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Teff luck: What Has Piracy Got To Do With The Price of Injera?
published 23 days, 5 hours, 30 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 23 days, 5 hours, 31 minutes ago
Monday, February 15, 2010 7:10:49 AM GMT Monday, February 15, 2010 7:09:48 AM GMT
Here is a feature opinion piece on piracy, patenting, and intellectual property in the developing world. (more)
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How to make Bread using Ethiopian Teff flour
published 94 days, 11 hours, 47 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 94 days, 12 hours, 7 minutes ago
Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:53:52 AM GMT Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:33:54 AM GMT
By Susan | Wild Yeast Here’s what we did six or seven weeks ago: We raised bread with sourdough starters made from several ancient grains: amaranth, sorghum, quinoa, millet, and teff. My favorite of these was teff. It’s best known for the Ethiopian staple flatbread injera, but it makes a wonderful addition to loaf breads as well [...] (more)
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Why is the West still feeding Ethiopia?
published 136 days, 5 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 136 days, 5 hours, 44 minutes ago
Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:02:02 AM GMT Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:56:29 AM GMT
25 years since more than 1 million Ethiopians died as those of us lucky enough to live in the rich world sat transfixed in front of our television screens. The horrible suffering brought with it the biggest outpouring of charity ever seen as governments and ordinary people dug deep to stop it. (more)
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Ethiopia: State set to develop over 1.4 million hectares of land through irrigation
published 136 days, 5 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 136 days, 5 hours, 51 minutes ago
Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:02:02 AM GMT Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:49:02 AM GMT
More than 1.4 million hectares of land in Oromia State would be developed through irrigation, the State's Agriculture and Rural Development Bureau said. (more)
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Center conducting research
published 161 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 164 days, 17 hours, 38 minutes ago
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:00:54 PM GMT Saturday, September 26, 2009 7:02:44 PM GMT
Desse, September 23 (WIC) – The Serinka Agriculture Research Center in the Amhara state said it is conducting 149 various research activities. Center Director, Fiseha Worede told WIC that research activities are being carried out on 76 new and 73 existing agricultural technologies suitable for all climatic conditions. The research is being carried out in 11 research [...] (more)
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Ethiopia – Teff farming in Kansas proves troublesome
published 164 days, 5 hours, 25 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 167 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes ago
Sunday, September 27, 2009 7:15:04 AM GMT Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:27:55 AM GMT
Ethiopia – Teff farming in Kansas proves troublesome HILL CITY, Kan., Sept. 21 (UPI) — Attempts to grow and harvest teff in Kansas have proved problematic due to the traditional Ethiopian food plant’s unusual characteristics, farmers say Read More from UPI .. Share and Enjoy: (more)
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