aflatoxins
Meet The Indian Researcher Helping To Solve The Deadly Aflatoxin Puzzle
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Forbes (29 Dec 2022)
Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, a Principal Scientist at CIMMYT, says aflatoxin, a toxin produced from soil fungus and found in groundnuts like peanuts, is a serious public health and food safety problem around the globe.
What is nixtamalization?
Nutrition, health and food security
Water, heat and lime transform grain in a traditional Central American maize processing method.
Kenya: Maize contamination
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: France 24 (19 Nov 2019)
B.M. Prasanna, Director of CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program, speaks on CIMMYT’s work to help farmers in the context of the aflatoxin crisis in Kenya.
New publications: Biofortification of maize with provitamin A can reduce aflatoxin load
Nutrition, health and food security
This research is especially significant for countries where the health burdens of exposure to aflatoxin and prevalence of vitamin A deficiency converge with high rates of maize consumption.
CIMMYT has key role to address global nutrition challenges, says maize quality specialist
Nutrition, health and food security
New publications: Toxin-producing fungal strains can now be detected in maize field soils with a new technique
Environmental health and biodiversity
Kenyan maize nutrition and safety get boost from ancient Mexican technique
Nutrition, health and food security
Modern nixtamalization technology could increase maize uses and offer Kenyans invaluable benefits.