Today Topic is Agriculture and i choose to write about Wheat .

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food.[ There are many species of wheat which together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat .

According to archaeological record wheat was first cultivated int the region of Fertile Cressent around 9600BC .

Wheat is grown on more land then any other Food Crop i.e 220.4 million hectors (2014)...

Trade of wheat is greater then all other crops combined .

In 2016 wheat production all over the world is 749 million tonnes , making it the second most-produced cereal after maize.

Wheat is an important source of carbohydrates.

• Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)

• Energy 1,368 kJ (327 kcal)

• Carbohydrates 71.18 g

• Sugars 0.41

• Dietary fiber 12.2 g

• Fat 1.54 g

• Protein 12.61 g

Vitamins

• Thiamine (B1) (33%) 0.383 mg

• Riboflavin (B2) (10%) 0.115 mg

• Niacin (B3) (36%) 5.464 mg

• Pantothenic acid (B5) (19%) 0.954 mg

• Vitamin B6 (23%) 0.3 mg

• Folate (B9) (10%) 38 μg

• Choline (6%) 31.2 mg

• Vitamin E (7%) 1.01 mg

• Vitamin K (2%) 1.9 μg

Minerals

• Calcium (3%) 29 mg

• Iron (25%) 3.19 mg

• Magnesium (35%) 126 mg

• Manganese (190%) 3.985 mg

• Phosphorus (41%) 288 mg

• Potassium (8%) 363 mg

• Sodium (0%) 2 mg

• Zinc (28%) 2.65 mg

Other constituents

• Water 13.1 g

• Selenium 70.7 µg

World Top wheat producing countries

1. China 126.2

2. India 95.8

3. Russia 59.7

4. United States 55.1

5. France 39.0

6. Canada 29.3

7. Germany 27.8

8. Pakistan 26.0

9. Australia 25.3

10. Ukraine 24.1

11. World 720