Corn kernel including food, biofuel, and bioplastics. Corn is a popular food throughout the world in many forms. It is used in breakfast cereals in the Western world (as corn flakes) and it is a grain that can be eaten raw off the cob, although it is usually preferred cooked. It may be fed to animals or humans. In the United States, for economic reasons such as government subsidies, corn is the basis of many products, in the form of high fructose corn syrup, in favor of cane sugar. A genetic variant that accumulates more sugar and less starch in the ear
Food and Agriculture Organization number of major ‘State of the World’ reports related to food, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and natural resources. There are a total of 197 members comprising 194 member nations, 1 member organization and 2 associate members. The UN member state that is a non-member of the FAO is Liechtenstein. Some countries may denote specific representatives to the FAO, for instance the United States Ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, who has ambassador rank and is also part of the United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome. There has been public criticism of FAO for