Mycotoxins have both economic and health impacts because they contaminate human food and animal feeds. A central question is whether there are food processing strategies that reduce mycotoxin levels in food products. In this chapter we critically review food processing methods tested in Africa fo...
A trial was conducted in Benin, West Africa to investigate the effectiveness of PICS bags in controlling postharvest pests during maize storage. Sorted and un-sorted maize (25 kg) was stored in either PICS bags (PsB) or polypropylene bags (PPB) as controls with half of the bags being artificially...
Hell, K.
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Ognakossan, K.
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Tonou, A.K.
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Lamboni, Y.
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Adabe, K. Edoh
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Coulibaly, O.
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[Maize stored pests control by PICS-bags: technological and economic evaluation]
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Maize stored pests control by PICS-bags: technological and economic evaluation
The major mycotoxins studied at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Re-search (CGIAR) institutes are aflatoxins in maize, groundnut, sorghum and cassava, Fusa-rium toxins in maize, wheat and sorghum, and ochratoxin in cocoa and cashew. Genetic en-hancement (both through plant bre...
Ortiz, R.
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Ban, T.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Bänziger, Marianne
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Bergvinson, David
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Hell, K.
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James, B.
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Jeffers, D.
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Kumar, L.
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Menkir, A.
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Murakami, J.
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Nigam, S.
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Upadhyaya, Hari D.
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Waliyar, F.
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[CGIAR researchfordevelopment program on mycotoxins]
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CGIAR researchfordevelopment program on mycotoxins
Pre- and postharvest contamination of aflatoxin in maize is a major health deterrent for people in Africa where maize production has increased dramatically. This chapter highlights management options for pre- and postharvest toxin contamination in maize. Sound crop management practices are an eff...
Hell, K.
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Fandohan, P.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Kiewnick, S.
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Sikora, R
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Cotty, P.
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[Preandpostharvest management of aflatoxin in maize: an African perspective]
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Preandpostharvest management of aflatoxin in maize: an African perspective