French: https://www.aphlis.net/fr/page/15/mycotoxin-news
The African Postharvest Losses Information System (APHLIS) is the premier international effort to collect, analyze and disseminate data on postharvest losses of cereal grains in sub-Saharan Africa. In its next phase, called APHLIS+, the service will expand the range of crops covered and include estimates of the economic and nutritional dimensions of postharvest loss. APHLIS+ will also improve its interactive tools for accessing loss data and will expand its network of African experts.
The European Commission (through its Joint Research Center) was the main sponsor of APHLIS from its launch in 2009 until 2014. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is the key donor of the APHLIS+ project, running from 2015 - 2020, with the European Commission continuing to provide support.
APHLIS is supported by a network of agricultural experts from about 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Network members are asked to submit annual data on crop production and a range of contextual factors that may affect loss in their areas, including weather conditions, pests, grain drying conditions and the length of farm storage. APHLIS+ is led by the Natural Resources Institute in close collaboration with crop, value chain and information system experts that together form its core team.
Related:
6 May 2021. Mycotoxin legislation in Africa
This webinar was organized to share and discuss the results from the survey on mycotoxin control and regulations in Africa sent out in mid-March 2021.
Download the report here
31 May – 1 June 2021. 15th European Fusarium Seminar
Speakers: Kim Hammond-Kosack, Theo van der Lee, Antonio Moretti, Maarten Ameye, Zhang Hao, Rainer Schuhmacher, Martijn Rep and Fiona Doohan.
Africa is situated in tropics where the environment is suitable for mycotoxin production. More
effort is needed on this topic. There is shift to the trade of processed foods, regulations should
protect humans. There is a need to strengthen the capacity in the continent with collaborators.
Survey on Legislation
- https://www.enquete.ugent.be/survey322/index.php/329462?
- lang=en (ENG) https://www.enquete.ugent.be/survey322/index.php/329462?lang=fr (FR)
- https://www.enquete.ugent.be/survey322/index.php/329462?lang=pt (PT)
- https://www.enquete.ugent.be/survey322/index.php/329462?lang=es (ES)
Survey Food operators
(a collaboration between the African Society
of Mycotoxicology, the MycoKey and Mytox-South networks and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of
the European Commission.
- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1axeFfte3_Vn9Brc1NsjTI8jdRnmIlaG2IBOaHW0M0fA/edit (Farmers) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1OceaPFXaNaicglP41loNGmZbzgDiYl7CiEvY_YR-ZWY/edit (Food processors)
- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZEZg9b4ylazIw51LUQYDeX3WCCCLLLUFUneduEjtHGo/edit (Food scientists)
- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KtJU1C_LwHWjRkTuxvMP9PfUgibO7zlS3-MWIiXA7k4/edit (Food traders)
- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C2nToMbID7wZXYx2xgUrl5tzNk_IvNg8Qgf3Ky2Bl1Q/edit (Food Policy Makers)
Free registration at the International Society for Mycotoxicology (ISM) (http://www.mycotoxsociety.org/?page_id=6 )
Facebook community from Mytox-South to share and receive updates in mycotoxin research
and legislation (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1120172588494148/)
Speakers: Kim Hammond-Kosack, Theo van der Lee, Antonio Moretti, Maarten Ameye, Zhang Hao, Rainer Schuhmacher, Martijn Rep and Fiona Doohan.
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