Exposure to aflatoxins greater among poor in eastern Kenya

Jef Leroy, Jia-Sheng Wang and Kelly Jones

No 3, Project notes from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This study is the first to show the significant association between poverty and aflatoxin exposure. Yet, whether or not aflatoxin truly causes child stunting is a question that can only be answered through a rigorous approach, such as a randomized-controlled trial. In the meantime, knowing that the poorest families are at the greatest health risk from this food-borne toxin suggests that ad-dressing aflatoxin contamination should be a priority for policy-makers concerned about the welfare of the poor. Furthermore, a better understanding of how better-off families manage to miti-gate aflatoxin exposure can be used to develop strategies that pro-tect the poor.

Keywords: mycotoxins; health; food stocks; storage; child health; stunting; malnutrition; aflatoxins; nutrition; children; child growth; Kenya; Eastern Africa; Africa; Sub-saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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