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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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
2017
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| author | Okoth, Sheila A. Francis, Judith Ann Mnyazi Jefwa, Joyce |
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| author_facet | Okoth, Sheila A. Francis, Judith Ann Mnyazi Jefwa, Joyce |
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| description | 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 infect many of the cereals, legumes, oilseeds, roots, tubers, spices and nuts which are widely grown and eaten in Africa, placing aflatoxins at the very crux of the agriculture-nutrition nexus. This Technical Brief gives recommendations to fight against aflatoxins. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1007662025-03-13T09:46:48Z Aflatoxin and the agriculture – nutrition nexus in Africa Okoth, Sheila A. Francis, Judith Ann Mnyazi Jefwa, Joyce 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 infect many of the cereals, legumes, oilseeds, roots, tubers, spices and nuts which are widely grown and eaten in Africa, placing aflatoxins at the very crux of the agriculture-nutrition nexus. This Technical Brief gives recommendations to fight against aflatoxins. 2017-12-31 2019-04-12T11:23:44Z 2019-04-12T11:23:44Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100766 en Open Access application/pdf Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Okoth, Sheila, Francis, Judith Ann, Mnyazi Jefwa, Joyce. 2017. Aflatoxin and the agriculture – nutrition nexus in Africa. CTA Technical Brief 14. Wageningen: CTA |
| spellingShingle | Okoth, Sheila A. Francis, Judith Ann Mnyazi Jefwa, Joyce Aflatoxin and the agriculture – nutrition nexus in Africa |
| title | Aflatoxin and the agriculture – nutrition nexus in Africa |
| title_full | Aflatoxin and the agriculture – nutrition nexus in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Aflatoxin and the agriculture – nutrition nexus in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aflatoxin and the agriculture – nutrition nexus in Africa |
| title_short | Aflatoxin and the agriculture – nutrition nexus in Africa |
| title_sort | aflatoxin and the agriculture nutrition nexus in africa |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100766 |
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