Reducing Aflatoxin in peanuts using agronomic management and bio-control strategies in Indonesia and Australia: an adoption study

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Rachaputi-Wright(2011)ReducingAflatoxinPeanutsAgronomicManagementBiocontrol.pdf

This case study provides an overview of an ACIAR-funded project to minimise aflatoxin contamination in Indonesian and Australian peanuts through research, development and extension of on-farm and postharvest management practices. It details the motivation behind the project, which ran for five years from 2001 to 2006, and the main outputs and impacts it has or is expected to make. One of the important impacts of the project, noted in the case study, is the quantification of actual—and potential for—aflatoxin contamination throughout the peanut food chain, which has established a clear link between agriculture and human health. This presents compelling justification for further action from national and provincial governments to develop and implement appropriate policy measures to reduce its impact throughout the Indonesian community. At the same time, dissemination of information on aflatoxin incidence and its management, generated by the project, has led to significant adoption by research and extension agencies, as well as to the creation of a large extension network program. The lessons learned from this project are useful for future research on peanuts in Indonesia.

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2011

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Rachaputi R.C.N and Wright G.C. .

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Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

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Aflatoxin in Indonesian peanuts: how can the contamination within the food chain be managed?

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DharmaputraEtAl(2004)AflatoxinIndoPeanutsContaminationWithinFoodChain.pdf

This paper examines the problem of aflatoxin in Indonesian peanuts and discusses potential initiatives to minimize contamination at pre and postharvest stages. The research uses data from 62 farmers, penebas, collectors, processors and retailers in Pati Regency, Central Java, during the wet and dry seasons in 2002. The findings revealed that the highest percentages of samples infected by Aspergillus flavus (100 per cent in both seasons) and contaminated by aflatoxin (2-124 and <4-342 ppb during wet and dry seasons, respectively) were found in raw kernels of peanuts collected from retailers in traditional markets. It found that pre and postharvest handling methods prior to peanuts being delivered to retailers (especially at the retailer level in traditional markets) severely impact on aflatoxin contamination levels in the Indonesian food chain. The authors present a number of pre and postharvest practices to help minimize aflatoxin contamination in Indonesian peanuts. Critical to further development of this work is a concentrated effort to monitor postharvest handling methods by farmers, collectors and retailers in traditional markets and identify the critical control points for potential changes needed in their procedures.

Publication Date:

2004

Author:

Dharmaputra O.S., Rahmianna A.A., Rachaputi N.R., Wright G.C. and Mills G.

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In 'Agriproduct supply chain management in developing countries', ed. by G.I. Johnson, and P.J. Hofman. ACIAR Proceedings No. 119e, 88-97. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

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Kesempatan PengembanganAgribisnis Indonesia Bagian Timur (EI-ADO) - Aflatoxin

Reducing Aflatoxin in peanuts using agronomic management and bio-control strategies in Indonesia and Australia: an adoption study

Aflatoxin in Indonesian peanuts: how can the contamination within the food chain be managed?

Kesempatan Pengembangan
Agribisnis Indonesia
Bagian Timur (EI-ADO) - Aflatoxin