As the newly appointed distributor of Aflasafe GH02 in Ghana, Macrofertil Ghana Ltd, will join – and benefit from – the nascent vibrant community evolving around Aflasafe in Ghana. This growing community is a diverse and rich array, organically brought together by a common purpose, and therefore freely sharing in the costs and benefits of …
Continuous because the job is never done. Paradoxically, aflatoxin in food is a big problem but awareness is very low. And so, following a successful first campaign earlier in the year, Harvestfield Industries Ltd lived up to their commitment to undertake a second awareness campaign, as part of their marketing strategy for Aflasafe™ in Nigeria. …
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The partnerships catalysed by IITA’s Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Commercialisation (ATTC) initiative continue to grow from strength to strength. Focus is on Jigawa State, where a ground-breaking groundnut development is underway through a partnership brokered by ATTC in 2017 that is now being managed by Harvestfield Industries Limited, the appointed manufacturer and distributor of Aflasafe …
We love to sing Aflasafe’s praises – but to effectively spread the word, we need country-specific training, marketing and awareness-raising materials in many tongues, in harmony with our voices. This compendium of communication materials is a crucial cornerstone in ATTC’s support to our commercialisation partners on the ground. We are continually working on expanding our …
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New to the world of Aflasafe, or know someone who is? Have 90 seconds to spare? That’s long enough for the highlights, in our exciting new video trailer. It’s a great resource for anyone who needs a quick introduction to the aflatoxin problem and how we’re solving it. On our website we now have …
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It was time to share knowledge and an opportunity to contribute to aflatoxin management in Makueni County in June 2018, at a series of awareness-raising events Periodic, severe outbreaks of aflatoxin contamination in Kenya cause tragic deaths, making Kenyans some of the world’s most aflatoxin-afflicted people. Yet, so hidden are the dangers of the toxin …
It was a ringing endorsement for Aflasafe when Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Irrigation, Mwangi Kiunjuri, toured the new Aflasafe KE01 factory at Katumani, Eastern Kenya, on 4th June 2018, leading a high-powered delegation from Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. He was accompanied by the Principal Secretaries of Research and Livestock in the Ministry …
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We celebrated a big step forward in the battle against aflatoxin in Burkina Faso with the official launch of Aflasafe BF01, held on 26th June 2018 in Ouagadougou. This glamorous event honoured the long-standing partnerships behind the development of this powerful product, and celebrated new ones, as Aflasafe BF01 goes on sale distributed by Eléphant …
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We present the full keynote address given by Prof Richard Tuyee Awuah of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology at the official launch of Aflasafe GH02, in Accra, Ghana on the 29th of June, 2018. Read on for a fascinating examination of aflatoxin in Ghana and the different roles we can play across society in …
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What a joyous occasion we celebrated recently, as our eldest daughter left home and stepped out into the world on the arm of a new partner! We are delighted to announce that on 12th March 2018, a formal Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreement (TTLA) was signed between the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) – …
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