Code
01W02813
Duration
01 October 2013 → 28 October 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Analytical chemistry
- Other chemical sciences
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Medical and health sciences
- Nutrition and dietetics
- Pharmaceutical analysis and quality assurance
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural animal production
- Agriculture, land and farm management
- Biotechnology for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and allied sciences
- Fisheries sciences
- Food sciences and (bio)technology
Keywords
maize
risk management
mycotoxins
risk assesment
Zimbabwe
Project description
* Overview of mycotoxin occurrence in subsistence farmed maize from Zimbabwe.
* Risk evaluation of aflatoxin B1 and fumonisin B1 exposure through the consumption of subsistence
farmed maize and maize products.
* Overview of the subsistence farming and post-harvest practices and their effect on mycotoxin
contamination in maize grain.
* Recommendations for a regulatory framework for mycotoxin contamination in food.