In English Aflasafe est un produit entièrement naturel pour l’Afrique destiné à la lutte contre les aflatoxines dans les aliments: adapté pour chaque pays ou région, Aflasafe réduit les aflatoxines jusqu’à 99%. Au Sénégal, la production locale d’Aflasafe commencera en mi-2018, avec la cérémonie de signature d’aujourd’hui qui ouvre la voie … DAKAR, SENEGAL, 21 …
Chronicles on a big problem, and a broad solution Flashback: In early 2015, Kenya’s National Irrigation Board (NIB) purchased Aflasafe to help deal with aflatoxin contamination in maize, a predicament afflicting some of its irrigation schemes. For example, in most years, the UN’s World Food Programme was unable to purchase maize from Hola and Bura owing …
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Entry for the Postharvest Innovations Challenge (February 2017) at the First All-Africa Postharvest Congress & Exhibition (March 2017) Co-Innovators: Dr Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Dr Peter J Cotty, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture 1) Geographical and food value chain focus Aflatoxin is a poison produced by the soil-inhabiting fungus Aspergillus …
Aflatoxin is a real and present danger in Africa’s food, affecting key staples such as maize and groundnuts, which are both very common foods across sub-Saharan Africa. The Gambia is no exception. Today, Aflasafe SN01™ was launched in Banjul, The Gambia, to combat aflatoxin in groundnuts and maize. Aflasafe is an all-natural biocontrol product, developed …
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BANJUL, THE GAMBIA, 24th March 2017 – Aflatoxin is a real and present danger in Africa’s food, affecting key staples such as maize and groundnuts, which are both very common foods across sub-Saharan Africa. The Gambia is no exception. Today, Aflasafe SN01™ was launched in Banjul, The Gambia, to combat aflatoxin in groundnuts and maize. …
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Les effets des aflatoxines sur la santé, l’agriculture et le commerce en Afrique sont considérables. L’aflatoxine est parmi les vecteurs du cancer du foie qui fait chaque année des milliers de victimes dans le monde, mais c’est l’Afrique qui paye le plus lourd tribut avec un taux de 30%, particulièrement dans les pays producteurs de …
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Dakar (SÉNÉGAL), 22 mars 2017 – Les effets des aflatoxines sur la santé, l’agriculture et le commerce en Afrique sont considérables. L’aflatoxine est parmi les vecteurs du cancer du foie qui fait chaque année des milliers de victimes dans le monde, mais c’est l’Afrique qui paye le plus lourd tribut avec un taux de 30%, particulièrement …
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The greatest danger from this relentless killer is that you cannot see, smell or taste it Partners and investors in Nigeria’s groundnut and maize produce will today convene at Lagos for an Investors Forum. This is a roundtable consultation on how best to commercialise Aflasafe – one of the solutions to aflatoxin – with a …
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The greatest danger from this relentless killer is that you cannot see, smell or taste it LAGOS, NIGERIA, 15th March 2017 – Partners and investors in Nigeria’s groundnut and maize produce will today convene at Lagos for an Investors Forum. This is a roundtable consultation on how best to commercialise Aflasafe – one of the …
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