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Exploring the Scope of Cost – Effective Aflatoxin Risk Reduction Strategies in Maize and Groundnut Value Chains to Improve Market Access and Health of the Poor in Africa

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http://programs.ifpri.org/afla/pdf/20090327Narrod.pdf
Publication date
27/03/2009
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Event Reports
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Health & Diseases
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Market-related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Clare Narrod
Organization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This presentation was made at the Meeting on Aflatoxin Control for Improving Health, Agriculture and Trade in Africa, held in Washington D.C. on January 26, 2011.

The workshop was co-chaired by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank. It provided an opportunity for stakeholders and experts to discuss the latest research on the prevalence of aflatoxins and their considerable impact on broader development efforts. A discussion also took place on the current challenges to aflatoxin control and available solutions, including a promising aflatoxin management technology developed by USDA and by the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), for Africa. Click on the links to download the meeting documents.

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