{"id":13298,"date":"2026-06-20T12:27:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/successfully-combatting-aflatoxin-in-kenyas-food-with-aflasafe-on-a-large-scale\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:27:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:05","slug":"successfully-combatting-aflatoxin-in-kenyas-food-with-aflasafe-on-a-large-scale","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/successfully-combatting-aflatoxin-in-kenyas-food-with-aflasafe-on-a-large-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Successfully combatting aflatoxin in Kenya\u2019s food with Aflasafe on a large scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chronicles on a big problem,  and a broad solution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Flashback:<\/strong> In early 2015, Kenya\u2019s National Irrigation Board (NIB) purchased Aflasafe to help deal with aflatoxin contamination in maize, a predicament afflicting some of its irrigation schemes. For example, in most years, the UN\u2019s World Food Programme was unable to purchase maize from Hola  and Bura owing to excessive aflatoxin. Fastforward to 2017: What were the results of this NIB purchase then,  and today two years on? Read on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"bodymorelink\"><a title=\"Read story on 'Successfully combatting aflatoxin in Kenya\u2019s food with Aflasafe on a large scale' on the Aflasafe.com website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aflasafe.com\/press-asset\/-\/asset_publisher\/Kcs8\/content\/successfully-combatting-aflatoxin-in-kenyas-food-with-aflasafe-on-a-large-scale?redirect=%2Fpress-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lire la suite<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, Kenya\u2019s National Irrigation Board purchased Aflasafe to help deal with aflatoxin contamination in maize. 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