0940 Recent Developments in Teff, Ethiopia's Most Important Cereal and Gift to the World
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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