Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains
Groundnuts, which are widely consumed in West Africa, are prone to contamination by aflatoxin during production and storage. Although aflatoxin plays a role in many of the important health risks in developing countries, individuals and governments ignore the risks because their health effects are no...
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| author | Florkowski, Wojciech J. Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
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| description | Groundnuts, which are widely consumed in West Africa, are prone to contamination by aflatoxin during production and storage. Although aflatoxin plays a role in many of the important health risks in developing countries, individuals and governments ignore the risks because their health effects are not immediate. In the developed world strong regulations remove contaminated kernels and their products from the food systems. The objective of this paper is to examine production and marketing practices, particularly grading methods, in Ghana’s groundnut value chain to obtain a clear understanding of the sources and levels of aflatoxin contamination in the crop and how such contamination can be sharply reduced. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1502142025-11-06T07:21:03Z Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains Florkowski, Wojciech J. Kolavalli, Shashidhara value chains grading mycotoxins groundnuts quality food safety aflatoxins regulations biosafety Groundnuts, which are widely consumed in West Africa, are prone to contamination by aflatoxin during production and storage. Although aflatoxin plays a role in many of the important health risks in developing countries, individuals and governments ignore the risks because their health effects are not immediate. In the developed world strong regulations remove contaminated kernels and their products from the food systems. The objective of this paper is to examine production and marketing practices, particularly grading methods, in Ghana’s groundnut value chain to obtain a clear understanding of the sources and levels of aflatoxin contamination in the crop and how such contamination can be sharply reduced. 2014 2024-08-01T02:51:01Z 2024-08-01T02:51:01Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150214 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33955 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153658 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153653 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Florkowski, Wojciech J. and Kolavalli, Shashidhara. 2014. Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1369. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150214 |
| spellingShingle | value chains grading mycotoxins groundnuts quality food safety aflatoxins regulations biosafety Florkowski, Wojciech J. Kolavalli, Shashidhara Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains |
| title | Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains |
| title_full | Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains |
| title_fullStr | Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains |
| title_short | Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains |
| title_sort | strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains |
| topic | value chains grading mycotoxins groundnuts quality food safety aflatoxins regulations biosafety |
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