In this article we will discuss about the origin and cultivation of maize. Origin of Maize: Maize is the most widely grown grain crop throughout America with 332 million metric tons per annum in US alone. 40 percent of the crop is used for making corn ethanol. The word maize is derived from the Spanish form of indigenous Taino word [...]
In this article we will discuss about the production of coffee. Coffee production in India is dominated in the hill tracts of Southern India. Karnataka accounting for 53 percent followed by Kerela 28% and Tamilnadu 11% of total 8,200 tonnes. Indian coffee is grown in shade and not in sunlight as elsewhere. There are approximately 250, 00 coffee growers in [...]
In this article we will discuss about origin and cultivation of wheat. Origin of Wheat: Cultivation of wheat started after 8000 BC. Jared Diamond traces the spread of cultivated emmer wheat starting in the Fertile Crescent about 8500 BC. Archaeological analysis of wild emmer indicates that it was first cultivated in the southern Levant with Iran as for back as [...]