Description: A versatile crop, it has tremendous genetic variability, which enables it to thrive well under lowland tropical, subtropical, and temperate climates. It is grown in more countries than any other cereal and it is the third most important cereal crop in the world, after wheat and rice. In the developing world, maize ranks third, after rice and wheat.

Uses: In addition to its use as food for humans, it is also used as a feed grain, a fodder crop, Poultry and Animal Feed and for various industrial purposes.