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Contributions of integrated aflatoxin management strategies to achieve the sustainable development goals in various African countries

dc.contributor.authorOrtega-Beltran, A.
dc.contributor.authorBandyopadhyay, R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-21T08:35:06Z
dc.date.available2022-09-21T08:35:06Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.identifier.citationOrtega-Beltran, A. & Bandyopadhyay, R. (2021). Contributions of integrated aflatoxin management strategies to achieve the sustainable development goals in various African countries. Global Food Security, 30: 100559, 1-13.
dc.identifier.issn2211-9124
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7786
dc.description.abstractIn 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to achieve peace and prosperity for all people in the planet. Meeting that ambitious agenda depends on fulfilling all objectives of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Multiple approaches by diverse actors, many of them interconnected, will allow achieving each SDG. However, with compromised food security and food safety, many SDGs will not be realized. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), maize and groundnut are two staple crops frequently contaminated with aflatoxins, which threaten food security and food safety. Aflatoxins are extremely dangerous compounds produced primarily by the fungus Aspergillus flavus. Even at minute concentrations, aflatoxins negatively influence health, income, and trade sectors. Farmers, traders, industries, and consumers become affected. However, practical solutions exist. Non-aflatoxin producing isolates (referred to as atoxigenic) of A. flavus can decrease crop aflatoxin content when used in biocontrol formulations to competitively displace aflatoxin producers during crop development. Typically, treated crops contain 80%–100% less aflatoxin than non-treated crops. The technology was developed by USDA-ARS for use in the US and has been adapted and improved for use in SSA where several products under the tradename Aflasafe are available. There are biocontrol products registered for use in 10 SSA countries and more are being developed. On the other hand, although highly effective, biocontrol is not a panacea. Less aflatoxin occurs across value chains when biocontrol is combined with other practices. In this review, we discuss how i) aflatoxin biocontrol products are developed, manufactured, licensed, and commercialized, ii) aflatoxin management strategies are designed, and iii) integrated aflatoxin management is or will soon be contributing to achieve, in several countries, many targets of most SDGs. We present integrated aflatoxin management as a model intervention contributing to tackle several challenges impeding prosperity and peace in SSA.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.description.sponsorshipPartnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Department of Agriculture
dc.description.sponsorshipGerman Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment for International Development, United Kingdom
dc.description.sponsorshipGlobal Affairs Canada
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Union Commission
dc.description.sponsorshipAustrian Development Cooperation
dc.description.sponsorshipCommercial Agriculture Development Program of the Government of Nigeria
dc.description.sponsorshipFrench Development Agency
dc.description.sponsorshipRoyal Government of Norway
dc.description.sponsorshipAlliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
dc.format.extent1-13
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAflatoxins
dc.subjectBiological Control
dc.subjectIntegrated Management
dc.subjectSustainable Development Goals
dc.subjectSubsaharan Africa
dc.titleContributions of integrated aflatoxin management strategies to achieve the sustainable development goals in various African countries
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso (Upper Volta)
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.countryMozambique
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.countryThe Gambia
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemePlant Production and Health
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidORTEGABELTRAN:2021c
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR Single Centre
cg.iitasubjectAflatoxin
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectDisease Control
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Diseases
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalGlobal Food Security
cg.notesPublished online: 08 Jul 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.iitaauthor.identifierAlejandro Ortega-Beltran: 0000-0003-3747-8094
cg.iitaauthor.identifierRanajit Bandyopadhyay: 0000-0003-2422-4298
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.volume30
cg.contributor.acknowledgementsWe are grateful to all farmer, governments, and institutions that have made possible the development, registration and commercialization of the diverse biocontrol products. Equally we are grateful to the institutions and governments that have funded the aflatoxin control program of IITA. The Aflasafe Initiative has received funds by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF; OPP1007117 and OPP1133356); the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Meridian Institute on behalf of the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA); both Agricultural Research Service and Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development); AgResults [a collaborative initiative between BMGF, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DFID), Global Affairs Canada, and USAID]; MycoGlobe, MycoRed, and MycoKey funded by the European Union Commission; Austrian Development Cooperation; Commercial Agriculture Development Program of the Government of Nigeria; French Development Agency; Royal Government of Norway; AGRA; CGIAR A4NH Research Program, CGIAR MAIZE Research Program.


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