The climate is suitable for the cultivation of potatoes, wheat, barley, broad bean and oat. We share this business like two halves of a broad bean. This classic Iraqi dish consists of rice cooked with broad bean and dill. The peasants cultivate potatoes, wheat, barley, broad bean and oat. It is served over "baghali polo" (dill and broad bean rice pilaf). The main crops are wheat, maize, cotton, broad bean, rice, and potato. Inside is hidden the characteristic "fava" (broad bean). The mechanism by which phototropins work was elucidated through experiments with broad bean ("Vicia faba"). Shiro () is a stew whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad bean meal. The second is "siljo", a fermented, sour, spicy thin yellow paste of broad bean flour. The broad bean has high plant hardiness; it can withstand harsh and cold climates. The broad bean beetle, "B. rufimanus" is univoltine. The genus is named after the broad bean ("Vicia faba"). Broad bean chili paste () is one of the most important seasonings. In Ancient Greece too, farmers ploughed broad bean plants into the soil.