The target areas for this project are 74 administrative units (21 in Ghana, 22 in Mali, and 31 in Nigeria).

The project aims to enhance farmers’ knowledge of improved groundnut production technologies; seed production and marketing; farmers’ knowledge and diffuse improved aflatoxin management technologies; and farmers access to small scale processing technologies.

To date the following activities have been carried out:

• 460 and 214 demonstrations established on integrated crop management practices and aflatoxin management
• 6534 farmers took part in field days
• 263 facilitators were trained (Training of trainers)
• 9000 value chain actors were sensitized on the impact of aflatoxin on human nutrition and health
• 215 researchers trained
• 3515 trained on post-harvest storage technologies to manage aflatoxin
• Seeds produced: 24.35 tons of breeder seed; 51.44 tons of foundation seed and 526.85 tons of certified seed

Funded by: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Feed the Future Initiative (FtF)

Coordinated by: International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

CGIAR Research Program: Grain Legumes and Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)