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==Distribution== Teff is mainly cultivated in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]].<ref name=nrc/> It is one of the most important staple crops in these two countries, where it is used to make [[injera]]. In 2016, Ethiopia grew more than 90 percent of the world's teff.<ref name="OConnor2016" /> It is now also marginally cultivated in [[India]], [[Australia]], [[Germany]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Spain]], and the [[US]], particularly in [[Idaho]], [[California]], [[Texas]], and [[Nevada]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/as-americans-embrace-ethiopian-cuisine-its-farmers-grow-more-teff/2012/07/29/gJQAvmI4IX_story.html|title=As Americans embrace Ethiopian cuisine, its farmers grow more teff|last=Wax|first=Emily|date=29 July 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=8 May 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508204604/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/as-americans-embrace-ethiopian-cuisine-its-farmers-grow-more-teff/2012/07/29/gJQAvmI4IX_story.html|archive-date=2019-05-08|quote=Teff […] is also being grown in Nevada, California and Texas, Miller says; Wayne Carlson, who operates the Teff Company in Idaho’s Snake River Valley, is considered the father of American teff.}}</ref><ref name="OConnor2016">{{Cite news|url=https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/is-teff-the-new-super-grain/|title=Is Teff the New Super Grain?|last=O'Connor|first=Anahad|date=16 August 2016|work=New York Times|access-date=2019-10-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005032626/https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/is-teff-the-new-super-grain/|archive-date=2019-10-05|quote=But most of the teff consumed in North America, Europe and other parts of the world is grown in places like Idaho, the Netherlands, Australia and India; More than 90 percent of the world’s teff is grown in Ethiopia.}}</ref><ref name="Gonzales2011">{{Cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/1817047/teff-new-superfood-grain-just-dont-call-it-new-quinoa|title=Teff the new superfood grain - just don't call it the new quinoa|last=Gonzales|first=Sasha|date=8 June 2015|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=2018-04-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408105312/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/1817047/teff-new-superfood-grain-just-dont-call-it-new-quinoa|archive-date=2018-04-08|quote=Today, the resilient crop is also grown in countries such as the US, Spain, Germany and Australia; It also cooks quickly, so requires less fuel to prepare.}}</ref> Because of its very small seeds, a handful is enough to sow a large area. This property makes teff particularly suited to a [[nomadic|seminomadic]] lifestyle.<ref name=nrc/>
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