Maize

Maize also known as corn was most likely originated in the West Indies and South America approximately 6000 years ago. Scientists believe that maize is derived from an earlier ancestral plant called teosinte. Maize is a fast growing crop which grows in diverse conditions and produces up to two harvest per season. This coupled with the fact that it is nutritious, easy to store and easy to carry made it a staple food for most American and Caribbean cultures. Maize was a treasured and worshipped crop

almost as a revolutionary concept. Today maize-fields are cultivated for food, economic and medicinally productions, but it does not represent anything special in today's society as it was before. In the Popol Vuh maize is an important concept and symbol that expands to ideas that many anthropologists and professionals cannot understand completely. Yet, when reading the Popol Vuh there are many examples of when maize is used to represent its importance. Maize is the most important idea in the Popol

Maize is a wild plant and was discovered by Indians. It belongs to the same grass family as barley, rye, rice, wheat, and oats. When the Pilgrims landed in North America in 1620, the Indians gave them maize to eat. They also showed the Pilgrims how to grow maize. The Pilgrims called the maize “corn”, which mean grains and Americans still call it corn today. The word corn has a different meaning depending on what country you are in. According to the Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University

product that everyone in the world has seen, used, or produced. Corn is a yellowish and white product that is produced all over the world for many of different products. This product needs lot of time and care to produce it. Some people call corn Maize. Maize is just a different name for the crop. Corn is a delicate crop. In order to take care for it, it need lots of sunlight, water, and soil to grow in. Corn is usually harvested in the midwest September in Iowa and farmers

A maize civilization Until the 19th century, the culinary tradition of the Brazilian Southeast was mostly influenced by the Portuguese cuisine and the food habits of the various Brazilian indigenous peoples and of the numerous African nations that were forcibly brought here by the slavery. After the arrive, in large numbers, of immigrants of many nationalities - such as Japanese, Lebanese, Italians, Spaniards and Germans there is a sudden and considerable increase in Brazilian gastronomic heterogeneity

Introduction Maize, commonly referred to as corn, is a cereal crop originating from Central America. It is the largest grain produced annually around the world (IITA 2009). Primarily Maize is used for feeding livestock. It is also used as raw material in the starch industry, forming the basis for many common foods and additives (GMO 2016). All parts of the plant can be used; Maize is rich in vitamins, carbohydrates, protein, minerals, and a staple for more than 1.2 billion people (GMO 2016). Maize has been

Maize is one of the oldest and most important crops in the world. It had highest yielding grain crop with multiple uses such as: food for human (both home-cooked and industrial), feed for animals, and for fermentation and various industrial products. The 2013 FAO report shows that average yield of maize in the world was 4.9 tons per hectare and 3.11 and 4.41 tons per hectare for wheat and rice, (FAO, 2015). The report indicates Maize yield is that highest average production compared with other crops

meal. This is due to poverty and low productivity of agricultural foods. The introduction of GMO maize may provide solution to this problem since there is a possibility to inject the seeds with any nutrients (Bouis 2007). Research shows that there is a biotechnology rice that consist of iron and carotene. Considering the benefits of these nutrients to the human body there is a possibility to develop a maize variety with those nutrients or even more nutrients. This technology will helps Kenya to improve

#1 9/15/2012 Woman Grinding Maize – Diego Rivera One of my favorite art works is La Molendera, or The Woman Grinding Maize, by Diego Rivera. The medium of this painting is oil paint on a horizontal canvas that measures 106.7 x 121.9 cm. When I first see this painting, the woman dressed in white with her hair split in two braids, grinding maize on a stone, is what stands out to me the most. It is traditional for women in Mexico that make tortillas to grind the maize, corn, on a rock. In the background

Maize - The Universal Bait Total Ratings: 374, Average Rating: 8.9/10 Print Maize - The Universal Bait Matt Hayes Matt Hayes It is ironic that given the huge range of designer carp baits that have materialized in the past few years, perhaps the world 's number one carp bait is among the cheapest, easiest to obtain and simplest to prepare: maize. And while maize does not exactly 'grow on trees ' it does grow on plants and it is readily available worldwide at very low cost. Click for a larger