Mary Allen
Masara hatsi ne. A Ostiriya kuma sun ce Kukuruz. Hatsi mai kauri galibi suna rawaya, amma kuma suna iya samun wasu launuka dangane da iri-iri. Sun kasance a kan manya, dogayen cobs waɗanda suke girma a kan ƙuƙumi mai kauri tare da ganye.
Masara ta fito ne daga Amurka ta tsakiya. Itace daga can ana kiranta teosinte. A wajajen shekara ta 1550, Turawa suka ɗauki wasu daga cikin waɗannan tsire-tsire zuwa Turai suna noma su a can.
A cikin ƙarnuka da yawa, an shuka masara kamar yadda muka san shi a yau: ya fi girma kuma tare da ƙarin kernels fiye da teosinte. Duk da haka, an daɗe ana noman masara a Turai, idan kuwa haka ne, to a matsayin abincin dabbobi saboda tsayin daka. An noma masara da yawa tun tsakiyar karni na 20. A yau shi ne na uku mafi yawan hatsi a duniya.
Me ake amfani da masara?
Har yau, ana noman masara da yawa don ciyar da dabbobi. Tabbas, zaku iya ci. Don wannan ana sarrafa shi. Daga nan ne cornflakes ya fito, alal misali. "Masara" ita ce kalmar Amurka don masara.
Tun kusan shekara ta 2000, duk da haka, ana buƙatar masara don wani abu dabam: ana saka masara a cikin shukar biogas tare da taki daga aladu ko shanu. Wasu motoci na iya tafiya da iskar gas. Ko kuma kuna iya kona shi don samar da wutar lantarki.