Aflatoxin
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The Aflatoxin Partnership Newsletter, Volume III Issue 1 features an article on Women Farmers and the Groundnut Value Chain in West Africa. The PACA Newsletter is distributed on a quarterly basis, and features information on aflatoxin control activities on the African continent.
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In its first cabinet meeting of the year, the government of Kenya has allocated 1.5 billion Kenyan Shillings to fight against the aflatoxin problem in the country. The government is looking to scale-up interventions for aflatoxin control and management in the most affected counties in Kenya. The allocated budget is expected to be spent over…
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The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) is issuing a call for papers for special edition on aflatoxins in East Africa. This proposal for a special edition on aflatoxins in East Africa aims to address the problem of aflatoxins in a region that has been severely affected in the past. The aim is to…
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Not long after aflatoxin was discovered and methods were developed for analyzing commodities for contamination levels, researchers and the industry quickly realized there was a problem. “I would get a call from the industry explaining that they had tested the same lot three times and gotten 0, 0 and 100 parts per billion (ppb). What’s…
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As part of the Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program, two visiting researchers are working to ensure the safety the peanut crop in Africa with the help of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The college’s Office of Global Programs hosted the researchers, Agnes Mwangwela from Malawi…
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Abdi Mohammed Hassen is a short-term Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL) trainee working with PMIL Lead Scientist Renee Arias at the United States Department of Agriculture National Peanut Research Laboratory (USDA NPL) in Dawson, Georgia. Abdi worked with Arias from August 5th until October 27th of 2014. He has returned home to complete his PhD…
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Jamie Rhoads, assistant director of the USAID-funded PMIL, which is housed in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was featured in Growing Indiana, an Agriculture Business publication on 24 October, 2014. The article focuses on how he helped to create a poster, brochure and guidebook that will help smallholder farmers worldwide decrease aflatoxin contamination…
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