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The Tef Project Finds Huge Echo in the Media

Zerihun Tadele examines a new tef line in a greenhouse in Bern © Bild: Manu Friederich - Der Bund

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Lorena Ramirez Gonzales

Cereal Cultivation in Arid Regions

In the BOOSTER Project, Lorena Ramirez Gonzales is part of the team that deals with genetic and biostimulatory aspects and is responsible for experimental design and data analysis. She is working to make maize and teff more drought-tolerant. In the interview, she explains how her work is helping to stabilize agriculture in arid regions and improve food security.

Das Online-Magazin der Universität Bern (in German)

Initiative Afrique

Establishing a Link Between Africa and Europe

Prof. Zerihun Tadele, group leader in Crop Breeding and Genomics at the IPS Bern, is currently working on a HORIZON project called "Booster" involving 12 countries in Africa and Europe. The project focuses on improving the drought tolerance of maize and tef and, at the same time, promotes research partnership between African and European scientists.

Podcast

01.05.2023

Food System Needs to Be Transformed

Plants like dwarf tef or cassava are rich in nutrients and grow even in poor soils. And yet, until now, they have played little role either in research or on the market. This is changing with climate change.

NZZ magazin

Discussion on the future collaboration with the PROCEREAL group

Researchers from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research and Prof. Tadele visited the Universidad de Valladolid

PROCEREALtech focuses on the physical, chemical, thermal and nutritional properties of cereal-based products, designing foods with beneficial health effects and improving the quality of gluten-free products

PROCEREALtech Universidad de Valladolid (España)

Tef Improvement Project

TIP Is Progressing Well

In collaboration with the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), the project has so far released three improved tef varieties. We wanted to give smallholders greater choice and develop varieties for a range of growing conditions.

Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

Diversity among farmers’ varieties of tef

Tef Improvement Project in the SFIAR Project Showcase

With a fixed set of questions, this series aims to showcase interesting Swiss projects in Agricultural Research for Development.

SFIAR - Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research

Tef

Is the Ethiopian Super Millet Coming to Germany Soon?

Undemanding, heat-resistant and rich in vital nutrients: Ethiopia's national grain, tef, could also grow in our country. But Ethiopia is not issuing seeds - because the country has been ripped off with a questionable European bio-patent. (in German)

Deutschlandfunk Kultur

First Improved Tef Variety Reaches Ethiopian Smallholders

‘Orphan’ crops suffer from lack of scientific attention. Our support has enabled tef to profit from modern breeding. Farmers are starting to benefit; further improvements should follow

Zerihun Tadele

Your #FoodHeroes

We all know that without farmers, there would be no food. But not everyone is aware of the role plant scientists play in helping those farmers feed the world.

croplife.org

Flow Cytometry for Global Food Security

Prof. Zerihun Tadele is tackling the problems of his fellow countrymen by improving the resistance and yield of plants such as Tef, an Ethiopian dwarf millet.

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