It infects crops from flowering until maturity. Maize and groundnut are particularly susceptible. One cannot see, smell or taste aflatoxin, yet both people and animals are very sensitive to it.
While acute exposure to aflatoxins can kill, prolonged exposure leads to impeded growth, liver disease, immune suppression and cancer, with women, children and the poor most vulnerable.
Few years ago, makers of animal feeds and other household consumables complained that the Nigerian maize and other oil seeds like groundnut were highly infected with aflatoxins, which forced many poultry farmers and feed millers to clamour for importation.
On Tuesday, stakeholders met at a workshop organised by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Harvestfield Industries Limited to discuss the results of aflatoxin levels test in maize sampled nationwide under the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (CBN-ABP) 2020 wet season project.
- National Sorghum Producers CEO Tim Lust
U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued this morning show U.S. sorghum exports the previous week were a record breaking 33.9 million bushels, topping the previous record by more than 10 million bushels, which took place in August 2020. The top destination was China.
In addition to record-breaking exports, new sales commitments were 33.8 million bushels, predominantly purchased by China. The previous record for weekly sorghum sales was 32 million bushels, also in August 2020.
“U.S. sorghum exports continue to signal very strong demand for our crop, and new purchases at this level only reaffirm that,” National Sorghum Producers CEO Tim Lust said. “The size of shipments reported this last week is equivalent to the size of approximately 10-12 Panamax vessels.”
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VERDE ANNOUNCES CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT LEAD DIRECTOR AND COMPOSITION OF BOARD COMMITTEES
April 7, 2021 GMT
Verde AgriTech Plc (TSX: “NPK”) (OTCQB: “AMHPF”) (”
Verde ” or the “
Company ”) is pleased to announce that Cristiano Veloso has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “
Board ”) and that Michael St Aldwyn has been appointed Lead Independent Director of the Board.
Mr. Veloso, Verde’s Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, will serve as the Chairman of the Board. The Board is composed of five independent directors and Mr. Veloso as sole executive director. The position of Chairman had been vacant since December 2013.
/EIN News/ (All figures are in Canadian dollars, unless stated otherwise.)
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, March 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Verde AgriTech Plc (TSX: “NPK”) (OTCQB: “AMHPF”) (
Verde” or the “
Q4 2020”) and for the year ended December 31, 2020 (“
FY 2020”). Audited financial results for Q4 2020 and FY 2020 will be reported and filed on SEDAR on March 30, 2021.
In Q4 2020 the Company sold 56,585 tonnes of its multinutrient potassium fertilizer, marketed and sold in Brazil under the K Forte® brand and internationally as Super Greensand® (the “
Product”), an increase of 76% in comparison to the 32,221 tonnes sold in the fourth quarter of 2019 (“
Q4 2019”). For the full year 2020, the Company sold 243,707 tonnes of the Product, an increase of 103% in comparison to 119,809 tonnes for the year ended December 31, 20219 (“