FOOD WASTE REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING
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Development of large ships that enabled grain to be transported to other countries.
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Migration of people to various countries across the globe who took grain seeds with them.
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Trading routes established by Christopher Columbus who took rice and wheat from Japan to South America.
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Opening up of sea routes by Vasco da Gama who transported and traded corn and rice from Mesoamerica to India.
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Detailed explanation-1: -China is the world’s largest wheat producer and has yielded more than 2.4 billion tonnes of wheat in the last 20 years, around 17% of total production. Russia is the largest global wheat exporter, exporting volumes worth more than $7.3 billion in 2021.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first domesticated plants in Mesopotamia were wheat, barley, lentils, and types of peas. People in other parts of the world, including eastern Asia, parts of Africa, and parts of North and South America, also domesticated plants.
Detailed explanation-3: -People first began eating grains about 75, 000 years ago in western Asia. These grains, including einkorn and emmer, were ancestors of today’s wheat. Einkorn and emmer grew wild near the banks of rivers. People harvested the grasses that grew naturally near their communities.
Detailed explanation-4: -One key leader was agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the “Father of the Green Revolution", who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.