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23 June 2010 All Africa: Nigeria: 60 Percent of Maize is Poisoned, Says Pathologist
More than 60 per cent of harvested maize in Nigeria has high level of a fungi poison called Aflatoxin, a renowned plant pathologist has said. The plant pathologist, Dr Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, said this in a press statement.
23 June 2010 The Nigerian Tribune: 60% of Nigerian maize poisoned - Plant pathologist
More than 60 per cent of harvested maize in Nigeria have high level of a fungi poison called Aflatoxin, a renowned plant pathologist has said. The plant pathologist, Dr Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, said this in a press statement.
23 June 2010 The Punch: IITA expert says 60% of Nigerian maize poisoned
More than 60 per cent of harvested maize in Nigeria have high level of a fungi poison called Aflatoxin, a renowned plant pathologist has said. The plant pathologist, Dr. Ranajit Bandyopadhyay of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, said this in a press statement.
23 June 2010 NEXT Media: Expert says fungi in crops threat to health
...Peter Hartmann, the Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Africa (IITA), noted that among the food crops in which Aflatoxin occurred frequently were maize, groundnuts, cassava chips and yams.
22 June 2010 World Cocoa Foundation blog: UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS PROJECT TEAM VISIT TO GHANA
During our time in Accra, we met with many individuals and entities that had information which will be instrumental to the environmental impact assessment portion of CLP. These included meetings with the Ghana Cocoa Board, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture/Sustainable Tree Crops Program (IITA/STCP),...
22 June 2010 All Voices: New Agricultural Technology Will Help African Farmers
Stakeholders in Agriculture are of the opinion that the new technological breakthrough in the sector, aflasafe™, will greatly open up a window of opportunity for African farmers. This indication was made by the Plant Pathologist, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, in a statement, in its Ibadan, Nigeria’s headquarters.
22 June 2010 Impact Magazine Online: New Agricultural Technology Will Help African Farmers
Stakeholders in Agriculture are of the opinion that the new technological breakthrough in the sector, aflasafe™, will greatly open up a window of opportunity for African farmers. This indication was made by the Plant Pathologist, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, in a statement, in its Ibadan, Nigeria’s headquarters.
22 June 2010 Punch: IITA rekindles African farmers’ hope with aflasafe
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture has introduced the use of aflasafe for the biological control of aflatoxins.
22 June 2010 Afrique en ligne: Nigeria: Aflatoxins control tool opens window for investors
Last year alone, participating farmers in field trials using aflasafe reduced contamination by about 80 per cent, IITA said.
21 June 2010 Africa: The Good News: Sweet genes arm banana crops
...Principal investigator Leena Tripathi, a Ugandan-based biotechnologist from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria, said inserting the genes - plant ferredoxin-like amphipathic protein (PFLP) and hypersensitive response-assisting protein (HRAP) - separately in four local banana varieties is giving encouraging results.

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