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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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The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development has put out 12-peer reviewed scientific articles in a special issue about aflatoxin. The main corresponding author for the issue, which is sponsored by the International Livestock Research Institute, is Dr. Johanna Lindahl (J.Lindahl@cgiar.org). The editor of AJFAND recently sent out a notice about the special…
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Sponsors including the Africa Union’s Partnership for Aflatoxin Control (PACA), Abt Associates, the Schooner Africa Fund, AGCO/GSI and GrainPro brought together leaders last week for the first Africa Strategic Grain Reserve Conference, which touched on a variety of storage challenges, including aflatoxin control. The event – which was held in Nairobi – gave a chance…
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The Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa will hold its second biennial partnership platform meeting on 11-13 October in Kampala, Uganda. The meeting will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to share lessons and information, engage and deepen partnerships to create synergies, and alignment around current and future aflatoxin-control efforts on the continent. Under the auspices…
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Decision-makers from across Africa met this week to discuss issues around food safety, particularly aflatoxins, in a high-level roundtable convened by the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition and the African Union’s Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA). The Global Panel launched its latest policy brief, “Assuring Safe Food Systems: Policy…
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The African Union Commission (AUC) has wrapped up a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa titled “Mitigating the Health and Nutrition Impacts of Aflatoxins in Africa through Uncommon Partnerships.” The workshop, held March 23-24, brought together stakeholders from the health and nutrition sectors, including representatives from member states, Partnership for Aflatoxin control in Africa (PACA), AMERF Health…
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) requests Expressions of Interest (EOI) for consultancy services to develop the COMESA Aflatoxin Regional Action Plan. COMESA has received funding from the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) towards the cost of Regional Workshop on the Aflatoxin Challenge in Eastern and Southern Africa (conducted in March…
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