The Minister of Agriculture Omar A Jallow, has stated that 91% of the rural poor, work as farmers. OJ as he is fondly called, made this remark on Tuesday June 19th 2018, at a one-day national conference on the development challenges posed by Aflatoxin. The conference aims to provide a platform for stakeholders from the public and private sectors, as well as farmer based organizations and value chain operators, to discuss the state of affairs of Aflatoxin in the country, with support from the Food Safety and Quality Authority (FSQA).
Jallow said Aflatoxin contamination is not new to the Gambia, though knowledge of its impact is mostly limited as poor quality of crops, preventing their access and acceptance to premium markets, and it's contribution to liver cancer; that this view is supported by the country's Situational Analysis and Action Plan study (C-SAAP), commissioned by the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) in 2015.
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