The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: The aflatoxin story

Over the past decade, there has been increasing recognition that the quantity of food alone guarantees neither food security nor adequate nutrition as measured by metrics such as hunger, malnutrition, and stunting. Increasingly, policy and decision makers understand the need to include nutritional a...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ayalew, Amare, Hoffmann, Vivian, Lindahl, Johanna, Ezekiel, Chibundu N.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148494
_version_ 1855538011454832640
author Ayalew, Amare
Hoffmann, Vivian
Lindahl, Johanna
Ezekiel, Chibundu N.
author_browse Ayalew, Amare
Ezekiel, Chibundu N.
Hoffmann, Vivian
Lindahl, Johanna
author_facet Ayalew, Amare
Hoffmann, Vivian
Lindahl, Johanna
Ezekiel, Chibundu N.
author_sort Ayalew, Amare
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Over the past decade, there has been increasing recognition that the quantity of food alone guarantees neither food security nor adequate nutrition as measured by metrics such as hunger, malnutrition, and stunting. Increasingly, policy and decision makers understand the need to include nutritional aspects into improvements of food systems. However, not as fully recognized is that unsafe, contaminated foods thwart these efforts and maintain an unacceptable status quo in food insecurity, poverty, and a range of health-related problems. All of this makes sustainable development more challenging. In 2010, foodborne hazards caused 600 million illnesses and 420,000 deaths across the world, with 40 percent of this disease burden occurring among children under five years of age (Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition 2016). Yet food safety has become an important precondition for access to global food markets and, increasingly, for high-value domestic markets in developing countries.
format Book Chapter
id CGSpace148494
institution CGIAR Consortium
language Inglés
publishDate 2016
publishDateRange 2016
publishDateSort 2016
publisher International Food Policy Research Institute
publisherStr International Food Policy Research Institute
record_format dspace
spelling CGSpace1484942025-11-06T04:15:23Z The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: The aflatoxin story Ayalew, Amare Hoffmann, Vivian Lindahl, Johanna Ezekiel, Chibundu N. income gender biofortification mycotoxins economic growth undernutrition economic development nutrition policies agricultural growth agricultural policies indicators capacity development evaluation malnutrition nutrition aflatoxins children agricultural development food consumption poverty diet women Over the past decade, there has been increasing recognition that the quantity of food alone guarantees neither food security nor adequate nutrition as measured by metrics such as hunger, malnutrition, and stunting. Increasingly, policy and decision makers understand the need to include nutritional aspects into improvements of food systems. However, not as fully recognized is that unsafe, contaminated foods thwart these efforts and maintain an unacceptable status quo in food insecurity, poverty, and a range of health-related problems. All of this makes sustainable development more challenging. In 2010, foodborne hazards caused 600 million illnesses and 420,000 deaths across the world, with 40 percent of this disease burden occurring among children under five years of age (Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition 2016). Yet food safety has become an important precondition for access to global food markets and, increasingly, for high-value domestic markets in developing countries. 2016-10-17 2024-06-21T09:24:51Z 2024-06-21T09:24:51Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148494 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295933 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ayalew, Amare; Hoffmann, Vivian; Lindahl, Johanna; and Ezekiel, Chibundu N. 2016. The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: The aflatoxin story. In Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: The road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition. Covic, Namukolo and Hendriks, Sheryl L. (Eds.). Chapter 8. Pp. 98-114. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295933_08.
spellingShingle income
gender
biofortification
mycotoxins
economic growth
undernutrition
economic development
nutrition policies
agricultural growth
agricultural policies
indicators
capacity development
evaluation
malnutrition
nutrition
aflatoxins
children
agricultural development
food consumption
poverty
diet
women
Ayalew, Amare
Hoffmann, Vivian
Lindahl, Johanna
Ezekiel, Chibundu N.
The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: The aflatoxin story
title The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: The aflatoxin story
title_full The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: The aflatoxin story
title_fullStr The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: The aflatoxin story
title_full_unstemmed The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: The aflatoxin story
title_short The role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition: The aflatoxin story
title_sort role of mycotoxin contamination in nutrition the aflatoxin story
topic income
gender
biofortification
mycotoxins
economic growth
undernutrition
economic development
nutrition policies
agricultural growth
agricultural policies
indicators
capacity development
evaluation
malnutrition
nutrition
aflatoxins
children
agricultural development
food consumption
poverty
diet
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148494
work_keys_str_mv AT ayalewamare theroleofmycotoxincontaminationinnutritiontheaflatoxinstory
AT hoffmannvivian theroleofmycotoxincontaminationinnutritiontheaflatoxinstory
AT lindahljohanna theroleofmycotoxincontaminationinnutritiontheaflatoxinstory
AT ezekielchibundun theroleofmycotoxincontaminationinnutritiontheaflatoxinstory
AT ayalewamare roleofmycotoxincontaminationinnutritiontheaflatoxinstory
AT hoffmannvivian roleofmycotoxincontaminationinnutritiontheaflatoxinstory
AT lindahljohanna roleofmycotoxincontaminationinnutritiontheaflatoxinstory
AT ezekielchibundun roleofmycotoxincontaminationinnutritiontheaflatoxinstory