Acronym
BL/02/LeapAgri 01
Code
12J09118
Duration
15 July 2018 → 31 August 2022
Funding
Federal funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Toxinology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary pharmacology and toxicology
- Veterinary public health and food safety
Keywords
sub-Saharan Africa
mycotoxins
food safety
food security
animal health
human health
Project description
Food security remains a major challenge in developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the highest prevalence of undernourishment. Worldwide, cereal-based crops are spoiled by toxigenic moulds and their mycotoxins. Food spoilage by moulds and mycotoxins not only reduces the amount of the available food, and can have deleterious effects for animal & human health, It also adversely affects the ability of Africa to trade with the rest of the world.