Senegal: quality boosts peanut sector
The world market for peanuts is growing, but not for everyone. Often groundnuts are contaminated by powerful toxins (aflatoxins) produced by two types of fungus (Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus). They can bring on allergies and induce cancer...
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| Language: | Inglés |
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1999
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48565 |
| Summary: | The world market for peanuts is growing, but not for everyone. Often groundnuts are contaminated by powerful toxins (aflatoxins) produced by two types of fungus (Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus). They can bring on allergies and induce cancer... |
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