Plant disease outbreaks are increasing and threaten food security for the vulnerable in many
areas of the world. Now a global human pandemic is threatening the health of millions on …

The research, development practitioner, and donor community has begun to focus on food
loss and waste–often referred to as post-harvest losses (PHL)–in Sub-Saharan Africa. This …

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi belongs to the genera
Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium that are capable of contaminating different types of …

Many studies have reported the occurrence of mycotoxin in human foods and animal feeds
in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins, and zearalenone are …

A large-scale study was conducted to assess which of the five most accessible hermetic
storage devices on the Kenyan market fulfill the needs of smallholder farmers by positively …

Maize, the main dietary staple in Kenya, is one of the crops most susceptible to
contamination by aflatoxin. To understand sources of aflatoxin contamination for home …

Aflatoxins are highly toxic metabolites of several Aspergillus species widely distributed
throughout the environment. These toxins have adverse effects on humans and livestock at …

Herein we report a highly specific electrochemical aptasenseor for AFB1 determination
based on AFB1-controlled diffusion of redox probe (Ru (NH3) 63+) through nanochannels of …

Aflatoxins are endemic in Kenya. The 2004 outbreak of acute aflatoxicosis in the country
was one of the unprecedented epidemics of human aflatoxin poisoning recorded in …

Maize, a staple food in many African countries including Kenya, is often contaminated by
toxic and carcinogenic fungal secondary metabolites such as aflatoxins and fumonisins. This …