Safe Food
Aflatoxin
contamination in groundnut in southern India, raising awareness and
transferring and disseminating technologies to reduce aflatoxin
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Background
Aflatoxin contamination (due to infection by A. flavus) is
widespread throughout the groundnut-based food and feed chain in Andhra
Pradesh (AP), India. Farmers and other stakeholders, including consumers,
are not aware of the health risks of aflatoxin, nor of management options
or technologies to reduce aflatoxin. This project will use farmer
participatory approaches to test and disseminate two low-cost technologies
that can reduce aflatoxin at source; aflatoxin resistant varieties and
improved post-harvest processing practices. |
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Collaborators
ICRISAT, Patancheru, India
ANGRAU, Anantapur, India
STAAD, Hyderabad, India
RDT, Anantapur, India
IRDT, Hyderabad, India
SAHAJEEVAN, Piler, India
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Activities at PEL
Participatory varietal selection programe to test new aflatoxin
resistant varieties conducted in three Districts in AP, India. Awareness
of the health risks of aflatoxin and technologies to reduce aflatoxin
promoted with NGOs |
Intended outcomes from PEL
New high yielding varieties with resistance to aflatoxin tested and
adopted by farmers. Awareness of aflatoxin and aflatoxin reducing
technologies increased.
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THIRUMALA-DEVI, K., MAYO, M.A., HALL, A.J.,
CRAUFURD, P.Q., WHEELER, T.R., WALIYAR, F., SUBRAHMANYAM, A. and REDDY,
D.V.R. (2002). Development and application of an indirect-competitive
enzyme-linked immunoassay for aflatoxin in M1 in milk and milk-based
confectionery. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 50:
933-937.
WALIYAR, F., SUBRAMANIAM, K., YELLAMANDA REDDY, T.,
REDDY, S.V., RAMA DEVI, K., CRAUFURD, P.Q. AND WHEELER, T.R. (2003).
Importance of mycotoxins in food and feed in India. Aspects of Applied
Biology
68:
147-154.
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