Videos on Aflatoxin Risk

Videos by FARMD

FARMD (November 2013) | This interview with Andrew Emmott, Senior Nut Specialist for Twin & Twin Trading, discusses aflatoxin risk management generally and what risks are posed by aflatoxin contamination. The work of Twin in this area is specifically highlighted and more specifically the ways in which Twin helps smallholders better manage their aflatoxin risk by understanding aflatoxin contamination as a barrier to trade and as a human health risk.

FARMD (November 2013) | In this video, Andrew Emmott from Twin & Twin Trading discusses the different risks that aflatoxin poses to trading in the formal and information value chains. In formal value chains, aflatoxin is often identified and removed from the system, however in informal chains, many farmers and traders lack the understanding of the harm that aflatoxin can cause to humans and animals and lack the means of testing requred.

FARMD (Nocember 2013) | This interview with Rick Brandenburg, an expert based in the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab at North Carolina State University, shares Dr. Brandenburg's specific involvement with aflatoxin risk management and highlights the different countries in which he works. The video goes on to detail how the Peanut and Mycotoxin innovation lab works with smallholder farmers specficailly to help them manage their aflatoxin risks.

FARMD (November 2013) | This final video in the aflatoxin risk management series brings together both Rick Brandenburg and Andrew Emmott to each discuss what they think the most critical intervention is that must be undertaken to help manage aflatoxin risks, particularly for smallholder famers in Africa.

Videos by External Sources

Twin (January 2013) | Chronic exposure to aflatoxin, found in groundnuts and staples such as maize and rice, affects an estimated 4.5 billion living in developing countries and causes childhood stunting and around a quarter of all liver cancer globally. The toxin, caused by a fungus which grows on food during storage, also has an economic impact on many smallholders who are unable to export crops due to contamination. >>Watch now

Twin (January 2013) | Aflatoxin exposure from contaminated foods such as groundnuts affects an estimated 4.5 billion people living in developing countries and causes childhood stunting and around a quarter of all liver cancer globally. Twin has a holistic approach to removing the toxin from the diets of smallholder farmers in Malawi and is working to develop safe and profitable uses for contaminated nuts, including pressing for groundnut oil and processing into animal feed. Nuts are predominantly produced by women in Malawi and gender equality is integral to Twin's food safety work. >>Watch now

Aflatoxin exposure from contaminated foods such as groundnuts affects an estimated 4.5 billion people living in developing countries and causes childhood stunting and around a quarter of all liver cancer globally. Twin looks at the critical points in smallholder groundnut supply chains to address the causes of aflatoxin contamination and makes a series of recommendations to improve pre and post harvesting practices. >>Watch now

Mycotoxin Channel (March 2011) | Shu Guan, Ph.D. (Technical Manager, BIOMIN Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore) answers the question: "What strategies are used for aflatoxin control?"

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Finance Nook (2011) |  Farmers in Andhra Pradesh weren't aware of aflatoxins in their corn crops.Icrisat brought this to their attention and taught them how to manage aflatoxins in their way of farming. 

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