agricultural university

21 March 2019 . FAO estimates that Africa loses about $700 million annually because most agricultural commodities such as maize and ground nuts are contaminated with aflatoxins, and therefore don’t access markets in Europe and America. Researchers from three universities in Africa have secured funds from African Union Research Grants Programme to conduct studies on how to fight aflatoxin in maize, manage diseases in fish and improve the breed of ingenious chicken.This, according to the project, will fight food insecurity on the continent, which has been attributed to lack of sustainable control of diseases. The universities — Makerere in Uganda, University of Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique and the University of Zambia —are leading the project. “One of the key development challenges in Africa is food insecurity and nutrition, x coupled with poverty. To respond to this, we need research that will help us generate innovations. Aflatoxin, which is a key problem the research will address, ...