USDA review: Teff modified by #geneediting for semi-dwarf stature is not subject to #biotechnology regulation. Shorter #teff is expected to resist to lodging that results in #yields losses up to 25%: https://www.danforthcenter.org/news/usda-clears-danforth-centers-genome-edited-teff/ #Ethiopia #foodsafety
#geneediting #BioTechnology #teff #Yields #ethiopia #foodsafety
Alas, after several days of #fermentation of #teff to make #Ethiopian #injera, it was doing really well until it started growing mold. Are there things we can do to make this less likely to happen? We were using the natural fermentation method, no added #yeast.
#fermentation #teff #ethiopian #injera #yeast
😡 #Imperialism and #neocolonialism alive and kicking! 🔥 #patents 🔥
*Ethiopia: Dutch Company Using Scientific Jargon to Avoid Teff Patent Right Controversy*
""For someone from Europe, in a different continent, to come and say we patented teff and the copyright is ours" an Ethiopian Kassahun Gebrehana, owner of the Little Addis Café in Maboneng, Johannesburg, shakes his head […] "Have they been eating it for centuries? We have.""
#capitalism #teff #ethiopia #Netherlands #patents #neocolonialism #imperialism