7th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting Summary of Discussion: Side Event on SPS Issues and Formation of a Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA)
(E=English; A=Arabic; F=French; P=Portuguese)
Date
23/03/2011Type
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This document provides summary discussion on the formation of PACA held on March 23, as part of the 7th CAADP Partnership Platform meeting, Meridian Institute, the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the African Union Commission hosted a side event
on SPS Issues and the proposed formation of a Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa
(PACA). The meeting was well-attended by a broad range of participants from African
governments, farmers organizations, private sector, African Union Commission, Regional
Economic Communities, and donors. Our presenters ably outlined the broader food safety
issues and aflatoxin concerns, the concrete case for aflatoxin control in Kenya, and the array
of possible programs and activities needed to control aflatoxin.
Subject
formation of PACACAADP
Aflatoxin Control
Value chain
Aflatoxin
trade
Agriculture
health
policy makers
regulators
contamination