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Assessment of farmer's knowledge about fungi and mycotoxin in Southern Mozambique
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Agrárias::Biotecnologia Agrária e Alimentar | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 04:Educação de Qualidade | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 02:Erradicar a Fome | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bila, João | |
| dc.contributor.author | Macuamule, Custódia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bombe, Amina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ribeiro, Maria Isabel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Venâncio, Armando | |
| dc.contributor.author | Afonso, Sandra | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rodrigues, Paula | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-06T12:27:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-06T12:27:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Mycotoxins find their way into the human and animal body through the consumption of mycotoxin contaminated foods, which may result in acute or chronic intoxication. This study aimed to assess knowledge about fungi and mycotoxins among farmers in the provinces of Gaza and Inhamban.e, in southem Mozamhique.Data were collected using quantitative study hased on non-probabilistic questionnaire, covering 180 farmers from Gaza (90) and Inhambane (90) Provinces, from October to November 2022. Data were subjected to descriptive and statistical analysis. The majority of farmers were aged 36 or over (75.0%), were female (75.2%), had no education or only had primary education (80.6%) and had been a farmer for longer 15 years old (64.4%). The level of knowledge about fungi and mycotoxins is mainly explained by the province of residence, followed by the level of education, age and gender, with producers with higher levels of education and of male gender recording a higher level of knowledge. Regarding mycotoxins, most fanners have never heard about these toxic compounds. Likewise, regardless of the province, a significant number of farmers did not know or have never accounted for production losses or income losses due to fungal or mycotoxin contamination. | eng |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bila, João; Macuamule, Custódia; Bombe, Amina; Ribeiro, Maria Isabel; Venâncio, Armando; Afonso, Sandra; Rodrigues, Paula (2024). Assessment of farmer's knowledge about fungi and mycotoxin in Southern Mozambique. In 13th African Crop Science Society Conference: Book of Abstracts. Maputo: University Eduardo Mondlane. p. 13-14 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/35331 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | University Eduardo Mondlane | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Fungi | |
| dc.subject | Farmers | |
| dc.subject | Farmer's Knowledge | |
| dc.subject | Mycotoxins | |
| dc.title | Assessment of farmer's knowledge about fungi and mycotoxin in Southern Mozambique | eng |
| dc.type | conference object | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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| person.familyName | Ribeiro | |
| person.familyName | Rodrigues | |
| person.givenName | Maria Isabel | |
| person.givenName | Paula | |
| person.identifier | 2474707 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 8D1B-9409-7921 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 2312-18AE-DA42 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-5425-006X | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-3789-2730 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 58492545800 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 7102639646 | |
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