America has corn and Asia has rice. It's time Australia had a native staple food
- Written by Angela Pattison, Research scientist at Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, University of Sydney
ShutterstockMost countries have a staple food: native, fast-growing and easy-to-store plants high in carbohydrates.
In Africa, it’s sorghum. In Asia, rice. In the Americas, corn and potato. Around the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle East and Europe, it’s wheat and barley.
Australia is an exception – we do not have a staple food....
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