Processing and value addition maize in India

Virtually every part of maize has economic value and grains are used as food for human beings, fermented to produce a wide range of food and beverages, fed to livestock and industrial uses in the production of starch, oil, sugar, cellulose and ethanol. Leaves stalk and tassels can be fed to livestock either as green manure in the form of fodder and dried as stover. The grain has provides number of industrial products such as corn syrup, ethanol and transformation into plastics and fabrics Production of cereals is abundant so there is a need to find diversified uses in order to maximize their utilization and to cater the fast changing taste of new generation In the view of changing farming scenario in our country, maize has been emerging as one of the potential crops that addresses several issues like food and nutritional security, climate change, water scarcity, farming systems, bio-fuel etc. A Cost- effective nutritious and functional multi-nutrient food mixes prepared using maize for better utilization of grain and the way to address the food security