Technology generation to dissemination: lessons learned from the tef improvement project

Autor: Suhail Rafudeen, Muluneh Tamiru, Zerihun Tadele, Mike Robinson, Kidu Gebremeskel, Wuyan Wang, Brikti Ferede, Regula Blösch, Abiel Rindisbacher, Korinna Esfeld, Shimelis Hussein, Ermias Abate, Sonia Plaza-Wüthrich, Firew Mekbib, Ian Barker, Victoria Johnson-Chadwick, Dominik Klauser, Habte Jifar, Gina Cannarozzi, Worku Kebede, Yazachew Genet, Samuel C. Zeeman, Abate Bekele, Hans Christian Pedersen, Kebebew Assefa, Moritz Jöst, Naomi Nakayama, Negussu Husein, Solomon Chanyalew, Annett Weichert, Federico Martinelli, Rizqah Kamies, Kidist Tolosa
Přispěvatelé: Cannarozzi, Gina, Chanyalew, Solomon, Assefa, Kebebew, Bekele, Abate, Blösch, Regula, Weichert, Annett, Klauser, Dominik, Plaza-Wüthrich, Sonia, Esfeld, Korinna, Jöst, Moritz, Rindisbacher, Abiel, Jifar, Habte, Johnson-Chadwick, Victoria, Abate, Ermia, Wang, Wuyan, Kamies, Rizqah, Husein, Negussu, Kebede, Worku, Tolosa, Kidist, Genet, Yazachew, Gebremeskel, Kidu, Ferede, Brikti, Mekbib, Firew, Martinelli, Federico, Pedersen, Hans Christian, Rafudeen, Suhail, Hussein, Shimeli, Tamiru, Muluneh, Nakayama, Naomi, Robinson, Mike, Barker, Ian, Zeeman, Samuel, Tadele, Zerihun
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Euphytica, 214 (2)
Cannarozzi, G, Chanyalew, S, Assefa, K, Bekele, A, Blösch, R, Weichert, A, Klauser, D, Plaza-Wüthrich, S, Esfeld, K, Jöst, M, Rindisbacher, A, Jifar, H, Johnson-Chadwick, V, Abate, E, Wang, W, Kamies, R, Husein, N, Kebede, W, Tolosa, K, Genet, Y, Gebremeskel, K, Ferede, B, Mekbib, F, Martinelli, F, Pedersen, H C, Rafudeen, S, Hussein, S, Tamiru, M, Nakayama, N, Robinson, M, Barker, I, Zeeman, S & Tadele, Z 2018, ' Technology generation to dissemination : lessons learned from the tef improvement project ', Euphytica, vol. 214, no. 2, 31 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-018-2115-5
Cannarozzi, Gina; Chanyalew, Solomon; Assefa, Kebebew; Bekele, Abate; Blösch, Regula; Weichert, Annett; Klauser, Dominik; Plaza-Wüthrich, Sonia; Esfeld, Korinna; Jöst, Moritz; Rindisbacher, Abiel; Jifar, Habte; Johnson-Chadwick, Victoria; Abate, Ermias; Wang, Wuyan; Kamies, Rizqah; Husein, Negussu; Kebede, Worku; Tolosa, Kidist; Genet, Yazachew; ... (2018). Technology generation to dissemination: lessons learned from the tef improvement project. Euphytica, 214(2) Springer 10.1007/s10681-018-2115-5
ISSN: 0014-2336
1573-5060
DOI: 10.26181/23274365
Popis: Indigenous crops also known as orphan crops are key contributors to food security, which is becoming increasingly vulnerable with the current trend of population growth and climate change. They have the major advantage that they fit well into the general socio-economic and ecological context of developing world agriculture. However, most indigenous crops did not benefit from the Green Revolution, which dramatically increased the yield of major crops such as wheat and rice. Here, we describe the Tef Improvement Project, which employs both conventional- and molecular-breeding techniques to improve tef—an orphan crop important to the food security in the Horn of Africa, a region of the world with recurring devastating famines. We have established an efficient pipeline to bring improved tef lines from the laboratory to the farmers of Ethiopia. Of critical importance to the long-term success of this project is the cooperation among participants in Ethiopia and Switzerland, including donors, policy makers, research institutions, and farmers. Together, European and African scientists have developed a pipeline using breeding and genomic tools to improve the orphan crop tef and bring new cultivars to the farmers in Ethiopia. We highlight a new variety, Tesfa, developed in this pipeline and possessing a novel and desirable combination of traits. Tesfa’s recent approval for release illustrates the success of the project and marks a milestone as it is the first variety (of many in the pipeline) to be released.
Euphytica, 214 (2)
ISSN:0014-2336
ISSN:1573-5060
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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