This project focuses on a vlalue chain approach to improving peanut production and profitability along with interventions to reduce aflatoxin at various stages of the value chain. The project includes plant breeders, agronomists, pest management specilaist, food scientists, biological and agricultural engineers, and socio economists from NC State, the Univ of GA, Va Tech and UCONN. We are linked with the University of Zambia, Lilongwe University of Ag and Natural Resources, ICRISAT, and International Ag Institute of Mozambique. and the Univ of Eduardo Maldo Extensive field and laboratory trials are underway and the project is currently supporting more than a dozen students at the various host instititutions in Africa.