Management and mitigation of health risks associated with the occurrence of mycotoxins along the maize value chain in two counties in Kenya

作     者：E.K.Kang’ethe H.Korhonen K.A.Marimba G.Nduhiu J.K.Mungatu S.A.Okoth V.Joutsjoki L.W.Wamae P.Shalo 

作者机构：Department of Public HealthPharmacology and ToxicologyUniversity of NairobiNairobiKenya Natural Resources Institute FinlandLUKEJokioinenF1-31600 JokioinenFinland Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyNairobiKenya School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Nairobi00100 Nairobi Kenya Kenya AgricultureLivestock Research OrganizationNairobiKenya Department of Dairy ScienceEgerton UniversityNjoroEgertonKenya 

出 版 物：《Food Quality and Safety》 (食品品质与安全研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第1卷第4期

页      面：268-274页

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学科分类：120301[管理学-农业经济管理] 12[管理学] 1203[管理学-农林经济管理] 

基　　金：the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland for providing financial assistance that enabled this study(MFA 24819801) the communities in Nandi and Makueni for allowing us to carry out the study and Government officers in both counties for their facilitation 

主　　题：Aflatoxins Fumonisins Contamination Maize value chains Mitigations Kenya. 

摘      要：Aflatoxins and fumonisins are two mycotoxins that are prevalent in *** toxins have associated and causal health effects in humans and *** formed in the substrates,the toxins are not easily *** preferred mitigation is to prevent contamination of the cereals and animal source *** this paper we set out to examine the practices of the farmers in two counties(Nandi and Makueni)in Kenya which exacerbates aflatoxin contamination and the government steps to address the issue in the agriculture and livestock *** practices identified in Nandi and Makueni,respectively,included seed varieties where 19.3%and 56%are using local varieties;use of soil amendments where 5.8%and 181%are not using any amendments;crop rotation where 54.6%and 60.5%are not practicing crop rotation;22.7%and 37.5%are using wrong drying methods;and 53%and 77.1%are using poor threshing *** Kenya government is subsidizing fertilizers,seeds,increasing areas under irrigation,and providing extension services to build capacity of farmers to mitigate aflatoxin *** paper examines also the cultural practices in land preparation,tillage,crop rotation,drying,sorting at farm,and proper storage as better alternative practices for easy adoption that would,if adopted,lead to a decrease in aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination and therefore reduce household *** agricultural practices should be a prerequisite for the adoption of other aflatoxin control technologies.