{"id":17156,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/paca-honors-iita-scientist-and-partner\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:01:13","slug":"paca-honors-iita-scientist-and-partner","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/paca-honors-iita-scientist-and-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"PACA honors IITA scientist and partner"},"content":{"rendered":"The efficacy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aflasafe.com\/aflasafe\">Aflasafe<\/a>\u00a0to combat contamination of food crops by aflatoxins from the field up to storage has received further recognition from the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aflatoxinpartnership.org\/\">PACA<\/a>), a flagship program on the African Union Commission under the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture.\n<div id=\"attachment_1480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Award-certificate-with-Victor-Abdou-Lawrence-and-Alejandro.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1480\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Award-certificate-with-Victor-Abdou-Lawrence-and-Alejandro.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Award certificate - with (left-right) Alejandro, Victor, Abdou, and Lawrence.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1480\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Award certificate \u2013 with (left-right) Alejandro, Victor, Abdou, and Lawrence.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nTo mark this achievement, IITA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/bandyopadhyay-ranajit\/\">Ranajit Bandyopadhyay<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cals.arizona.edu\/spls\/content\/peter\">Peter Cotty<\/a>\u00a0of the United States Department of Agriculture\u2013Agriculture Research Service at the University of Arizona, were celebrated for formulating the biocontrol product for aflatoxin mitigation, during the 2nd PACA Partnership Platform Meeting held on 11-13 October in Entebbe, Uganda.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/manyong-victor\/\">Victor Manyong<\/a>, IITA Director for East Africa represented the honorees at the award ceremony.\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1479\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1024_DSCN0001is-for-the-PACA-story-Ranajit-right-and-Peter-examining-a-Specimen-of-Aspergilus-flavus-in-their-lab..jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1479\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSCN0001is-for-the-PACA-story-Ranajit-right-and-Peter-examining-a-Specimen-of-Aspergilus-flavus-in-their-lab.-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Ranajit (right) and Peter examining a specimen of Aspergilus flavus in the lab.\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1479\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranajit (right) and Peter examining a specimen\nof Aspergilus flavus in the lab.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPACA recognized the champions for their dedicated work in developing a biological control option (Aflasafe) that can effectively control aflatoxin contamination. PACA says that the \u201cpainstaking laboratory and field research to develop the Aflasafe technology has found practical use in many African countries and is actually registered for use in Nigeria, Kenya, and recently in West African states. The seamless work between your labs in Ibadan, Nigeria and Tucson, Arizona has trained a cadre of African scientists who are now leading the research and commercialization of the Aflasafe technology in Africa.\u201d\n\nAflasafe continues to show consistency in achieving high levels of protection against aflatoxin contamination in maize and groundnut in all the countries where it has been registered. Aflasafe products are in the process of development or becoming registered in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The new Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Commercialization project is scaling up the technology in 11 countries.\n\nThis recognition is another feather in the cap of the food safety champions and also portrays IITA\u2019s continuous commitment to make the African continent food and nutrition secure.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The efficacy of Aflasafe to combat contamination of food crops by aflatoxins from the field up to storage has received further recognition from the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA)<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17157,"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":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17156","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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