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
Aflatoxin impacts on immune system
Coming soon
- Start Date: 2002/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: UAB56
- Lead University: University of Alabama
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
Use of chemoprotection in product development to improve safety and production of peanut products in Ghana, West Africa
Coming soon
- Start Date: 2001/08/01
- End Date: 2006/12/19
- Project Code: OKS55
- Lead University: Oklahoma State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
Gender Issues in Aflatoxin Incidence and Control in Groundnut Production Systems of West Africa
Aflatoxin contamination of groundnut production in West Africa poses severe health problems for the populations of the region and is becoming an increasingly important constraint to […]
- Start Date: 2001/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: VT54
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Gender, Health and Nutrition
Valencia Peanut Breeding for High Yield, Early Maturity, and Resistance to Fungal Diseases, and Good Quality
Since 1989, and the collapse of the large-scale system, Bulgarian agriculture has been undergoing contradictory reforms. The result has been a dramatic drop in agricultural production […]
- Start Date: 2001/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: NMX53
- Lead University: New Mexico State University
- Region: Europe and Eurasia
- Topic: Productivity
Development of Sustainable Peanut Production Technologies for Amerindian Villages in the Rupununi Region of Guyana
The Rupununi region of Guyana contains 22,313 square miles (27% of the total land area of Guyana) of mostly undeveloped land. Nearly 99% of the population […]
- Start Date: 2001/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: UFL52
- Lead University: University of Florida
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Productivity
Biochemical and Molecular Responses of Peanut to Drought Stress and Their Role in Aflatoxin Contamination
Drought stress severely affects yield and predisposes peanut to preharvest aflatoxin contamination. Due to the carcinogenic nature of aflatoxins, elimination of aflatoxin production is the area […]
- Start Date: 2001/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: FAM51
- Lead University: Not Available
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
Sustainable Enterosorbent Strategies for the Protection of African Populations from Aflatoxin
We are in a unique position to test a novel, clay-based technology that could achieve major advances in human health for populations exposed to high levels […]
- Start Date: 2001/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: TAM50
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
Genetic Approaches to Eliminate Aflatoxin Contamination of Peanuts
Aspergillus infestation and subsequent aflatoxin (AF) contamination of peanuts remains a major worldwide concern due to the human and animal health consequences and economic and crop […]
- Start Date: 2000/01/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: UWI49F
- Lead University: University of Wisconsin
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
Maximization of Biological Nitrogen Fixation by Peanut to Supply Nitrogen for Cropping Systems in Angola
Resettlement of Angolans after to the civil war requires that sustainable farming systems are re-established, and food security is assured into the future. The land has […]
- Start Date: 1999/08/01
- End Date: 2001/07/31
- Project Code: NCS42P
- Lead University: North Carolina State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
