Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains

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dc.creatorFlorkowski, Wojciech J.
dc.creatorKolavalli, Shashidhara
dc.date2014
dc.date2024-08-01T02:51:01Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:51:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:38:25Z
dc.descriptionGroundnuts, 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150214
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110274
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/33955
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153658
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153653
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceFlorkowski, 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
dc.subjectvalue chains
dc.subjectgrading
dc.subjectmycotoxins
dc.subjectgroundnuts
dc.subjectquality
dc.subjectfood safety
dc.subjectaflatoxins
dc.subjectregulations
dc.subjectbiosafety
dc.titleStrategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains
dc.typeWorking Paper

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