relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/7389/
title: Reducing Aflatoxins in Groundnuts through Integrated Management and Biocontrol
creator: Waliyar, F
creator: Osiru, M
creator: Sudini, H
creator: Njoroge, S M C
subject: Groundnut
description: The groundnut, or peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), is an important  food and fodder crop in the farming systems of developing  countries. The seed is high in oil (close to 50 percent for many  varieties) and protein (~26 percent) and an important source of  vitamins and dietary fiber. Groundnuts, like all legumes, are also  important due to their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, a critical  and often limiting nutrient for crops in degraded soils. Global  groundnut production is concentrated in Africa (40 percent) and Asia  (55 percent). As discussed in other briefs in this series, high aflatoxin  levels pose human health risks and are also a barrier to expanding  trade in and commercial use of groundnuts and other crops.
publisher: International Food Policy Research Institute
date: 2013
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/7389/1/Reducing_focus20_18_2013.pdf
identifier:   Waliyar, F and Osiru, M and Sudini, H and Njoroge, S M C  (2013) Reducing Aflatoxins in Groundnuts through Integrated Management and Biocontrol.   In:  Aflatoxins - finding solutions for improved food safety.   International Food Policy Research Institute, pp. 1-2.      
relation: Focus 20-Brief 18-November 2013