Mary Allen
Chimanga ndi njere. Ku Austria amatinso Kukuruz. Mbewu zokhuthala nthawi zambiri zimakhala zachikasu, koma zimathanso kukhala ndi mitundu ina kutengera mitundu. Amakhala pa zitsononkho zazikulu, zazitali zomwe zimamera pamitengo yokhuthala ndi masamba.
Chimanga chimachokera ku Central America. Chomera chochokera kumeneko chimatchedwa teosinte. Cha m’ma 1550, anthu a ku Ulaya anatenga zina mwa zomera zimenezi n’kupita nazo ku Ulaya n’kuzilima kumeneko.
Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, chimanga chakhala chikuwetedwa monga momwe tikudziwira lero: chokulirapo komanso chokhala ndi maso ambiri kuposa teosinte. Komabe, kwa nthawi yaitali chimanga sichinalimidwe ku Ulaya, ndipo ngati zinali choncho, ndiye kuti monga chakudya cha ziweto chifukwa cha mapesi aatali. Chimanga chambiri chalimidwa kuyambira pakati pa zaka za m'ma 20. Masiku ano ndi tirigu wachitatu padziko lonse lapansi.
Chimanga chimagwiritsidwa ntchito chiyani?
Ngakhale lero, chimanga chambiri chimalimidwa kuti chidyetse nyama. Inde, mukhoza kudya. Kwa izi zimakonzedwa. Ndiko kumene cornflakes zimachokera, mwachitsanzo. “Chimanga” ndi mawu achimereka otanthauza chimanga.
Kuyambira cha m'ma 2000, chimanga chimafunikanso pa chinthu china: chimanga chimayikidwa mu biogas chomera pamodzi ndi manyowa a nkhumba kapena ng'ombe. Magalimoto ena amatha kugwiritsa ntchito biogas. Kapena mutha kuwotcha kuti mupange magetsi.