Articles tagged with: maize
Commercial production of a simple biocontrol product called aflasafe™, developed by IITA and collaborators, may be the solution to the recalcitrant problem of aflatoxin contamination in important food products, such as maize and groundnuts.
Baba Alphonse is a 60-year-old farmer from Ogoukpate Village, northern Benin. He all but abandoned cassava and maize farming were it not for IITA’s intervention.
Drought-tolerant maize developed and disseminated by IITA, other international agricultural research centers, and national partners are helping farmers make a profit.
The president of one of the strongest crop networks in Nigeria, Pastor O.A. Adenola, talks about the need for stakeholders to join forces against aflatoxin spread and other issues.