fa عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div class="rounded" style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Among crops, corn ranks third in the world in terms of cultivated area. In 2002, it produced 600 million tons and yielded 4296 kg/ha, surpassing rice and wheat. The most important corn-exporting countries in the world are the United States, Argentina, France, and China, accounting for about 91.5% of the total global export of this product. Japan, South Korea, Mexico, and China are among the most important corn grain importers. The Food and Agriculture Organization has stated that worldwide, approximately 25% of agricultural products and raw materials are contaminated with fungi, causing the contamination of animal and poultry feed. Poor harvesting practices, improper drying, crushing, packaging, storage, and transportation conditions contribute to the growth of fungi, thereby increasing the growth and risk of mycotoxin production. Mycotoxins are the smallest chemical toxins produced as the secondary metabolites of several fungal species that are easily incorporated into agricultural products and cause contamination in the field or after harvest. Mycotoxins require sensitive and reliable methods for detection since they are toxic at extremely low concentrations. Due to the diverse structures of these compounds, it is impossible to use a standard method to detect all mycotoxins, and each one requires different reproducible methods with simple analysis. Today, worldwide, cost-effectiveness methods can suggest such solutions using political briefs. Therefore, for evidence-based policy choices, considering the existing challenges and opportunities, it seems necessary to use intervention techniques and recommendations to prevent fungal contamination in mass-produced products and to improve the level of farmers&rsquo; literacy.</span></span></span></div> Farmers, Mycotoxins, Corn, Policy Summary 0 0 http://ajpr1.umsha.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2-8&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Yadollah Fakhri 100319475328460063 100319475328460063 No Food Health Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran Zahra Torkshavand 100319475328460064 100319475328460064 No Environmental Health Engineering, Research Center for Health Sciences Institute of Health Sciences and Technology Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Fereshteh Mehri 100319475328460065 100319475328460065 Yes Nutrition Health Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran