Health and Nutrition

Improving the health and livelihood of people of East Africa by addressing aflatoxin and gender-related constraints in peanut production, processing and marketing

This project links science directly to pressing development challenges. It increases food security and nutritional value for families producing one of Africa’s key crops, peanut. Building […]

  • Start Date: 2008/01/01
  • End Date: 2012
  • Project Code: VT134
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Development of Methods for Establishing a Global Network for Aflatoxin Exposure

The long-term goal of this project is to enable and establish a global network for assessment of aflatoxin (AF) exposure in high-risk populations and to investigate […]

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Association of Aflatoxin Biomarker Levels with Health Status and HIV Disease

Although large proportions of people worldwide are affected by HIV infection and aflatoxin exposure, there has been no investigation/documentation of the role of aflatoxin in immune […]

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Enterosorbent intervention therapies for populations at risk for Aflatoxin related diseases

Aflatoxins (AFs) are harmful by-products of mold growth that can be fatal to humans and animals. The problem is longstanding, unavoidable and seemingly inextricable. A recent […]

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Peanut consumption and human weight management

The goals of this project are to extend the work conducted during previous cycles of support through the Peanut CRSP. We have demonstrated that peanuts pose […]

  • Start Date: 2008/01/01
  • End Date: 2012
  • Project Code: PUR151
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Innovative Procedures to Protect Therapeutic Foods from Aflatoxins in Developing Nations

At the completion of this project we will have the information we need to implement and evaluate educational and food preparation procedures which remove aflatoxin as […]

  • Start Date: 2008/01/01
  • End Date: 2012
  • Project Code: COR158
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Adaptation of Transgenic Peanuts with Resistance Against Aflatoxin for Production in West Africa

Peanut is a dietary staple in much of West Africa, and is also an important cash crop. Production is limited by disease and insects. Further, access […]

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Aflatoxin financial and health risks along the peanut marketing chain in Ghana

Staples such as maize and groundnut are contaminated with levels of AF that far exceed those considered safe by the World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization. […]

  • Start Date: 2008/01/01
  • End Date: 2012
  • Project Code: AUB163
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Enhancing Nutritional Value and Marketability of Beans through Research and Strengthening Key Value Chain Stakeholders in Uganda and Rwanda

Agriculture in East Africa is characterized by women and men working in small scale, rainfed production, averaging 2 hectares per household (FAO 2006). Erratic bimodal rainfall […]

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Trip Report: Micro Health Insurance in Rural Cambodia, Cambodia: February 3-16, 2008

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  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): David Levine; Rachel Polimeni
  • Type of Document: Project Document

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