Question

Manioc is staple food of:
A) Ganga basin
B) Africa
C) Amazon
D) Europe

Answer 1

Hint: A staple food is a food that is eaten routinely and in such quantities as to constitute a dominant portion of the standard diet for a particular person, to provide a large fraction of the energy requirement, and to generally account for a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients.

Complete answer:
Manioc is a shrub (or Cassava, or Yucca, especially in Latin America). It belongs to the plant family Spurge, and in tropical climates it grows. It is grown because of its edible roots. To detoxify it before it is consumed; the manioc must be cooked properly and can be used in dumplings, soups, stews and gravies.

Manioc is Amazon's staple food. Manioc is cultivated in tropical climates in South America and Africa (or generally referred to as Cassava). It has edible roots and per cultivated area they give the third highest carbohydrate yield.

It is recognized as the South American woody shrub of the spurge family, i.e. with euphorbiaceae.
Cash crops are also grown, i.e., maize, coffee and cocoa.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note: Global human consumption of major cereals includes wheat, maize, and rice. In addition, other cereals, such as barley, oats, rye, sorghum, and millets, play an important role in the surplus of human food and animal feed in their respective regions. Pearl millet, rice, whole-wheat flour , and a number of lentils are staple foods of Indian cuisine.