The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Mars, Incorporated are setting out a path to expand their existing cooperation on strengthening food safety, supporting...
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Global Food and Nutrition Security
Food safety issues impact consumer health enormously due to climate change and increasing chemical use in agriculture, particularly in developing countries.
This review paper highlights the most prevalent mycotoxins in agricultural commodities and possible hazard of mycotoxin occurrence in foods/feeds in regards to foodborne diseases. The underestimated hazard of multiple mycotoxin...
This research was undertaken to characterise the level and distribution of aflatoxin contamination of maize flour, a key food safety concern in Kenya. More than 1,200 samples of maize flour...
Since the discovery of aflatoxins in the 1960s, knowledge in the mycotoxin research field has increased dramatically. Hundreds of review articles have been published summarizing many different aspects...
Following the recent exhibition of innovations from CGIAR centers and partners and the Youth project launch in Abuja, Nigeria, a delegation from the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) embarked on a three-day visit...
Supported by funding from the United States Department of Agriculture – Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS), a two-week training program was organized by the IITA Aflasafe Unit in Ibadan...
The United Nations food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, is meeting on 27 November to 2 December 2023 to adopt food safety and quality standards.
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Eleven foliar diseases of common bean identified to affect production.
Angular leaf spot and anthracnose were the most widespread and destructive in the...
IITA-CGIAR led the organization of a field visit, which hosted about 150 participants for the Africa Food Systems (AGRF) 2023 pre-summit field visits.