Enset, "the plant against hunger"
Posted: 12 Sep 2024, 09:53
Enset is a well-studied plant by the UN and American Association for the Advancement of Science.
It can withstand a prolonged drought upto 4 years in a row. The scientists described it as a "Plant against Hunger". They proposed to Meles Zenawi to declare Enset/ Kocho an Ethiopian national diet so as to get funding for its studies to improve its genes to fight enset diseases and so that other Ethiopians will be plant it for its kocho as food. To protect them from hunger brought on by drought, lack or shortage of rain. Its fibers can be used as ropes for construction and other uses.
He refused. Rather he invested Eth$2billion on cactus.
Enset grows in Amara as a wild plant. I have seen it in my travels in rural Gojjam and Begamdir. Locals don't know it's food rich in starch=carbohydrate.
Kocho production process can be mechanized and dry storage methods invented if given the attention it deserves.
It can withstand a prolonged drought upto 4 years in a row. The scientists described it as a "Plant against Hunger". They proposed to Meles Zenawi to declare Enset/ Kocho an Ethiopian national diet so as to get funding for its studies to improve its genes to fight enset diseases and so that other Ethiopians will be plant it for its kocho as food. To protect them from hunger brought on by drought, lack or shortage of rain. Its fibers can be used as ropes for construction and other uses.
He refused. Rather he invested Eth$2billion on cactus.
Enset grows in Amara as a wild plant. I have seen it in my travels in rural Gojjam and Begamdir. Locals don't know it's food rich in starch=carbohydrate.
Kocho production process can be mechanized and dry storage methods invented if given the attention it deserves.