"basic food supply" is a grammatically correct phrase that is commonly used in written English.
It refers to the essential or fundamental source of nourishment that is required for survival. Example: "During times of natural disasters, it is important for governments to ensure that their citizens have access to a basic food supply in order to prevent famine and starvation."
What had begun as subsistence gardening during the war, to ensure basic food supply for families, turned into colonies of urban settlers squatting public land by adapting allotment-sheds into living space.
The sea reaches depths of 5,000 23,000 feet (1,500 7,000 m) and is characterized by weak currents, low precipitation, high evaporation, light winds, and warm, saline waters, all combining with the lack of thermal mixing to create a biological desert largely devoid of plankton, a basic food supply for fish.
The family's small herd of sheep and goats started to die, hitting their income and basic food supply.
The church runs monthly missions to the jails to dispense toothpaste, shampoo and basic food supplies.
The national academy of agricultural sciences expects basic food supplies to become insufficient around the year 2030.
The same smart card will also allow people to buy basic food supplies such as sugar or rice.
If royal officials did not assure basic food supplies at affordable prices, then people would act directly to seize food.
"We must also draw attention to the desperate situation in Gaza, where basic food supplies are limited and reconstruction materials are banned.
More than 1,300 people are living in very basic conditions in the stadium; there are no schools for the children, and only very poor washing facilities and basic food supplies.
There was no immediate response from the government but the finance minister, Ram Sharan Mahat, had earlier appealed to international donors to send tents, tarpaulins and basic food supplies, saying some of the items received were of no use.
Neighbouring Russia has imposed price controls on basic foods.The Kazakh ministry of industry and trade, however, has been told to devise a plan for buying several months-worth of basic food supplies to stabilise prices in the future.
