CEREALS DEFINITION HISTORY ORIGINS MODERN BILOGY CULTIVATION PLANTING GROWTH HAREVESTING PREPROCESSING AND STORAGE PROCESSING EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT - IMPACTS -MITIGATIONS USES - DIRECT CONSUMPTION -FLOUR BASED FOODS - ALCOHOL-ANIMAL FEEDS NUTRITIONS - WHOLE GRAIN AND PROCESSED -AMINO ACID BALANCE -COMPARISON OF MAJOR CEREALS PRODUCTION AND TRADE COMMODITIES A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain . Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods . They include rice , wheat , rye , oats , barley , millet , and maize . Edible grains from other pl...