Teff: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Eragrostis abyssinica • tef • Eragrostis tef

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Farmers threshing teff by tossing it into the air, with dust and chaff swirling, on a sunlit field near Gondar, Ethiopia, with hills in the background.

Woman in patterned dress gathers large bundles of teff grass in a sunlit field on the Hawzien Plateau, Tigray, Ethiopia, with scattered harvested piles and distant trees.

Large round platter of Ethiopian injera flatbread topped with assorted colorful vegetable and stew dishes, served on a metal tray.

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Ethiopia Eritrea injera Cereal love grass Corn Rice Fonio Wheat Barley Millet wild rice Rye Oats Sorghum