durum

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Durum wheat, from which pasta is typically made, is high yielding and provides about 20% of all calories consumed by humans.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2022

"Durum presents the greatest challenge in terms of balancing global import requirements with global export availability," Rhyl Doyle, director of export trading at Paterson Grain in Winnipeg, said.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2021

Durum Growers Association, said the $12 billion figure “sounds huge” but there are many farmers in need.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2018

Durum wheat makes more toothsome pasta, while the gluten-y hexaploid flour can form protein networks that stretch into loftier, lighter bread.

From Scientific American • May 19, 2013

Durum namque majorum institute relinquere; attamen ego existimo, consultum optime fuisse ipsorum admittere postulata: paulatim namque nova superveniente disciplina, juvenun saltem et infantum atque eo tutius nepotum, inanibus illis superstitionibus abrasis, novis imbuentur ritibus.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by Prescott, William Hickling