Production
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Cereal
The following table shows the annual production of cereals in 1961, 2010, 2011, and 2012 ranked by 2012 production. All but buckwheat and quinoa are true grasses (these two are pseudocereals). Maize, wheat, and rice together accounted for 89% of all cereal production worldwide in 2012, and 43% of all food calories in 2009, while the production of oats and triticale have drastically fallen from their 1960s levels. Other grains that are important in some places, but that have little production globally (and are not included in FAO statistics), include:  Teff, an ancient grain that is a staple in Ethiopia. It is high in fiber and protein. Its flour is often used to make injera. It can also be eaten as a warm breakfast cereal similar to farina with a chocolate or nutty flavor. Its flour and whole grain products can usually be found in natural foods stores.  Wild rice, grown in small amounts in North America.  Amaranth, an ancient pseudocereal, formerly a staple crop of the Aztec Empire and now widely grown in Africa.  Kañiwa, close relative of quinoa. Several other species of wheat have also been domesticated, some very early in the history of agriculture:  Spelt, a close relative of common wheat.  Einkorn, a wheat species with a single grain.  Emmer, one of the first crops domesticated in the Fertile Crescent.  Durum, the only tetraploid species of wheat currently cultivated, used to make semolina.  Kamut, an ancient relative of durum with an unknown history.