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Aflatoxins in Nigerian Groundnut: Continuous Threat to Health, Agriculture and Foreign Trade, Policy Brief 35

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Title Aflatoxins in Nigerian Groundnut: Continuous Threat to Health, Agriculture and Foreign Trade, Policy Brief 35
 
Creator Vabi, M B
Ogara, I
Toba, A F
Oluwabaniwo, F
Alabi, O
Ajeigbe, H A
Denloye, S
 
Subject Nigeria
Groundnut
African Agriculture
Aflatoxins
 
Description Groundnut is the most common host of aflatoxin
world wide. In Nigeria, this crop is largely grown by
resource-limited farmers under rainfed conditions.
Most of the groundnut and groundnut-based
products grown and/or sold in Nigeria contain
varying quantities of aflatoxins. At least 30% of
groundnut grains and seeds sold on local markets
are contaminated by aflatoxins, with 25-83% of them
exceeding permissible levels for many countries,
including Nigeria. Aflatoxin contaminations are
higher in local groundnut varieties than in improved
ones. Similarly, 87-100% of kuli kuli consumed in
Nigeria is contaminated by aflatoxins; the situation
of many other groundnut-based products are not
very different from that of kuli kuli. This Policy Brief
is an integral component of proactive measures
being taken to create awareness and sustain on
going measures to effectively manage aflatoxin
contamination in groundnut and other crops prone
to aflatoxin contamination. Other measures include
regular use of good agricultural practices, consistent
enforcement of pertinent existing, and constant
re-assessment and revision of policies, regulations
and evolving biological control methods.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2018-04
 
Type Other
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10903/1/Policy%20Brief%20Number%2035%20on%20Aflatoxins%20in%20Nigerian%20Groundnut.pdf
Vabi, M B and Ogara, I and Toba, A F and Oluwabaniwo, F and Alabi, O and Ajeigbe, H A and Denloye, S (2018) Aflatoxins in Nigerian Groundnut: Continuous Threat to Health, Agriculture and Foreign Trade, Policy Brief 35. ICRISAT.