ICGEB highlights breakthroughs in enset (Ensete ventricosum), Ethiopia’s “Plant Against Hunger,” and a pathway to greater food security and rural employment.
Read MoreNovember 10, 2026
Tag: enset
October 12, 2026
From waste to wealth: ICGEB brings circular farming to Rome
A circular farming demonstration and FAO recognition for enset researcher Dr Addisu Fekadu Andeta highlight how biotechnology can support food security and rural livelihoods.
Read MoreJune 24, 2026
Bio & Emerging Technology in Addis Ababa
Strengthening the Frontiers of Biotechnology in Ethiopia, Dr. Belete Mola, Minister of Innovation and Technology of met with ICGEB Director-General Dr. Lawrence Banks.
Read MoreJune 15, 2026
Mission to Ethiopia
ICGEB Director-General Lawrence Banks is greeted by partners from Arba Minch University, upon arrival in the city.
Read MoreMarch 16, 2026
From Innovation to Impact: the Enset Revolution
In rural Arba Minch, southern Ethiopia, a quiet scientific breakthrough is transforming lives.
Read MoreOctober 16, 2025
Celebrating World Food Day at FAO
ICGEB is at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, celebrating 80 years of activity – hand in hand for better foods and a better future, from 10 to 17 October 2025.
Read MoreMay 21, 2025
Sustaining agriculture in Ethiopia
Lucy Enset is a women-led company that produces Enset flour and baked products in Arba Minch (Ethiopia), established through an ICGEB-funded Collaborative Research Proposal Grant.
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