{"id":16113,"date":"2026-06-20T12:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/getting-to-grips-with-aflatoxin-in-ghana-with-aflasafe\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:02:30","slug":"getting-to-grips-with-aflatoxin-in-ghana-with-aflasafe","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/getting-to-grips-with-aflatoxin-in-ghana-with-aflasafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to grips with aflatoxin in Ghana with Aflasafe"},"content":{"rendered":"Aflatoxin is a major threat to health, food security, and trade but positive change was heralded in Accra recently, at the official launch of Aflasafe GH02. Aflasafe offers a powerful solution to the aflatoxin threat which is amplified when combined with other good practices and with up to 100% aflatoxin reduction in more than half of the tests, Ghana sets a brand-new Aflasafe record.\n
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Research Leader of the Africa-wide Aflasafe Initiative at IITA, Ranajit Bandyopadhyay (left),with Abdou Konlambigue of ATTC (rightmost) and other dignitaries showing off packs of Aflasafe GH02 at its launch in Accra.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nBesides celebrating the advent and outstanding performance of Aflasafe in Ghana, participants at the launch came to grips with aflatoxin, deliberating on the need for greater awareness, incentives for farmers, and the potential for Aflasafe to transform access to markets.\n\nIn his opening remarks, Managing Director of IITA\u2019s Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Commercialization initiative (aTTC)\u00a0Abdou Konlambigue<\/a>\u00a0said: \u201cWhat we are celebrating today is really a joint effort of many years by different kinds of actors at the national, regional, and global level.\u201d\n\nThe all-natural Aflasafe GH02 is tailored specifically for Ghana and was developed by\u00a0IITA<\/a>\u00a0en collaboration avec le\u00a0United States Department of Agriculture \u2013 Agricultural Research Service<\/a>\u00a0(USDA ARS), and\u00a0Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology<\/a>\u00a0(KNUST).\n\nThe local Ghanaian farmers also made a vital contribution testing Aflasafe on their farms.\n\nWith the registration of Aflasafe GH02, Ghana is now the latest of six nations where Aflasafe is on sale. Aflasafe GH02 is distributed in Ghana by our new partner, Macrofertil Ghana Limited, a company established in Ghana by\u00a0Louis Dreyfus Company<\/a>\u00a0to take over its agriculture input business in the country. Louis Dreyfus Company Group is a world leader in agroprocessing and in marketing agro-commodities and agricultural inputs, so it brings proven expertise in reaching farmers.\n\nThe Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, was represented at the launch by the Deputy Director of Crop Services in the Ministry, Harry Bleppony, who decried the lack of awareness on aflatoxin, particularly at the grassroots. He emphasized the need for evidence-based information saying: \u201cWhen people see how hard aflatoxin hits them, they will take it seriously. I describe aflatoxin as a \u2018slow poison\u2019\u2014language that Ghanaians understand well.\u201d\n\nIn his keynote address, Professor Richard Tuyee Awuah of KNUST spoke on the challenges of aflatoxin contamination in Ghana, and the parts we can all play in tackling them. This was followed by a lively panel discussion on the event\u2019s theme\u2014\u00a0Aflatoxin control: Whose responsibility?<\/em>\n\nFor the\u00a0Ghana Export Promotion Authority<\/a>\u00a0(GEPA), Aflasafe GH02 comes at an opportune time as it can open up export markets, but also premium domestic ones with urgent unmet demand for aflatoxin- safe grain. According to the Director for Agricultural Export Development, Erasmus Ashun: \u201cWe were trying to find solutions to concerns raised by our trade partners, especially the European Union. We hope this product is going to support GEPA in executing its national mandate as we are currently unable to participate in the US$32.5 billion maize world trade, primarily because of excessive aflatoxin in our maize products.\u201d\n\nRead\u00a0Aflasafe media release<\/a>\u00a0for details.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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