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food grain

American  

noun

  1. any cereal grain produced for human consumption.


Etymology

Origin of food grain

First recorded in 1875–80

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The IMF said the Black Sea deal had been instrumental in facilitating food, grain, and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world.

From Reuters Jul. 19, 2023

India's federal government offers free food grain to about 800 million people, about 57% of country's 1.4 billion population, while states spend billions of dollars on subsidising education, health, electricity and other services.

From Reuters Jul. 17, 2023

To ease the burden for households, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered pandemic relief through free food grain and easy bank credit.

From Reuters Jun. 2, 2022

And yet India’s food grain stocks are currently nearly three times more than the normal reserve, a paradox that Ghosh, the economist, said was impossible to explain.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2021

The Congress authorized formation of a 4 million ton food grain reserve for use in international food assistance.

From State of the Union Address by Carter, Jimmy

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