Participatory Evaluation and Selection of Recently Released tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] Varieties in Awi Zone, Western Ethiopia

Abstract

food for healthy existence and food security in most areas of Ethiopia [8]. The dietary value of tef grain is like to the conventional cereals and believed to have an excellent amino acid composition, lysine levels privileged than wheat and barley, while somewhat less than rice and oats. It is gluten free or contains very minute gluten and superior in several minerals mainly iron, now a days this makes popular in the health food in some developed countries.Tef is highly produced in Amhara, Oromia, Tigray Regions