Published 29 Apr,2021 via The Nation - Nigeria may lose $1billion yearly to the consumption of aflatoxin contaminated food that result in diseases such as liver cancer, stunted growth among other disease, a recent study says.
To this end, stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to put in place legislations that would ensure farmers use Aflasafe agro chemicals that would prevent Nigerians from consuming aflatoxin contaminated food.
The Managing Director of Harvest Field, Martins Awosanya who spoke during at a workshop on scaling Aflatoxin solution in Nigeria crop value chain, also called on the government to create an enabling environment to ensure farmers don’t plant maize, groundnut without the aflasafe agro chemical.
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Juliana Agbo, Abuja