<P> Just 15 crop plants provide 90 percent of the world 's food energy intake ( exclusive of meat ) , with rice , maize , and wheat comprising two - thirds of human food consumption . The three are the staples of about 80 percent of the world population , and rice feeds almost half of humanity . </P>
<P> Just 15 crop plants provide 90 percent of the world 's food energy intake ( exclusive of meat ) , with rice , maize , and wheat comprising two - thirds of human food consumption . The three are the staples of about 80 percent of the world population , and rice feeds almost half of humanity . </P>
which grain is said to be the staple food of more than one-third of the world 's population
which grain is said to be the staple food of more than one-third of the world 's population
rice
rice