Maize
Maize is the world’s leading crop and is widely cultivated as cereal grain that was domesticated in Central
America China India. It is one of the most versatile emerging crops having wider adaptability. Globally,
maize is known as queen of cereals because of its highest genetic yield potential. Maize is the only food
cereal crop that can be grown in diverse seasons, ecologies and uses. Beside this maize have many types like
normal yellow/ white grain, sweet corn, baby corn, popcorn, waxy corn, high amylase corn, high oil corn,
quality protein maize, etc. Apart from this, maize is an important industrial raw material and provides
large opportunity for value addition.
Maize has a mind boggling multifarious end uses as food, feed and industrial by-products which is unmatched
with any other crop.