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Aflatoxin biocontrol in practice requires a multidisciplinary, long-term approach

dc.contributor.authorOrtega-Beltran, A.
dc.contributor.authorBandyopadhyay, R.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-14T11:42:50Z
dc.date.available2023-10-14T11:42:50Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-10
dc.identifier.citationOrtega-Beltran, A. & Bandyopadhyay, R. (2023). Aflatoxin biocontrol in practice requires a multidisciplinary, long-term approach. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7: 1110964, 1-15.
dc.identifier.issn2571-581X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8282
dc.description.abstractOne of the most elusive food safety problems is the contamination of staple crops with the highly carcinogenic aflatoxins produced by Aspergillus section Flavi fungi. Governments, farmers, institutions, consumers, and companies demand aflatoxin solutions. Many aflatoxin management technologies exist, but their real-life use and effectiveness is determined by diverse factors. Biocontrol products based on atoxigenic isolates of A. flavus can effectively reduce aflatoxins from field to fork. However, development, testing, and registration of this technology is a laborious process. Further, several barriers prevent the sustainable use of biocontrol products. There are challenges to have the products accepted, to make them available at scale and develop mechanisms for farmers to buy them, to have the products correctly used, to demonstrate their value, and to link farmers to buyers of aflatoxin-safe crops. Developing an effective aflatoxin management technology is the first, major step. The second one, perhaps more complicated and unfortunately seldomly discussed, is to develop mechanisms to have it used at scale, sustainably, and converged with other complementary technologies. Here, challenges and actions to scale the aflatoxin biocontrol technology in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa are described with a view to facilitating aflatoxin management efforts in Africa and beyond.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.description.sponsorshipMeridian Institute
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 of the 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.format.extent1-15
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAflatoxins
dc.subjectBiological Control
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.subjectScaling Up
dc.subjectFood Safety
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.titleAflatoxin biocontrol in practice requires a multidisciplinary, long-term approach
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionACP
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAfrica South of Sahara
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionEurope
cg.coverage.regionNorth America
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryItaly
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemePlant Production and Health
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidORTEGABELTRAN:2023b
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR Single Centre
cg.iitasubjectAflatoxin
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectBiodiversity
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 10 Feb 2023
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1110964
cg.iitaauthor.identifierAlejandro Ortega-Beltran: 0000-0003-3747-8094
cg.iitaauthor.identifierRanajit Bandyopadhyay: 0000-0003-2422-4298
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue1110964
cg.identifier.volume7


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