AFLATOXINS

ILRI News on aflatoxins

28 Oct 2018

Call to improve food safety in low- and middle-income countries—From hazards to risks and from farm to fork

A new report strengthens the economic case for increased public investment and other policy attention on food safety in developing countries. It synthesizes evidence of the economic costs of unsafe food in relation to both domestic markets and trade, positions food safety as an integral part of...

15 Sep 2016

Improving food safety and human health through agricultural research: CGIAR future plans

A useful summary of the future plans of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), based in Washington, DC, has been published. Two of the five flagships of this multi-institutional research program are...

30 Oct 2015

Aflatoxin levels in cow milk and feed in the Addis Ababa milk shed—New study

Ethiopian farmer with fresh milk from her cow (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). This article is written by ILRI scientists Dawit Gizachew, Barbara Szonyi, Azage Tegegne, Jean Hanson and Delia Grace Editor’s note: A statement in the article below, comparing various levels of risk, offended some...

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Publications on aflatoxins

Journal Article

Published on2019

Status of aflatoxin contamination in cow milk produced in smallholder dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi County: A case study of Kasarani sub county, Kenya

Presentation

Published on2018

Is my milk safe? Quality and safety of the milk consumed in low-income households in Nairobi

Presentation

Published on2018

Aflatoxins in the dairy value chain: A challenge for the informal market?

Presentation

Published on2018

Mycotoxins in livestock systems in developing countries

Journal Article

Published on2018

A risk assessment of aflatoxin M1 exposure in low and mid-income dairy consumers in Kenya

Journal Article

Published on2018

The impacts of aflatoxin standards on health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Kenya

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ILRI Projects on aflatoxins

Sep 2018Aug 2021

MycoSafe-South: European–African partnership for safe and efficient use of mycotoxin mitigation strategies in sub-Saharan Africa

The European–African partnership for safe and efficient use of mycotoxin mitigation strategies in sub-Saharan Africa (MycoSafe-South) intends to harness the expertise and infrastructure available in Europe by strengthening the capacity of Southern partners to tackle the problem of mycotoxins and...