0940 Recent Developments in Teff, Ethiopia's Most Important Cereal and Gift to the World
This document discusses recent developments in teff production in Ethiopia. It begins by explaining the economic and dietary importance of teff as Ethiopia's most important cereal crop, which is a staple food for over 50 million people. It then outlines some of the main production constraints of teff such as low yields due to lodging, labor-intensive practices, and lack of government investment. The document proposes several innovative approaches to address these constraints, such as reduced planting density, mechanization, irrigation, fertilization, and conventional and non-conventional breeding. It concludes by highlighting some promising new tools and technologies being tested, and calls for further work and funding to realize teff's unexploited potential.
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0940 Recent Developments in Teff, Ethiopia's Most Important Cereal and Gift to the World
- 1. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TEFF, ETHIOPIA’S MOST IMPORTANT CEREAL AND GIFT TO THE WORLD TarekeBerhe ( Ph. D ) t.berhe@vip.cgnet.com CIIFAD Forum Seminar, July 23, 2009
- 2. OUTLINE I. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF TEFF II. DIETARY IMPORTANCE OF TEFF III. PRODUCTION DIFFICULTIES OF TEFF IV. UNEXPLOITED POTENTIALS & RECENT DEVELOPMENTS V. WHAT NEXT?
- 3. I. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF TEFF
- 6. TEFF OCCUPIES A LARGE PLACE IN THE GRAIN MARKET Current price of teff grain in Ethiopia = $700-1000/ton Current price of teff flour in the USA = $2,990/ton
- 7. II. NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF TEFF
- 10. FOOD SECURITY CROP FOR ETHIOPIAN FARMERS
- 11. VERY NUTRITIOUS: high in Fe, Ca, and lysine with good balance of amino acids
- 13. TEFF STRAW IS A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT: Livestock Feed and for Construction
- 14. III. PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS OF TEFF
- 17. LONG PEDUNCLE
- 19. PROBLEM # 3: Politics RESTRICTIONS ON MATERIAL TRANSFER OPPOSITION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY LOW INVESTMENT BY GOVERNMENT
- 20. INNOVATIVE APPROACHES/TOOLS/TECHNIQUES UNDER TEST REDUCTION OF PLANT DENSITY USE OF TRANSPLANTING TECHNIQUES USE OF IRRIGATION FOR OFF-SEASON CROP USE OF MORE COMPLETE FERTILIZERS WITH MICRONUTRIENTS USE OF CONVENTIONAL & NON–CONVENTIONAL (GYNOGENESIS) BREEDING TO SPEED UP VARIETY DEVELOPMENT
- 22. BREEDING – Conventional and Non-Conventional
- 23. MECHANIZATION: Planting, Harvesting, Threshing
- 25. SPACE IN PLANTING AND IN ROWS, DEBRE ZEIT, 2008
- 26. HIGH-TILLERING TRAIT IN TEFF WHEN TRANSPLANTED WITH WIDER SPACING
- 27. FIRST TRIALS, 2008 –Duplication of Earlier Findings YIFRU ( 1998 ) M. Sc. THESIS Reported yield of 4-5 tons/ha for non-lodged teff vs. 2-3 t/ha for lodged teff
- 28. PELLETING DAP PROVED EASIER THAN PELLETING TEFF SEEDS
- 29. TEFF FERTILIZER POT EXPERIMENTS
- 33. GOOD GYNO GENOTYPES NOTED IN THE FIELD
- 34. GYNO TEFF EXPERIMENTS - DEBRE ZEIT, 2009
- 35. MECHANIZATION
- 36. UTILIZATION & COMPANION CROPS GRAIN AMARANTHE NERICA RICE
- 37. COMPANION CROPS CAN BE MIXED WITH TEFF TO MAKE ENJARA
- 40. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- 41. AGRA
- 43. PUT ALL PROMISING TECHNOLOGIES TO WORK
- 44. FULL TIME IN ETHIOPIA
- 45. FULL TIME IN USA