moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products.
That is much less than during the previous 40 years, when cereal production rose by 250%.
Is the most widely used of the cereal products, contributing B vitamins, vegetable protein and some iron to the diet.
In the 1990s, he conquered the greatest biological constraint to cereal production in Africa - the deadly weed Striga.
Thanks to synthetic fertilisers, Mr Borlaug points out, global cereal production tripled between 1950 and 2000, but the amount of land used increased by only 10%.
With respect to the utilization of food, Konjak is used up to now as raw materials and additives in cereal products, beverage, confection and pastry, bionic food etc.
