Use of biocontrol for aflatoxin prevention and control in the EAC

dc.contributor.author	East African Community
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-17T07:58:38Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-17T07:58:38Z
dc.date.issued	2018-04
dc.description	EAC Policy Brief on Aflatoxin Prevention and Control
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.description.sponsorship	USAID, IITA, East African Community, Busitema University
dc.identifier.citation	East African Community. (2018). Use of biocontrol for aflatoxin prevention and control in the EAC. Policy Brief No. 5, 2018, East African Community
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.60682/7xy8-2332
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	East African Community
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Brief ; No. 5, 2018
dc.title	Use of biocontrol for aflatoxin prevention and control in the EAC
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