Aflatoxin free Peanut-based Recovery and Functional Food
The goal is to develop an intervention food that will easily be distributed among malnourished and vulnerable people. The product is a peanut based highly nutritious […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: UGA122
- Lead University: University of Georgia
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
Improved West African peanut production for enhanced health and socioeconomic status through the delivery of research-based production systems in Ghana
The overall goal is more efficient peanut production. In the U.S. this equates to maintaining yields while reducing inputs. This has been attained in recent years […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: NCS131
- Lead University: North Carolina State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition, Markets
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
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Gender, Health and Nutrition
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 […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: UGA145
- Lead University: University of Georgia
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
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 […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: UAB148
- Lead University: University of Alabama
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
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 […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: TAM149
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
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
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
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
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Health and Nutrition, Innovation
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 […]
- Start Date: 2008/01/01
- End Date: 2012
- Project Code: NCS160
- Lead University: North Carolina State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
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
- Lead University: Auburn University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
