The Aflasafe KE01 factory at Katumani, Eastern Kenya, is nearly complete. Facilities for grain intake, cleaning and storage are still pending. Nonetheless, makeshift arrangements have been made and the factory has so far produced 20 metric tonnes (MT) of Aflasafe during December 2017. Its total lifetime output stands at 22 MT, of which 2 MT …
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Harvestfield Industries Ltd rises to the occasion In February 2017, ATTC’s new Aflasafe™ commercialisation partner, Harvestfield Industries Ltd, who will manufacture and distribute Aflasafe in Nigeria, engaged in an intensive and extensive aflatoxin-awareness campaign – crucial when offering a solution to a silent, invisible and little-known killer. Fanning out across the country in a simultaneous …
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Spearheaded by Olam, springboard is Jigawa State Aflasafe™ has made its debut in the groundnuts arena in Nigeria, thanks to Olam – an international trading company with operations in Nigeria – and Nigeria’s Jigawa State Government. Olam is seeking aflatoxin-safe groundnuts for export, for which the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in July …
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We are delighted to announce that Aflasafe GH02 has been registered by Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency, with an official launch to follow. To prepare the ground ahead of registration, in mid-August 2017, ATTC hosted an Investors Forum in Ghana. During this forum, it was revealed that studies show aflatoxin contamination in Ghana to be very …
Following the registration of Aflasafe BF01 in Burkina Faso, an Investors Forum was convened in early November 2017, well-attended by the private sector. Since then, of the companies that attended the forum, four have submitted an official expression of interest in manufacturing and distributing Aflasafe BF01 in Burkina Faso. To operationalise commercialisation, the Aflasafe Technology …
Thanks to more than a decade-and-a-half of dedicated research, we have Aflasafe ready to broadcast onto Africa’s farms. And now, we are working on broadcasting the good news. As part of our communications strategy for Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Commercialisation (ATTC), we launched our newsletter, ATTC News, in December 2017 with a packed Issue 1. …
Harvestfield Industries Ltd to exclusively manufacture and distribute Aflasafe™ in Nigeria Ibadan, Nigeria, 12th March 2018 – Today, Africa’s most populous nation – Nigeria – takes a giant stride forward in the fight against aflatoxin in food. A formal Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreement (TTLA) will be signed between the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture …
One thing is clear: inaction on aflatoxin is not an option. “The health cost that we are paying, and will pay, is too high. The loss of life is too great. It is time for us to consider food safety as well as food security, not only for the farmers and traders who are losing …
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Scientists work hard to come up with brilliant solutions to our problems – but how do we get those solutions to the people that need them on a large scale? It’s a big question – and it is just what Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Commercialisation (ATTC) is working on. Years of careful research have refined …
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DES MOINES, IOWA, USA, 19th October 2017 – If we have a powerful and effective research-proven solution to a chronic global problem, potentially affecting us all through the food we eat, how do we best ensure that solution reaches those that most need it in the real world? We answer that question, as Aflasafe steps …
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