{"id":13011,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/aflasafe-offers-win-win-formula-for-farmers-investors\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:08","slug":"aflasafe-offers-win-win-formula-for-farmers-investors","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/aflasafe-offers-win-win-formula-for-farmers-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Aflasafe offers win-win formula for farmers, investors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biological control of aflatoxins using aflasafe™ not only has rekindled hopes of a brighter future for African farmers battling crop contamination but also opened doors for the private sector looking to invest on a winning formula in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aflasafe™ technology, which uses \u2018good fungus\u2019 to fight the \u2018bad ones\u2019, had provided relief to hundreds of maize farmers in northern Nigeria\u2014a region where more than 70 percent of the population depend on agriculture as a source of livelihood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2009 alone, participating farmers in field trials using aflasafe™ reduced contamination by about 80 percent, according research by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, results from efficacy tests of the product have opened a window of opportunity for the private sector to tap into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe approach is the best method of controlling aflatoxins,\u201d said Dotun Oladele, a Senior Laboratory Technology Manager with Animal Care Consults during a UNIDO-convened meeting with the private sector in Lagos that offered IITA the chance to introduce aflasafe™.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus<\/em>, aflatoxins pose barriers to domestic and international trade of maize and peanuts in sub-Saharan Africa because of contaminated grains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worse still, the contaminated grains have carcinogenic properties that endanger both humans and animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAflatoxin contamination in grains is a major problem but is unknown to many farmers. When it attacks, some farmers assume it to be a \u2018spiritual attack\u2019,\u201d Oladele explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce there is aflatoxicosis, egg production drops and mortality of poultry follows,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representatives of local investors under the aegis of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group and the New Partnership for Africa\u2019s Development (NEPAD) Business Group commended the technology and promised to sell the business model to their members with a view to finding an investor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know of a lot of people that will be interested in this technology and that have the capability to galvanize this idea into manufacturing,\u201d said A.A. Roberts, Executive Secretary\/ Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Business Group-Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Ranajit B andyopadhyay, IITA Plant Pathologist, and Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Coordinator of the CGIAR’s Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management, with an initial investment outlay of US$1-3 million in an aflasafe™ manufacturing plant, investors are likely to reap about N20 million (about US$1.33 million) annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B andyopadhyay said that an investment in an aflasafe™ manufacturing plant in Nigeria would pay off considering the huge dem and for quality maize in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His estimates showed that over 60 percent of harvested maize in Nigeria currently has high levels of aflatoxins and are prone to being rejected by the feed industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis makes investment in this technology a viable option, not only for profit but also to improve the health of the people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EDITORS\u2019 NOTE: aflasafe™ is provisionally registered in Nigeria by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). It was developed by IITA in collaboration with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), and the Agriculture Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Ranajit B andyopadhyay, r.b andyopadhyay@cgiar.org<\/a>
Phytopathologiste
IITA-Ibadan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey T. Oliver, o.jeffrey@cgiar.org<\/a>
Charg\u00e9 de communication d'entreprise (international)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Godwin Atser, g.atser@cgiar.org<\/a>
Charg\u00e9(e) de la communication d'entreprise (Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IITA \u2013 Si\u00e8ge
Ibadan, Nig\u00e9ria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/b>
L'Afrique est confront\u00e9e \u00e0 des probl\u00e8mes complexes qui minent l'agriculture et la vie des populations. Nous d\u00e9veloppons des solutions agricoles avec nos partenaires pour lutter contre la faim et la pauvret\u00e9. Notre recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement (R4D), maintes fois r\u00e9compens\u00e9e, repose sur une r\u00e9flexion cibl\u00e9e et autoris\u00e9e, ancr\u00e9e dans les besoins de d\u00e9veloppement de l'Afrique subsaharienne. Nous travaillons avec des partenaires en Afrique et au-del\u00e0 pour r\u00e9duire les risques pour les producteurs et les consommateurs, am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 et la productivit\u00e9 des cultures, et g\u00e9n\u00e9rer de la richesse gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'agriculture. L'IITA est une organisation internationale de recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement sans but lucratif, cr\u00e9\u00e9e en 1967, dirig\u00e9e par un Conseil d'administration et soutenue principalement par le CGIAR.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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