Cereals are those group of plants that are grown specially for their carbohydrate rich grains.Cereals comprises many crops such as rice,wheat,maize,barley,oat,sugarcane,etc.
RICE(Oryza sativa)
A rice field with golden grain |
Among the field crops rice gains the first position in Bangladesh.It is our main staple food which is rich in carbohydrate serving as main source of energy.it is grown year round-aus,aman,boro.rice is grown in almost 80 percent of our total cultivable land & still now supporting our overwhelming population. Rice is believed to be originated in India. Rice is the most important grain with regard to human
nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by the human species.
WHEAT (Triticum aestivum)
A golden wheat field |
Wheat is the another most important cereal crop of Bangladesh.It is an introduced crop.It is a crop of rabi season & cultivated mainly in northern region.Wheat has kept its contribution in bakery products as raw materials.Wheat is the most important cereal crop in the world.Bread, pasta, bagels, crackers, cakes, and muffins just begin to describe the list of foods made with this grain.
Wheat, in its natural unrefined state, features a host of important nutrients. Therefore, to receive benefit from the wholesomeness of wheat it is important to choose wheat products made from whole wheat flour rather than those that are refined and stripped of their natural goodness.
Wheat spikelets |