aflatoxin control
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A new video about aflatoxin — where it comes from, how it spreads and how to discourage it — is available through AccessAgriculture. The video combines interviews with local farmers, indigenous music and engaging landscape scenes, as a narrator gives practical advice about drying and storing groundnuts. The video, which was funded through the McKnight…
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An aflatoxin research guide previously sold by the World Health Organization now is available for free as a downloadable PDF. “Improving Public Health through Mycotoxin Control” contains a “scientific description of the occurrence and effects of mycotoxins but also goes further by outlining approaches to reduce mycotoxin exposure aimed at improving public health in low-income…
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The second Partnership Platform Meeting for the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa was held 11-13 October in Entebbe, Uganda. The event followed the theme: “Tracking commitments, sustaining implementation for results and impact.” Ugandan President H.E. Yoweri Museveni offered the opening remarks, calling for a more concerted and proactive effort to educate the public about…
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