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U.S Government Supports Uganda Campaign to Combat Aflatoxins

Published: June 9, 2020
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Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), along with USAID Mission Director Joakim Parker, have launched a nationwide campaign to combat aflatoxins that contaminate improperly handled grain, causing severe health complications, including liver cancer and stunting. The campaign, supported through USAID’s Feed the Future...
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Ebrima Njie
11 de junio de 2020
What I can understand here is that the US is helping to sensitize and educate in good agricultural practices and post harvest technique but I did not heard of using Aflasafe during cropping to mitigate Aflatoxin. Aflasafe have been used in many countries and it reduces Afaltoxin drastically
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