Industrial Engineering & Management

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Holeta Agricultural Research Center, Holeta, Ethiopia

Publications

• Review   
  Tef (Eragrostis tef) Production and Soil Acidity Problem in Ethiopia: A Review
  Author(s): Getahun Bekana*, Fikadu Mosisa and Alemnesh Sisay
  
  Tef is a major cereal crop which serving as staple food grain for over 70 million people primarily for human consumption after baking the grain flour into popular cottage bread called "injera" and the straw (chid) is an important source of feed for animals. Tef grain has good nutritive value especially iron, calcium and copper compared to other cereals. Because of its gluten-free proteins and slow-release carbohydrate constituents, tef is recently being advocated and promoted as health crop at the global level. The area devoted to tef cultivation is on the increase because both the grain and straw fetch high domestic market prices. But, the national yield per unit area (1.85 t/ha) still remains low, even though the cultivation of tef and its acceptance is become increased in Ethiopia. Soil acidity is one bottle neck from the major several environmental constraints w.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2169-0316.22.11.331

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