Cereal
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Date: 10/12/2021

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#Cereals
#Crops
Various cereals and their products A cereal is any grass cultivated （grown） for the edible components of its grain （botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis）, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran.
The term may also refer to the resulting grain itself （specifically "cereal grain"）.
Cereal grain crops are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop and are therefore staple crops.
Edible grains from other plant families, such as buckwheat, quinoa and chia, are referred to as pseudocereals.
In their natural, unprocessed, whole grain form, cereals are a rich source of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, oils, and protein.
When processed by the removal of the bran, and germ, the remaining endosperm is mostly carbohydrate.
In some developing countries, grain in the form of rice, wheat, millet, or maize constitutes a majority of daily sustenance.
In developed countries, cereal consumption is moderate and varied but still substantial, primarily in the form of refined and processed grains.
The word "cereal" is derived from Ceres, the Roman goddess of harvest and agriculture.
Threshing of grain in ancient Egypt Roman harvesting machine Agriculture allowed for the support of an increased population, leading to larger societies and eventually the development of cities.
It also created the need for greater organization of political power （and the creation of social stratification）, as decisions had to be made regarding labor and harvest allocation and access rights to water and land.
Agriculture bred immobility, as populations settled down for long periods of time, which led to the accumulation of material goods.
Early Neolithic villages show evidence of the development of processing grain.
The Levant is the ancient home of the ancestors of wheat, barley and peas, in which many of these villages were based.
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