economic risks of aflatoxin contamination in marketing of peanut in benin经济风险黄曲霉毒素污染的花生在贝宁的营销.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Economics Research International Volume 2012, Article ID 230638, 12 pages doi:10.1155/2012/230638 Research Article Economic Risks of Aflatoxin Contamination in Marketing of Peanut in Benin C. Bley N’dede,1 C. M. Jolly,1 Simplice D. Vodouhe,2 and P. E. Jolly3 1 Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA 2 Department of Economics, Socio-Anthropology and Communication, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin 3 Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA Correspondence should be addressed to C. M. Jolly, cjolly@ Received 20 June 2012; Accepted 31 July 2012 Academic Editor: Anthony N. Rezitis Copyright © 2012 C. Bley N’dede et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Aflatoxin (AF) is a human health, nutrition, and financial risk to many people in the developing world. AF contamination in peanut is caused by the fungi: Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus . AF is a potent carcinogenic toxin that also causes millions of dollars of financial losses to people in Africa. The fungus producing the AF can be reduced to an acceptable level by proper drying, sorting, storage, and cleaning of peanut. Government intervention and regulation can also encourage market participants to reduce AF contamination. In this paper, we examine the financial risk associated with sorting, and storing of peanut and peanut products along the marketing chain. Study results show that the prices paid for peanut, prices received, the cost