Contributions of integrated aflatoxin management strategies to achieve the sustainable development goals in various African countries

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorPartnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africaen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Department of Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.contributor.donorDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australiaen
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorGlobal Affairs Canadaen
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen
cg.contributor.donorAustrian Development Agencyen
cg.contributor.donorGovernment of Nigeriaen
cg.contributor.donorInstitut de Recherche pour le Développementen
cg.contributor.donorGovernment of Norwayen
cg.contributor.donorAlliance for a Green Revolution in Africaen
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countryGambia
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.countryMozambique
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
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cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAlejandro Ortega-Beltran: 0000-0003-3747-8094
cg.creator.identifierRanajit Bandyopadhyay: 0000-0003-2422-4298
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100559en
cg.identifier.iitathemePLANT PRODUCTION & HEALTH
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2211-9124en
cg.issue100559en
cg.journalGlobal Food Securityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaAFLATOXINen
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMYen
cg.subject.iitaDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.iitaMAIZEen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT BREEDINGen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT DISEASESen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT HEALTHen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume30en
dc.contributor.authorOrtega Beltran, A.en
dc.contributor.authorBandyopadhyay, R.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-06T10:31:26Zen
dc.date.available2021-10-06T10:31:26Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/115329
dc.titleContributions of integrated aflatoxin management strategies to achieve the sustainable development goals in various African countriesen
dcterms.abstractIn 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to achieve peace and prosperity for all people in the planet. Meeting that ambitious agenda depends on fulfilling all objectives of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Multiple approaches by diverse actors, many of them interconnected, will allow achieving each SDG. However, with compromised food security and food safety, many SDGs will not be realized. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), maize and groundnut are two staple crops frequently contaminated with aflatoxins, which threaten food security and food safety. Aflatoxins are extremely dangerous compounds produced primarily by the fungus Aspergillus flavus. Even at minute concentrations, aflatoxins negatively influence health, income, and trade sectors. Farmers, traders, industries, and consumers become affected. However, practical solutions exist. Non-aflatoxin producing isolates (referred to as atoxigenic) of A. flavus can decrease crop aflatoxin content when used in biocontrol formulations to competitively displace aflatoxin producers during crop development. Typically, treated crops contain 80%–100% less aflatoxin than non-treated crops. The technology was developed by USDA-ARS for use in the US and has been adapted and improved for use in SSA where several products under the tradename Aflasafe are available. There are biocontrol products registered for use in 10 SSA countries and more are being developed. On the other hand, although highly effective, biocontrol is not a panacea. Less aflatoxin occurs across value chains when biocontrol is combined with other practices. In this review, we discuss how i) aflatoxin biocontrol products are developed, manufactured, licensed, and commercialized, ii) aflatoxin management strategies are designed, and iii) integrated aflatoxin management is or will soon be contributing to achieve, in several countries, many targets of most SDGs. We present integrated aflatoxin management as a model intervention contributing to tackle several challenges impeding prosperity and peace in SSA.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2021-07-08
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOrtega-Beltran, A. & Bandyopadhyay, R. (2021). Contributions of integrated aflatoxin management strategies to achieve the sustainable development goals in various African countries. Global Food Security, 30, 100559: 1-13.en
dcterms.extent1-13en
dcterms.issued2021-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectaflatoxinsen
dcterms.subjectbiological controlen
dcterms.subjectintegrated managementen
dcterms.subjectsustainable development goalsen
dcterms.subjectsubsaharan africaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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