grain reserve
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrainandreserve
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grain
noun
uk/ɡreɪn/us/ɡreɪn/
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice ...
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reserve
noun
uk/rɪˈzɜːv/us/rɪˈzɝːv/
the habit of not showing your feelings ...
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(Definition ofgrainandreservefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgrain reserve
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Substantial maize stocks in the strategicgrainreserveand continuing humanitarian feeding programmes will mitigate localised areas of deficit.
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Emden's system of relief included a hospital, a surviving confraternity, a number of alms-houses or rather alms-rooms and agrainreserve.
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Substantial maize stocks in the strategicgrainreserveand continuing humanitarian feeding programmes will mitigate localised areas of deficit.
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I refer to the attitude that they adopted to the proposition that there should be, as it were, a strategic internationalgrainreserveof 12 million tonnes.
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A country that once had a strategicgrainreserveof 1 million tonnes now finds itself without maize or the foreign currency with which to buy it.
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Furthermore, private traders bought out much of thegrainreserve, and resold it at excessive prices when food was scarce in 2001.
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By 2002, when the worst of the famine hit, thegrainreservewas depleted, and the government did not have any additional resources.
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As food was exported, grain reserves were depleted, making the region vulnerable to recurring drought.
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State approaches include the maintenance of grain reserves, price intervention and guarantees, and market information systems.
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Grain reserves shrank when those who ran out of food sought the help of relatives.
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Global warming is contributing to the fact that grain reserves are at an all-time low, and countries that were once self-sufficient are coming to the world market for supplies.
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As devastating floods ravaged the country in 1995, arable land, harvests, grain reserves, and social and economic infrastructure were destroyed.
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In 1969, the mill itself was closed down but the storage space was used for state grain reserves until 1994.
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However, often famine and rats cause grain reserves to diminish.
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The annual deficits have been filled by drawing down the country's extensive grain reserves, and by reliance on the world grain market.
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