Aflatoxin and the agriculture – nutrition nexus in Africa

Aflatoxins are a silent threat to health on the African continent. They are a group of mycotoxins – poisonous chemicals produced by fungi on crops that they colonise. Fatal in large amounts, in smaller concentrations aflatoxins harm humans, animals, birds and fish. The fungi that produce aflatoxins...

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Main Authors:	Okoth, Sheila A., Francis, Judith Ann, Mnyazi Jefwa, Joyce
Format:	Brief
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2017
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100766