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Teff

Teff (Amharic: ጤፍ), Eragrostis tef, also known as Williams lovegrass and annual bunch grass, is an annual species of lovegrass native to Eritrea and Ethiopia, where it originated in the highlands of both countries. It has been cultivated for its edible seeds, also called teff, since at least 1000 BCE and possibly as long ago as 4000 BCE. It is one of…

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Cultivation

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Uses

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Distribution and habitat

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Description

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Teff

Nodes83
Edges82
Triples146
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024096
Components1

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Teff

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related to External links · 29
Teff → Academic Press, African, AFZ, Agriculture Organization, BernDressler, CIRAD, Encyclopedia, Eragrostis, FAO, Feedipedia, Food, Food Grains, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt/Main, Improvement Project, INRA, New Crops, Overview, Photo Guide, Plant Products
related to history · 21
Teff → After, BCE, Because, Egypt, Egyptian, Eritrean, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Europe, European, Genetic, In, Lack, Middle East, North America, Processed, South American, This, To, US
related to Distribution and habitat · 17
Teff → Australia, Because, California, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Highlands, Germany, Idaho, In, India, It, Netherlands, Nevada, Spain, Texas, This, US
related to Patent and bio-piracy · 16
Teff → Bakels, Biodiversity Conservation, Dutch, Ethiopia, Ethiopia's, Ethiopian Institute, European, Health, HPFI, HPFI's CEO, In, Jans Roosjen, Performance Food International, Roosjen, The, The Dutch
related to Uses · 11
Teff → As, During, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Farmers, Finally, In Ethiopia, It, Moreover, Sometimes, US
related to Modern cultivation · 10
Teff → In Ethiopia, It, July, November, Optimal, Recommended, Seeds, The, To, Usual
related to Challenges and prospects · 8
Teff → Efforts, EMS, Ethiopia, High-yielding, In, Quencho, Sequencing, The
related to Cultivation · 6
Teff → As, Eritrea, Ethiopia, It, The, They
related to Description · 6
Teff → Amharic, C4, Eragrostis, Its, The, This
related to Ecology · 6
Teff → C4, Despite, Highest, However, It, Yields

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ethiopia seeds also farmers tef used eragrostis food grass cultivated important crop cereals annual lodging plant ethiopian yields crops nutrition

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Teffis aC4 plant0.90text
Teffis afine-stemmed0.90text
Teffis amost important commodity produced and consumed in Ethiopia where the flat pancake-like injera provides a livelihood for around 6.5 million small farmers in the country0.90text
Teffis amain ingredient to prepare injera0.90text
droughtinstance ofdeveloping tolerance to abiotic stresses0.80text
soil acidityinstance ofdeveloping tolerance to abiotic stresses0.80text
a burning sensation in the mouthinstance ofsymptoms0.80text
tongue swellinginstance ofsymptoms0.80text
and swallowing difficulties appearedinstance ofsymptoms0.80text
Teffrelated to AllergyThere0.60section
Teffrelated to AllergyThe0.60section
Teffrelated to AllergyWithin0.60section

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