Addis Ababa, July 29 (WIC) - Kansas farmers are studying an Ethiopian cereal grain known as teff as a possible alternative crop for the state, according to the Associated Press.

The Solomon Valley Resource Conservation and Development Area and the Kansas Black Farmers Association are hosting a teff field day Aug. 5 south of Woodston.

Speakers will present information about teff and answer questions. Lunch will include teff products to sample.

The black farmers group has been researching the idea under a government grant. Project acres have grown from 50 the first year to nearly 250 the third year.

They want to expand teff in Kansas from test plots to market-sized plots of the grain.