KOCHO (Indigenous Food Of Ethiopia): A Review On Traditional Practice To Scientific Developments

Annual production of enset plant in Ethiopia is 6543 kg/ha and 4.5 million tons of kocho are available as standing stock Relative to other crops its highly productive, drought tolerate and obtained throughout the years and stored without the need of refrigerator Regions where enset is used as staple food are usually less affected by the recurrent drought periods that occur in Ethiopia The overall objective of this paper is to review