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An Overview of Research on the Management of Aflatoxin Contamination of Groundnut

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Title An Overview of Research on the Management of Aflatoxin Contamination of Groundnut
 
Creator Waliyar, F
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description Aflatoxin contamination of groundnut is one of the most important constraints to

groundnut production in many countries. It is also of significance in relation to public

health and exports (Pettit et al. 1989, Waliyar 1978 and 1990, Wynne et al. 1991).

Most countries/institutions give high priority to research on the groundnut af-

latoxin problem. Many national agricultural research systems (NARS) in Asia and

Africa are faced w i t h this problem because of the difficulty in reducing aflatoxin

contamination in groundnuts and groundnut products to an acceptable level for

export.

The concept of Aflatoxin Working Groups for Asia and Africa will help us to arrive

at a better understanding of the actual research orientation of the activities of ICRISAT/NARS in Asia and Africa.

This paper gives an overview of aflatoxin research worldwide to allow for better

planning of ICRISAT's future activities w i t h NARS partners. A complete review and

literature database on the groundnut aflatoxin problem is available at ICRISAT

(Mehan et al. 1991).
 
Date 1997
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2979/1/An_overview_of_research_on_the_management_of_aflatoxin_contamination_of_groundnut.pdf
Waliyar, F (1997) An Overview of Research on the Management of Aflatoxin Contamination of Groundnut. In: Aflatoxin contamination problems in groundnut in Asia, 27-29 May 1996, ICRISAT Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.