Sponsor: US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
Start Date: 6/10/13
End Date: 9/30/17
Abstract
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Office of Capacity Building and Development (OCBD) Trade and Scientific Capacity Building Division (TSCBD) conducts trade and scientific capacity building (TSCB) activities to facilitate a country?s development, rural economic growth, and agricultural trade. OCBD in partnership with the North Carolina State University (NCSU), the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) will carry out the activities described below in support of the Agriculture and Food Security Technical Services program.
Objectives: Specific objectives defined by the participants of the Nairobi, Kenya meeting included:
1. Initiate the drafting of a commodity sampling protocol for small lots.
2. Better understand the African situation and things to consider when developing the sampling protocol.
3. Better understand the science and statistics behind the development of sampling protocols.
4. Identify, review and evaluate current analytical methods with the objective of establishing a common set of analytical methods to be used within Africa.
5. Develop an action plan over the next two years to develop and adopt a harmonized sampling protocol and to establish common aflatoxin testing methods.