Concept-
- We know that all living organisms need food.
- Food supplies proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals, all of which we require for body development, growth, and health.
- Both plants and animals are major sources of food for us.
- We obtain most of this food from agriculture and animal husbandry.
- Cereals such as wheat, rice, maize, millets, and sorghum provide us carbohydrates for energy requirements.
Explanation-
The principal food crop of the world is wheat.
- Wheat is a Rabi crop that belongs to the Gramineae family.
- The scientific name of rice is Triticum aestivum.
- Wheat is the principal crop for millions of people in the world.
- Wheat grain is used for cooking.
- So, it is the principal cereal crop compared to rice, maize, and barley.
Additional Information
- The major food crop of the world that belongs to the family is Gramineae.
- Gramineae is also known as the Poaceae is the family that contains all the major crops that belong to the grass family.
- Poaceae or Gramineae is the most economically important plant family, providing staple foods from domesticated cereal crops as well as feed for meat-producing animals.
- Examples such as maize, wheat, rice, barley, and millets, etc.


