Search Results - Contamination (Technology)

Using on-farm sedimentation ponds to improve microbial quality of irrigation water in urban vegetable farming in Ghana by Keraita, Bernard N., Drechsel, Pay, Konradsen, Flemming

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Incentivizing high impact agricultural innovation for food safety by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…The AgResults Aflasafe pilot implements a pull mechanism to encourage the adoption of Aflasafe technology by agricultural enterprises towards the management of aflatoxin contamination in maize production. …”
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Occurrence of aflatoxins and its management in diverse cropping systems of central Tanzania by Seetha, A., Munthali, W., Msere, H.W., Swai, E., Muzanila, Y., Sichone, E., Tsusaka, T.W., Rathore, A., Okori, Patrick

“…In this paper, aflatoxin contamination in freshly harvested and stored crop produce from central Tanzania was examined, including the efficacy of aflatoxin mitigation technologies on grain/kernal quality. …”
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Prevalence and mitigation of aflatoxins in Kenya (1960-to date) by Mutegi, C., Cotty, P.J., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…In Kenya, where ‘farm-to-mouth’ crops become severely contaminated, solutions to the aflatoxins problem are needed. …”
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Quality Assessment of Banana Juice and Beer in Rwanda by Kanyana, I., Ouma, Emily A., Asten, Piet J.A. van

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Production and use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculum in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and ways of improving by Mukhongo, Ruth Wilhem, Tumuhairwe, J.B., Ebanyat, Peter, AbdelGadir, Abdel Aziz H., Thuita, Moses N., Masso, C.

“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculum production and adoption in sub-Saharan Africa smallholder systems is however, still limited mainly by research capacity and technological challenges. This study provides the state of the art in production and use of the technology and highlights the challenges and opportunities for its advancement. …”
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Upptag av tungmetaller i maskros (Taraxacum officinale) : förekomst och påverkan av bly och kadmium vid odling i Malmö stad by Lundström, Emma

Inactivation of the urease enzyme by heat and alkaline pH treatment : retaining urea-nitrogen in urine for fertilizer use by Geinzer, Magdalena

Use of the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in the ecological regeneration process of lentic water systems by Cathryn Sabido, Carissa

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Current advances of plant-based vaccines for neurodegenerative diseases by Bravo-Vázquez, Luis Alberto, Mora-Hernández, Erick Octavio, Rodríguez, Alma L., Sahare, Padmavati, Bandyopadhyay, Anindya, Duttaroy, Asim K., Paul, Sujay

“…Moreover, these immunogenic tools have various advantages that make them a viable alternative for preventing and treating NDDs, such as high scalability, no risk of contamination with human pathogens, cold chain free production, and lower production costs. …”
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Diversity, phylogenetic relationship and antibacterial potential of Bifidobacterium species isolated from raw milk production chain in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) by Kouamé-Sina, S.M., Dadie, A., Makita, K., Grace, Delia, Dje, M., Taminiau, B., Daube, G., Bonfoh, Bassirou

“…Milkers' hands (14%) and cows’s udders (14%) were the most contaminated with Bifidobacterium. These isolates belong to five different species. …”
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Accelerated In Vitro Propagation of Sweetpotato Clones (Ipomoea batatas L.) by Vollmer, R., Espirilla, J., Sánchez, J.C., Arroyo, L., Flores, G., Anglin, Noelle L., Kreuze, Jan F., Ellis, David

“…As sweetpotato is an important staple crop in low-income/technology countries of Africa, Asia, and South America, the described method may find valuable application for the breeding programs in these regions.…”
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Remote sensing estimations of water quality dynamics in the Asian mega deltas by Jampani, Mahesh

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Review of “score-on-doors” rating checklist for food safety inspection of meat vendors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Amenu, Kebede, Keba, Abdi, Alonso, Silvia

“…A randomized controlled trial study involving 300 meat vendors showed that disclosure of food hygiene rating combined with training and technology provision can improve hygiene of meat vendor shops by reducing E. coli contamination. …”
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Quality preservation and safety ensurement of a vegetable smoothie by high-pressure processing by Fernandez, María Verónica, Denoya, Gabriela Inés, Agüero, Maria Victoria, Vaudagna, Sergio Ramon, Jagus, Rosa Juana

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Assessment of willingness-to-pay for Aflasafe KE01, a native biological control product for aflatoxin management in Kenya by Migwi, B., Mutegi, C., Mburu, J., Wagacha, J., Cotty, P.J., Bandyopadhyay, R., Manyong, Victor M.

“…Contamination of key staples with aflatoxins compromises the quality of food and feed, impedes trade, and negatively affects the health of consumers whereas acute exposure can be fatal. …”
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Comments on "Trial summary on the comparison of various non-aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus on Mycotoxin levels and yield in maize" by M.S. Molo, et al. Agron. J. 111:9... by Ortega Beltran, A., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…Dear Editor We read with great interest the recently published study in Agronomy Journal in which use of native Aspergillus flavus strains as biocontrol agents was described as an effective strategy to limit aflatoxin contamination of maize (Molo et al., 34). The Molo et al. (34) study was conducted during a single season, in a single field of a research station in the state of North Carolina. …”
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Mini-review: Heat treatments for the control of citrus postharvest green mold caused by Penicillium digitatum by Palou, Lluís

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Nanopore sequencing for identification and characterization of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. from tilapia and shrimp sold at wet markets in Dhaka, Ba... by Rheman, Shafiq, Hossain, Sabrina, Sarker, M.S., Akter, Farhana, Khor, Laura, Gan, H.M., Powell, A., Card, R.M., Hounmanou, Y.M.G., Dalsgaard, A., Mohan, Chadag V., Bupasha, Z.B., Samad, M.A., Verner-Jeffreys, D.W., Delamare-Deboutteville, Jerome

“…Wet markets in low-and middle-income countries are often reported to have inadequate sanitation resulting in fecal contamination of sold produce. Consumption of contaminated wet market-sourced foods has been linked to individual illness and disease outbreaks. …”
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Aflatoxin biocontrol effectiveness in the real world-Private sector-led efforts to manage aflatoxins in Nigeria through biocontrol-centered strategies by Ola, O.T., Ogedengbe, O.O., Raji, T.M., Eze, B., Chama, M., Ilori, O.N., Awofisayo, M.A., Kaptoge, L., Bandyopadhyay, R., Ortega Beltran, A., Ndarubu, A.A.

“…There are several technologies to prevent aflatoxin contamination but there are difficulties in having farmers use them. …”
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