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This publication is an offshoot of the Regional Training Course on Mycotoxin Prevention and Control in Foodgrains sponsored by the Bangkok-based UNDP/FAO Regional Network for Inter-Country Cooperation on Postharvest Technology and Quality Control of FoodGrains (REGNET) and the ASEAN Grain Postharvest Programme (AGPP). The course was held in Thailand 31 July-12 August 1989 and was conducted by the Plant Protection and Microbiology Division of the Department of Agriculture of Thailand.
As part of their objectives, REGNET and AGPP are mandated to organise short-term training courses on grain postharvest technology. These courses are designed for postharvest research and development technologists in the Asian and ASEAN regions.
This book therefore serves as a training reference manual. Our intended users included the following: a) those who would be planning and conducting similar training courses; b) research and development technologists, and policy makers, who may use the information for research, extension and policy-generating activities; and c) students, who can use the manual as a text reference.
The manual contains the text of lectures and laboratory exercises presented by the resource speakers in the training course. In addition, country reports from the course participants and other selected relevant materials are included as references.
R.L. Semple, A.S. Frio, P.A. Hicks and J.V. Lozare