Dimensions de la diversité des maïs indigènes au Mexique
Maize is currently the most widely produced cereal in the world and it was domesticated in Mexico, approximately 10,000 years ago, from a wild grass known as teosinte. In Mexico, it became highly diversified, spreading throughout the American Continent and in the 6th century it reached various latit...
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| description | Maize is currently the most widely produced cereal in the world and it was domesticated in Mexico, approximately 10,000 years ago, from a wild grass known as teosinte. In Mexico, it became highly diversified, spreading throughout the American Continent and in the 6th century it reached various latitudes of the Old World. In Mexico, farmers, their families and communities maintain an enormous diversity of native maize, which they cultivate in a wide range of environmental conditions mainly for food uses. Maize constitutes the fundamental source of food for the population and a wide diversity of culinary uses and cultural expressions have been developed around it. Some aspects of this diversity in Mexico are discussed here. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ef552634350e404d815b6c961ecfa9f92025-02-05T16:25:05ZengLaboratoire Éco-anthropologie et EthnobiologieRevue d'ethnoécologie2267-24192021-11-01210.4000/ethnoecologie.7453Dimensions de la diversité des maïs indigènes au MexiqueCecilio Mota CruzMaize is currently the most widely produced cereal in the world and it was domesticated in Mexico, approximately 10,000 years ago, from a wild grass known as teosinte. In Mexico, it became highly diversified, spreading throughout the American Continent and in the 6th century it reached various latitudes of the Old World. In Mexico, farmers, their families and communities maintain an enormous diversity of native maize, which they cultivate in a wide range of environmental conditions mainly for food uses. Maize constitutes the fundamental source of food for the population and a wide diversity of culinary uses and cultural expressions have been developed around it. Some aspects of this diversity in Mexico are discussed here.https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/7453environmentmilparaces of maizeteosintecrop diversityfood uses |
| spellingShingle | Cecilio Mota Cruz Dimensions de la diversité des maïs indigènes au Mexique Revue d'ethnoécologie environment milpa races of maize teosinte crop diversity food uses |
| title | Dimensions de la diversité des maïs indigènes au Mexique |
| title_full | Dimensions de la diversité des maïs indigènes au Mexique |
| title_fullStr | Dimensions de la diversité des maïs indigènes au Mexique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dimensions de la diversité des maïs indigènes au Mexique |
| title_short | Dimensions de la diversité des maïs indigènes au Mexique |
| title_sort | dimensions de la diversite des mais indigenes au mexique |
| topic | environment milpa races of maize teosinte crop diversity food uses |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/7453 |
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