Aflatoxin contamination of crops is frequent in warm regions across the globe, including
large areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Crop contamination with these dangerous toxins …

Toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins entered human food supplies about the time when mankind
first began to cultivate crops and to store them from one season to the next, perhaps 10,000 …

Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, is the third leading cause of
cancer deaths worldwide, with prevalence 16–32 times higher in developing countries than …

Climate change can cause an increase in arid soils, warmer weather, and reduce water
availability, which in turn can directly affect food security. This increases food prices and …

Many studies have reported the occurrence of mycotoxin in human foods and animal feeds
in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins, and zearalenone are …

Maize production in Benin, especially in resource-poor farmers' fields, is constrained by
stemborers among other factors. One of the major stemborers in southern Benin is Sesamia …

Advances in health economics have proven useful in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of
interventions, where the benefit usually takes the form of improved health outcomes rather …

Aflatoxin contamination of groundnut and maize infected by Aspergillus section Flavi fungi is
common throughout Senegal. The use of biocontrol products containing atoxigenic …

Crops frequently contaminated by aflatoxins are important sources of revenue and daily
nourishment in many portions of sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, reports have …

Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites of the fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus, occur
widely on many staple foods and cause a broad range of detrimental health effects in …