Groundnut and maize are among the economically important crops grown widely in Uganda for household food income security. However, those their products vulnerable to aflatoxigenic fungi aflatoxin contamination. The present study sought establish levels of different groundnut local markets roadside retail shops. A cross-sectional survey was conducted ten districts eastern northern regions Uganda...

Mycotoxins particularly aflatoxins are gaining increasing importance due to their deleterious effects on human and animal health and also due to ubiquitous presence of aflatoxigenic fungi in all the agricultural commodities under field and storage conditions. In general, aflatoxins occur more frequently in tropical countries because of high temperature, moisture, unseasonal rains and flash floo...