staple food

The wider area, called Trans-Nzoia county, is well known as Kenya’s biggest producer of maize, which is the main ingredient for the country’s staple food.

Food prices have risen even faster - for example, in the commercial hub, Lagos, yams, a staple food, are almost four times more expensive than last year.

For hundreds of thousands of years our species has incorporated it as a staple food, and its preparation has been perfected throughout history.

These results, to be read in the Plant Biotechnology Journal, could help solve a major public health problem in regions where rice is the staple food.

Obviously, for people in countries where rice is a staple food, consumption is higher and the health risk also increases, such as in many parts of Asia.