Use of biocontrol for aflatoxin prevention and control in the EAC
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2018-04
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East African Community
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Aflatoxins are poisonous substance produced by fungus that grows and contaminates most of staple food including cereals, oils seeds, roots crops and legumes. Aflatoxin contaminates a quarter of the world’s food supply and approximately 4.5 billion people are exposed to aflatoxin contamination worldwide. Aflatoxin contaminates a wide range of agricultural crops in the EAC including cereals (maize, sorghum, millet, rice wheat), oil seeds (groundnuts, cottonseed, sesame) root crops (cassava), cashew nuts, spices (particularly chilies), and products made from these crops. High aflatoxin contamination above the maximum permissible level of 10 ppb have been reported in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in maize which is a major staple food and the most traded in the whole EAC.
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EAC Policy Brief on Aflatoxin Prevention and Control
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East African Community. (2018). Use of biocontrol for aflatoxin prevention and control in the EAC. Policy Brief No. 5, 2018, East African Community