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Government intensifies marketing, distribution of Aflasafe to help farmers fight aflatoxin

Kenyan farmers will now be able to access Aflasafe, a natural product that fights aflatoxin at Sh201 a kilo following a contract between the government and private sector to enable it (government) market and distribute 157 metric tonnes of the product. The product in its huge volume has been laying at Kenya Agricultural and Livestock …

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International research organization warns of killer chemicals in Kenya’s milk, meat and maize

The International Livestock Research Institute last month released a research showing high levels of aflatoxin in Kenyan foods such as meat, milk and maize. The ILRI study established that Kenya had aflatoxin levels of between 0.02 parts per billion (ppb) to 9661 ppb with positive samples ranging from 75-100 per cent. The study revealed that …

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Applying aflasafe chemical two to three weeks ahead of maize flowering stops aflatoxin

As maize starts to flower, farmers may avert poisonous fungus contamination by applying a biological control of aflatoxins, aflasafe. Aflasafe is sold at between Sh1,240 and Sh2,070 for every 10kg pack in certified agro-vets depending on the country. A 2.5kg pack is also available for small holder farmers. Aflasafe, which is a research product from …

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University receives machine to control aflatoxin from Mexican government

The Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology has received a machine meant to control aflatoxin in crops such as maize in a bid to boost food security and health at a time when 3.4m Kenyans are staring at starvation due to a drop in maize production, Kenya’s staple food. In 2004 for instance, 125 …

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Alfasafe protects your maize from deadly aflatoxin

Aflasafe is a 100% natural product for controlling poisonous Aspergilus flavus (A flavus) in food crops, including maize. According to Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Organization crops researcher Eliud Njoroge, Aflasafe pushes out aflatoxin-producing types of A flavus. Alfasafe is mainly roasted sterile sorghum (99.7% of the product), coated with four atoxigenic i.e. (non-poison producing) types …

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Maize Nixtamalization reduces aflatoxin by 60-70%

Aflatoxin infested maize  Farmers who have been grappling with afltoxin on their maize and other food crops in Kenya can reduce aflatoxin by a process called nixtamalization developed by researchers at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Organization (KALRO). Aflatoxin is a highly poisonous cancer-causing chemical produced by a fungus scientifically known as Aspergillus flavus. With …

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