Ethiopia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

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英文名称：

Ethiopia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

工作单位：

Office of Agricultural Affairs, Addis Ababa

来源地址：

https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/ethiopia-agricultural-biotechnology-annual-3

关键词：

Cotton;  New Technologies;  Cotton;  Africa and Middle East;  Ethiopia; 

年份：

2020

语种：

English

摘要：

Ethiopian farmers and researchers have tried to address food security shortfalls and plant health issues through conventional breeding without success. At this time they are turning to modern biotechnological tools to meet the country’s food security and nutrition needs. For example in 2019, Ethiopia commercially cultivated genetically Engineered (GE) Bt-cotton and going on the second year of confined field trails for Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA).