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Aflatoxin control strategies in the groundnut value chain in Ghana:

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  • Florkowski, Wojciech J.
  • Kolavalli, Shashidhara

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The objective of this paper is to identify strategies to reduce aflatoxin contamination of groundnuts in Ghana in order to enable the development of competitive and safe groundnut-based value-adding enterprises. We examine the quality assur-ance institutions with oversight on the groundnut value chain and the perceptions and practices of farmers and other agents along that value chain. We also test for aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts and groundnut products that have received varying degrees of processing.

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  • Florkowski, Wojciech J. & Kolavalli, Shashidhara, 2013. "Aflatoxin control strategies in the groundnut value chain in Ghana:," GSSP working papers 33, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    1. Jolly, Curtis M. & Bayard, Budry & Awuah, Richard T. & Fialor, Simon C. & Williams, Johnathan T., 2009. "Examining the structure of awareness and perceptions of groundnut aflatoxin among Ghanaian health and agricultural professionals and its influence on their actions," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 38(2), pages 280-287, March.
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    2. Ibrahim, Mohammed & Florkowski, Wojciech, 2015. "Analysis of Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Improved Peanut Varieties in Northern Ghana with the use of Baseline Survey Data," 2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia 197049, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

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    Groundnuts; Cash crops; Food processing; aflatoxins; value chain;
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