_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: nbgleo@gmail.com; Journal of Advances in Microbiology 21(6): 60-74, 2021; Article no.JAMB.69167 ISSN: 2456-7116 Microbiological Safety and Quality Assessment of Maize (Zea mays L) Produced and Stocked from Rural Conditions in Côte D’ivoire Kouamé Désiré 1 , Niamketchi Gilles Léonce 2* , Konan Constant 3 , Konan Ysidor 4 and Biego G. Henri Marius 1,5 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology, Agriculture and Valorisation of Biological Ressources, Training and Research Unit of Biosciences, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, 22 BP 582, Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire. 2 La Me Research Station for Palm Oil, National Center of Agronomic Research (CNRA), 01 BP 1740, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire. 3 Eco Epidemiology Unit, Department of Environmental and Health, Institut Pasteur de Côte d'Ivoire (IPCI) 01 P.O. Box 490, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire 4 Training and Research Unit of Biological Sciences, Péléforo Gon Coulibaly University, P.O. Box 1328, Poro, Côte d'Ivoire. 5 Department of Public Health, Hydrology and Toxicology, Training and Research Unit of Pharmacological and Biological Sciences, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, BP 34 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author KD designed the study, wrote the protocol, fitted the data and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author NGL and SD checked the first draft of the manuscript and achieved the submitted manuscript. Authors KY performed the statistical analysis and assisted the experiments implementation. Author BHM expertise the results interpretations. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JAMB/2021/v21i630360 Editor(s): (1) Dr. P. Rama Bhat, Alva’s College, India. (2) Dr. Foluso O. Osunsanmi, University of Zululand, South Africa. Reviewers: (1) Lukhi Mulia Shitophyta, University of Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia. (2) Luis Alberto Aguirre, Universidad Autónoma Agraria, Mexico. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/69167 Received 18 April 2021 Accepted 28 June 2021 Published 07 July 2021 ABSTRACT Aims: Fungal pathogens are one of the main biological agents causing maize post-harvest loss and affect food security in the country. Thus, this study was conducted to assess fungal pathogens associated to post-harvest maize (Zea mays L.) with especial focus to mycotoxin-producing fungi at Original Research Article