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Comment on the food value of bio – diversity. |
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Answer» According to the famous ecologist Norman Myers, about 80,000 species of plants and animals are consumed by humans as food. The entire food procurement of the world is mainly dependent on wheat, rice, maize, barley, sorghum , bajra, soyabean, beetroot, tur, coconut, potato, cassava, chick peas, fieldbeans, sugarcane etc. Apart from these, various types of fruits like banana, mango, papaya, grapes, apples, oranges, watermelons, melons etc. and various typeset vegetables, like – brinjal, ladies finger, cabbage, tomato, etc. and various types of fish and marine creatures play a major role in the world’s food supply. Apart from these, ginger, black pepper, turmeric, saffron, coriander, asafoetida, fennel seeds, cumin, oregano, bay leaf, etc. are also used in domestic and commercial form. |
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