Food safety in tomatoes produced in Laikipia county

Kenya is one of the main producers of tomato within Africa south of the Sahara, with an estimated market value of USD 237 million as of 2012. Tomatoes are vulnerable to a number of pests. As a result, pesticides are commonly applied to tomato in Kenya. The fleshy nature of tomato means that chemical...

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Autores principales: Gatere, Lydiah, Hoffmann, Vivian, Murphy, Mike, Scollard, Phoebe
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142245
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description Kenya is one of the main producers of tomato within Africa south of the Sahara, with an estimated market value of USD 237 million as of 2012. Tomatoes are vulnerable to a number of pests. As a result, pesticides are commonly applied to tomato in Kenya. The fleshy nature of tomato means that chemicals can easily soak into the edible part of the crop, leading to potentially high residual levels of pesticides.
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spelling CGSpace1422452025-11-06T05:47:42Z Food safety in tomatoes produced in Laikipia county Gatere, Lydiah Hoffmann, Vivian Murphy, Mike Scollard, Phoebe heavy metals policies food safety tomatoes heavy metal contamination hygiene access to information Kenya is one of the main producers of tomato within Africa south of the Sahara, with an estimated market value of USD 237 million as of 2012. Tomatoes are vulnerable to a number of pests. As a result, pesticides are commonly applied to tomato in Kenya. The fleshy nature of tomato means that chemicals can easily soak into the edible part of the crop, leading to potentially high residual levels of pesticides. 2020-04-01 2024-05-22T12:10:12Z 2024-05-22T12:10:12Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142245 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gatere, Lydiah; Hoffmann, Vivian; Murphy, Mike; and Scollard, Phoebe. 2020. Food safety in tomatoes produced in Laikipia county. Voice for Change Partnership Policy Brief April 2020. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134187.
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Gatere, Lydiah
Hoffmann, Vivian
Murphy, Mike
Scollard, Phoebe
Food safety in tomatoes produced in Laikipia county
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title_full Food safety in tomatoes produced in Laikipia county
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policies
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tomatoes
heavy metal contamination
hygiene
access to information
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