Once established in Europe, the potato soon became an important food staple and field crop.
The "new" food staple was encountered during the course of this diplomatic mission.
The island's main food staple is rice, most of which must be imported.
The price of food staples has soared 40 percent the past few months, Reuters reported this week.
He unloaded a cargo of food staples and building materials.
Stores don't give away food staples, an what we got won't last nearly long enough.
India is the second largest producer of wheat and rice, the world's major food staples.
The table below presents the relative performance of sweet potato to other food staples.
Palm oil is also an important source of calories and a food staple in poor communities.
Though this represents a major advance, it is still projected to fall short of meeting the growing demand for rice as a food staple.