{"id":13178,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/the-gambian-government-endorses-the-aflasafe-sn01\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:33","slug":"the-gambian-government-endorses-the-aflasafe-sn01","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/the-gambian-government-endorses-the-aflasafe-sn01\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gambian Government endorses the Aflasafe SN01"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_10201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10201\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/The-Gambia\u2019s-Honourable-Minister-of-Agriculture-Solomon-J.E.-Owens-second-from-left-with-Dr-Ranajit-B andyopadhyay-left- and-ECOWAS- and-Gambian-industry-representatives..jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10201\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/The-Gambia\u2019s-Honourable-Minister-of-Agriculture-Solomon-J.E.-Owens-second-from-left-with-Dr-Ranajit-B andyopadhyay-left- and-ECOWAS- and-Gambian-industry-representatives..jpg\" alt=\"The Gambia\u2019s Honourable Minister of Agriculture Solomon J.E. Owens (second from left) with Dr Ranajit B andyopadhyay (left)  and ECOWAS  and Gambian industry representatives.\" width=\"250\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gambia\u2019s Honourable Minister of Agriculture Solomon J.E. Owens (second from left) with Dr Ranajit B andyopadhyay (left)  and ECOWAS  and Gambian industry representatives.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aflasafe SN01 has consistently reduced aflatoxin in groundnut by 85\u201395%  and has been adopted in Senegal  and many other African countries. Arising from these recorded successes, The Gambia\u2019s National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI)  and the Gambian Groundnut Corporation (GGC, the largest groundnut exporter) requested IITA to develop a local version of aflasafe for The Gambia. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) also reinforced this need  and offered assistance to obtain political support from the Gambian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To start this, Dr Lamine Senghor of Direction de la Protection des V\u00e9g\u00e9taux (DPV) Senegal in 2013, together with staff from GGC, sampled groundnut kernels from all regions of The Gambia. Aflatoxin analysis demonstrated that 40% of the samples in some regions had more than 5 times the permissible limit of aflatoxin, suggesting that aflatoxin is a serious issue in the country. Microbiological analysis of the samples at the laboratory in IITA-Ibadan further revealed that the aflasafe SN01 strains are also widely distributed in The Gambia  and considered native in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Groundnut is grown in about 42% of the cultivated l and area  and accounts for almost 70% of merch andise exports. In addition to being the largest foreign exchange earner, groundnut is also a staple crop consumed daily in various ways. Aflatoxin contamination is a perennial problem in groundnut affecting the health of people  and curtailing the full potential of export earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With approval from the National Environment Agency of The Gambia, 2 t of aflasafe SN01, manufactured in IITA-Ibadan, was dispatched to The Gambia in early September 2014. A team of staff from DPV, NARI, GGC,  and Extension Services, led by Dr Senghor  and facilitated by GGC, began efficacy trials by treating 200 ha of groundnut  and maize fields in three regions (Upper River, North Bank,  and West Coast) of The Gambia. The GGC will aggregate groundnut from the aflasafe-treated fields  and test the potential of exporting aflasafe-groundnut as high-value edible nuts. Bird-feed groundnut, the grade usually exported from The Gambia, is priced 35% lower than edible nuts. Therefore, the farmers  and the economy st and to gain significantly from higher export income if they can meet the st andards for the edible grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Ranajit B andyopadhyay visited The Gambia 15\u201317 September to inform various stakeholders about aflasafe. The visit was facilitated by Mr Ernest Aubee of ECOWAS  and Mr Mustapha Colley of GGC. They met Solomon J.E. Owens, the Honorable Minister of Agriculture,  and Omar Sey, the Honorable Minister of Health  and Child Welfare, who reiterated the importance of groundnut  and thanked IITA  and partners for introducing aflasafe SN01 in The Gambia. Other high-level government officials who were also enthusiastic about the introduction are Momodou Lamin Ceesay, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Trade, Umberto D\u2019Aless andro, Director General of the Medical Research Council, Zainab Jallow, Director General of the Food Quality  and Safety Authority of The Gambia, Anthony Carvalho, Managing Director of GGC,  and Ansumana Jarju, Director General (Acting) of NARI. The aflasafe work in Senegal  and The Gambia is supported by USAID through the United States Department of Agriculture \u2013 Foreign Agriculture Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details, please contact:\u00a0Andrea Gros, <a>a.gros@cgiar.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">www.iita.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is one of the world\u2019s leading research partners in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition,  and poverty. Its award-winning research for development (R4D) approach addresses the development needs of tropical countries. IITA works with partners to enhance crop quality  and productivity, reduce producer  and consumer risks,  and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is a non-profit organization founded in 1967 in Nigeria  and governed by a Board of Trustees. IITA works on the following crops: cowpea, soybean, banana\/plantain, yam, cassava,  and maize. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aflasafe SN01 has consistently reduced aflatoxin in groundnut by 85\u201395% and has been adopted in Senegal and many other African countries. Arising from these recorded successes, The Gambia\u2019s National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI) and the Gambian Groundnut Corporation (GGC, the largest groundnut exporter) requested IITA to develop a local version of aflasafe for The Gambia. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) also reinforced this need and offered assistance to obtain political support from the Gambian government&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[192],"class_list":["post-13178","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry","item-year-192"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Gambian Government endorses the Aflasafe SN01 - IITA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/the-gambian-government-endorses-the-aflasafe-sn01\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Gambian Government endorses the Aflasafe SN01 - IITA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aflasafe SN01 has consistently reduced aflatoxin in groundnut by 85\u201395% and has been adopted in Senegal and many other African countries. 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