Vol. 11, Special Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Pratibha Singh, J Rai, Rakesh Kumar Singh, Praval Pratap and Khalid Hussain Ansari

Abstract:
Maize is an important cereal crop in India. It is cultivated in India in plaines as well as in the hilly regions, especially in the areas with hot summer. In India, maize is grown as one of the leading commercial crops. In India the local-urban population uses the maize in the form of food ingredient. For chapatti making, it is used as a major cereal in the traditional area. The use of processed maize foods for breakfast and snacks is very little. In addition, green ears are consumed in roasted form. In bakery products, maize has played an important role in the human diet in the urban areas, use of bread, buns, rusks, biscuits etc. The cost of production of corn flour came to Rs. 1959.00/qtl while input-output ratio was calculated as 1:1.22 during the processing of Corn flour unit.