The Teff Agreement – How Ethiopia Lost Control of Its Teff Genetic Resources

  01-29-2014 In 2005, Ethiopia concluded an agreement with the Dutch company HPFI, sharing itsteff genetic resources in return for a part of the benefits that would be achieved from developing teff products for the European market. In the end, Ethiopia received practically no benefits. Instead, due to a broad patent and a questionable bankruptcy, it lost its…