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...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1999
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48565
Description
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...