Table of Contents; Preface; Addresses of Contributors; Overview and Introduction; Health and Trade Issues; Mycotoxin Contamination and Toxigenic Fungi in Africa and the Mediterranean Basin; Mycotoxin Detection Methods; Mycotoxin Management; Institutional Issues in Mycotoxin Management; International Programs on Mycotoxins; Index
Summary
This book is an outcome of the MycoGlobe conference in Accra. Most of the chapters are based on invited oral presentations made at the conference. The chapters in this book touch on issues including health, trade, ecology, epidemiology, occurrence, detection, management, awareness and policy. This book serves as a source of information on the occurrence and impact of mycotoxins on everything from trade and health to agricultural production in addition to suggesting opportunities for their management in Africa and elsewhere by researchers, policy makers and development investors
Notes
"This publication is based on contributions from participants at the Mycoglobe Conference 'Reducing Impact of Mycotoxins in Tropical Agriculture' from 13-16 September 2005 in Accra, Ghana"--Title page verso
