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Corn (Zea mays ssp. Mays) is one of the most important carbohydrate crops in the world, besides wheat and rice.

For Central and South American Americans, the grain of maize is a staple food, as for some Africans and some regions of Indonesia. At present, corn has also become an important component of animal feed. Other uses are as a source of food oil and cornstarch. Various derived products of corn products into raw materials of various products of the pharmaceutical industry, cosmetics, and chemicals.