The Kenya Marine and Fisheries Institute (KEMFRI) has come up with a drier machine using wind and solar power to remove excess moisture from farm products to reduce post harvest looses. The United Nation’s agency Food and Agricultural Organmisation says more than 40 per cent of the global farm produce goes to waste. The waste …
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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 …
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 …
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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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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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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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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A food processing plant at work. Farmers need to access primary processing facilities that improve the quality and value of their produce. Photo: l7group Shalem Investments Ltd., a grantee of the FoodTrade East & Southern Africa programme, launched a grain and pulses processing plant in Meru at an event held at the …
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