The main cause of high level of contamination includes limited use of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) such as use of drought and insect resistant varieties, the application of inputs to ensure plant health, the timely ...

The EAC region experiences high temperature and humidity which favors growth of Aflatoxin producing fungi normally found in the soil. Contamination of food crops and food products occurs in all stages of food value chain ...

Liver cancer is the leading cause of deaths in world. Chronic hepatitis B causes 80% of liver cancer causes in the EAC region. The combination of Aflatoxin exposure with hepatitis infection especially among people, who are ...

This Strategy is structured into five Chapters. The first chapter covers the background to the Customs Union, the vision, mission and the implementation of the SCT. Chapter two reviews the implementation of the first EAC ...

The EAC EPS 2020-2025 has been designed based on consultations carried out in the five Partner States and the lessons learnt from the review of the EAC EPS 2013-2016. Unlike the previous Strategies which included a broad ...

From the EAC perspective, it would be more beneficial for the Partner States to build synergies and trade as a bloc in order to tap into the AGOA opportunities. Besides, the reauthorized AGOA is strong on advocacy for ...

This evaluation report describes the findings of the implementation during the period 2008- 2012 and 2012-2015. The results are described under the different strategic objectives for each of the evaluation period. The ...