Sentence examples for foodgrains from inspiring English sources

Decontrol of foodgrains led to a production boom which helped Somalia through the worst of the drought that brought famine in Ethiopia.

The pumps for the wells are usually cheap to run because electricity is subsidised in most places, and in some it is free, though at times it is not provided at all; that is how water is rationed.The proliferation has brought prosperity and an almost lush landscape to places like Punjab, which grows about an eighth of India's foodgrains.

In fact it grows about an eighth of the country's total foodgrains.

(The World Concern program is financed by Canada Foodgrains Bank and the Canadian government).

One consolation, at least, is that food security does not appear to be an immediate problem, as foodgrain stocks are high.Reform neededIndia's economy will remain unduly vulnerable to the vagaries of weather unless there is reform of the farm sector.

With money from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, an association of churches, World Concern provides people with vouchers they can use in the shops of selected local merchants.

Jim Cornelius, head of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, said debating the issues directly with Canadian farmers was key to his country's food aid reforms.