Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Highlight on the global dimension of the research programme (Cluster 6) The underlying paradigm of Cluster 6 is the need for a transformative change of the EU economy and society to reduce environmental degradation...

The FAO food safety foresight programme is geared towards the proactive identification, evaluation and prioritization of emerging trends and drivers within and around agrifood systems that can have...

Climate Change and Food Systems: Transforming Food Systems for Adaptation, Mitigation, and Resilience Many promising innovations and policy approaches show potential to address climate change...

Food security means that all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their food preferences...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi in a wide range of foods (cereals, peanut, tree nuts, dried fruits, coffee, cocoa, grapes, spices…) both...

Mycotoxins are toxic fungal metabolites naturally found in food and feed as contaminants. Animal feed and human food samples (n=1818) from three major Kenyan laboratories...

In countries where regulatory enforcement is weak, voluntary third‐party verification of firms' food safety processes can allow concerned consumers to select safer products. However...

Like many other quality attributes, food safety tends to degrade after harvest, but unlike losses in quantity and many quality attributes, food safety losses are...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi in a wide range of foods (cereals, peanut, tree nuts, dried fruits, coffee, cocoa, grapes, spices…) both...

This review presents the current state of aflatoxin risk prediction models and their potential for value actors throughout the food chain in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on improving...