Balasore district is mostly known for cultivation of paddy, since rice is the staple cereal of the local people.

Rice is the staple cereal and is eaten throughout the day.

In these regards, seeds outperform local staple cereals such as sorghum and millet.

This staple cereal of Ethiopia is ground into flour and used to make the flat, fermented bread called injera that sustains millions of people.

Paddy was the most important crop; it was the staple cereal and served as a medium of exchange for inland trade.

The staple cereal is rice, while pulses include pigeon pea.

Alongside emmer wheat, barley was a staple cereal of ancient Egypt, where it was used to make bread and beer.

The diet was plain, rice being the staple cereal, with maize, millet, milk, butter and honey being in common use.

Rice is the staple cereal.

Regardless of the status of maritime food resources, Norte Chico's development is still remarkable for the apparent absence of a staple cereal.