will offer analytical kits for aflatoxin detection at deep discounts for scientists in universities and research institutions in all African countries. We had the opportunity to participate at the Partners for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) meeting in Addis Ababa in November 2014, company leaders learned about…
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Busani Bafana of the Inter Press Service writer based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe recently posted a good piece on the costs of aflatoxin – both to health and business –in sub-Saharan Africa. Several other news outlets either ran the IPS article or wrote a similar one of their own after the piece posted on Nov. 20.…
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A new World Health Organization report paints the most complete picture yet of the worldwide cost of foodborne diseases, which kill 420,000 people a year. Those most at risk are children 5 and under, and the regions most affected are Africa and Southeast Asia, the report found. The report includes estimates of the burden of…
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