@inproceedings{icrisat5461,
       booktitle = {5th International Conference of the Peanut Research Community on Advances in Arachis through Genomics and Biotechnology (AAGB-2011)},
            year = {2011},
           title = {Prevalence of afl atoxin contamination in groundnut value
chains and strategies to enhance food safety in Mali},
           pages = {34},
          author = {F Waliyar and A Traore and V. Reddy and B. Diarra and O. Kodio and H Sudini},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/5461/},
        abstract = {Afl atoxin contamination is the most important food safety concern in
several important crops and poses a threat to the health of consumers and
the economic well-being of poor farmers in Mali. To better understand
the prevalence of afl atoxins in groundnut value chains in different
agro-ecological zones, investigations were carried out during 2009-10.
Groundnuts taken at harvest from 90 farmers fi elds in 90 villages, in
three agro-ecological zones, were tested for afl atoxin contamination. We
observed the highest contamination, 172 {\ensuremath{\mu}}g/kg, in Kolokani (the most
drought prone of the areas sampled) followed by 76 {\ensuremath{\mu}}g/kg and 35 {\ensuremath{\mu}}g/kg in
Kita and Kayes, respectively.}
}