Editing Teff (section)

==Uses==
[[File:Eritrean Injera with stews.jpg|thumb|[[Injera]] served in a typical Ethiopian dish]]
[[File:Mashella ena Teff.JPG|alt=|thumb|Teff (small grains) and [[sorghum]] (large grains), ingredients for [[tella]]]]

Teff is a multipurpose crop which has a high importance for the Ethiopian diet and culture.<ref name="Ketema1997" /><ref name=nrc/> In Ethiopia, teff provides two-thirds of the daily [[protein]] intake.<ref name="fao">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2018). Traditional Crops – Teff. URL: http://www.fao.org/traditional-crops/teff/en/ (Status: 14.11.2018)</ref> It is not only important for human nutrition, but also as fodder for livestock, or as building material.<ref name="Ketema1997" /><ref name="fao" /> Teff is the main ingredient to prepare [[injera]], a [[sourdough]]-risen flatbread.<ref>{{cite book| first=Alan |last=Davidson | author-link=Alan Davidson (food writer) | editor-first=Tom |editor-last=Jaine | title=The Oxford Companion to Food | edition=3rd | location= Oxford | publisher= [[Oxford University Press]] | year=2014 | isbn=978-0-19-967733-7 | page=812|title-link=The Oxford Companion to Food }}</ref> During meals, it is often eaten with meat or ground pulses.<ref name="Ketema1997" /> Sometimes it is also eaten as [[porridge]].<ref name="Ketema1997" /> Moreover, teff can be used to prepare alcoholic drinks, called ''arak'e'' or ''katikalla''<ref name="Ketema1997" /> or beer, called ''t'ella'' or ''fersso''.<ref name="fao" /> Finally, due to its high mineral content, teff is also mixed with [[soybean]]s, [[chickpea]]s or other grains to manufacture baby foods.<ref name="Ketema1997" />

According to a study in Ethiopia, farmers indicated a preference among consumers for white teff over darker colored varieties.<ref name="Belay">{{cite journal |last1=Belay|first1=G.|last2=Tefera|first2=H.|last3=Tadesse|first3=B.|last4=Metaferia|first4=G.|last5=Jarra|first5=D.|last6=Tadesse|first6=T.|title=Participatory Variety Selection in the Ethiopian Cereal Tef (''Eragrostis Tef'') |journal=Experimental Agriculture |volume=42 |issue=1|pages=91–101 |year=2006 |doi=10.1017/S0014479705003108|s2cid=86296049}}</ref> As a nutritious [[fodder]], teff is used to feed [[ruminant]]s in Ethiopia and horses in the United States.<ref name="heuze">Heuzé V., Thiollet H., Tran G., Lebas F., 2017. Tef (Eragrostis tef) straw. Feedipedia, a programme by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/22033</ref> It is a source of animal feed, especially during the dry season, and it is often preferred over straw from other cereals.<ref name="Ketema1997" /><ref name="fao" /> Teff grass can be used as a construction material when mixed with mud to plaster the walls of local grain storage facilities.<ref name="Ketema1997" /><ref name="fao" />