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Corn, domesticate in central Mexico, enabled the development of the great Mesoamerican civilisations.

Corn, domesticate in central Mexico, enabled the development of the great Mesoamerican civilisations.
1000-1470. Ceremonial jar with two corncobs, Chimú (Perú) © Museo de América.
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Corn, domesticate in central Mexico, enabled the development of the great Mesoamerican civilisations.

It is still the main basic foodstuff in all the American continent, which has four of the 7 main producers according to world ranking (first the USA, third Brazil, fourth Mexico and sixth Argentina), but its great genetic versatility has allowed it to flourish in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate climates, to become the second most consumed cereal.

Photo, Joaquín Otero