Grains

Wheat is a cereal grain that originated in the Levant region of the Near East and is now grown all over the world. Botanically, it is a type of fruit known as a caryopsis. After rice (1,016 million tonnes) and maize (713 million tonnes), wheat was the third most produced crop in the world in 2013. (745 million tons). In 2009, wheat production worldwide was 682 million tonnes, coming in second to maize (817 million tonnes), with rice coming in a close third (679 million tons).