Uganda is an agrarian country where farming employs more than 60% of the population.
Aflatoxins remain a scourge in the country, unprecedentedly reducing the nutritional and …

Aflatoxins are endemic in Kenya. The 2004 outbreak of acute aflatoxicosis in the country
was one of the unprecedented epidemics of human aflatoxin poisoning recorded in …

Mycotoxins contamination in some agricultural food commodities seriously impact human
and animal health and reduce the commercial value of crops. Mycotoxins are toxic …

Aflatoxins are toxic and carcinogenic secondary metabolites, produced by Aspergillus flavus
and Aspergillus parasiticus, which contaminate food and feed and threaten human and …

Aflatoxins are highly toxic metabolites of several Aspergillus species widely distributed
throughout the environment. These toxins have adverse effects on humans and livestock at …

The staple crops, maize, sorghum, bambara nut, groundnut, and sunflower common in semi-
arid agro-pastoral farming systems of central Tanzania are prone to aflatoxin contamination …

Uganda is a landlocked country located in Eastern Africa covering an area of about 241,000
km 2. Its climate is tropical, with most parts of it receiving bimodal rainfall of 500 to 2000 mm …

The issue of food safety in Africa is one which interacts with and is frequently subjugate to
issues of food security, especially in geographic areas where food shortages are caused by …

Aflatoxin contamination of staple crops by Aspergillus flavus and closely related fungi is
common across the Sahel region of Africa. Aflatoxins in maize, groundnut, and sorghum …

Aflatoxins are fungal toxins that possess acute life threatening toxicity, carcinogenic
properties and other potential chronic adverse effects. Dietary exposure to aflatoxins is …