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Belayneh A., Ibsa F. & Abel D.

EIAR. Developing Gender Responsive Community Based Low Cost Tissue Culture Innovations for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods in the ECA. Belayneh A., Ibsa F. & Abel D. EIAR: Agricultural Biotechnology Research Programme Four Centers: Holetta , Melkassa , Jimma & DZ TC Labs

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Belayneh A., Ibsa F. & Abel D.

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  1. EIAR Developing Gender Responsive Community Based Low Cost Tissue Culture Innovations for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods in the ECA Belayneh A., Ibsa F. & Abel D.

  2. EIAR: Agricultural Biotechnology Research Programme Four Centers:Holetta, Melkassa, Jimma & DZ TC Labs Major Crops:Enset, Potato, SP, Apple, Pineapple, Coffee, Banana, SC, Grape, garlic, etc

  3. POTATO Currently supplying plantlets to the Aeroponic unit

  4. Enset Conventional = 2-3 years old sucker Produce 30-50 plantlets per sucker  Tissue Culture = 1 – 2 months old suckers  Produce 40 plantlets per sucker

  5. GRAPE

  6. COFFEE

  7. Haploid production by TC Tef, Noug & Brassica

  8. Current Project Focus

  9. Sweet Potato Importance  One of the most important root and tuber crops: enset, potato & SP  95% grown in south, SW and east of the country – co-staple food  Recent introduction in the north and NW – widely accepted  A potential as food & feed - Food security crop  Production = 40,000 ha = 4 million tons

  10. Major production constraints: • Aattackedby spweevil, spbutter fly and beetle • It alsogetsattacked by blights, soft rot and virus diseases • FMV highly distructive •  Distribution of potato cuttings halted •  Virus cleaning protocol developed

  11. Clean Sweet potato multiplication Acclimatization In vitro propagation Virus Indexing Farmers Virus Indexing Further propagation

  12. Banana Importance  Cash crop for small scale farmers  Nutritious  Produced in the south and SW of the country  Production = 23,570 ha = 207,000 tons

  13. Conventional Multiplication  Small rate of multiplication  A maximum of 12 suckers/year/mother plant  High variability among suckers – management problems  Disease transmission  Bulkiness – difficult to transport

  14. Tissue Culture  High and fast multiplication – 1000 plantlets/explant/year  Young suckers required: 3 - 5 months old  Disease free  Uniform and vigorous plantlets  A protocol optimized for three varieties at Melkassa: Poyo, DC, GC  A protocol under optimization for other varieties: William 1, Grandne, Butuzuwa

  15. Project Plan

  16. Partners

  17. THANK YOU!

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