Foodgrain is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Foodgrain meaning
cereal (grain grown as human food)
Using Foodgrain
- The main meaning on this page is: cereal (grain grown as human food)
- In the example corpus, foodgrain often appears in combinations such as: foodgrain and, kg foodgrain.
Context around Foodgrain
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foodgrain
- In this selection, "foodgrain" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, affected, surplus, management, depots and stocks stand out and add context to how "foodgrain" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 5 kg foodgrain from a and acreage for foodgrain has also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foodgrain" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foodgrain
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The acreage for foodgrain has also dipped and is 0.8% lower than actual Kharif production in last fiscal. (19 words)
The report highlights that foodgrain stocks, till October 1, in the central pool—at 64.2 million tonnes—were 109% more than the buffer requirement. (25 words)
The government has in its economic stimulus package provided for 5 kg of foodgrain and Rs500 per month for three months to poor women having Jan Dhan accounts. (28 words)
While an AAY household is entitled to buy 35 kg subsidised grain per month, an individual beneficiary under the “priority” category can purchase 5 kg foodgrain from a designated fair price shop. (32 words)
The Food Ministry also said that the Centre has given a six-month deadline to all the states to automate the operations of their foodgrain depots in order to minimise storage losses. (32 words)
In 2022 and early 2023, the La Nina weather event resulted in the country receiving unseasonal rains that affected foodgrain and horticulture crops, leading to supply shortages and inflation. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
In 2022 and early 2023, the La Nina weather event resulted in the country receiving unseasonal rains that affected foodgrain and horticulture crops, leading to supply shortages and inflation.
India has now reached a stage in which surplus foodgrain management has become a major challenge, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its annual report on Tuesday.
The government has in its economic stimulus package provided for 5 kg of foodgrain and Rs500 per month for three months to poor women having Jan Dhan accounts.
While an AAY household is entitled to buy 35 kg subsidised grain per month, an individual beneficiary under the “priority” category can purchase 5 kg foodgrain from a designated fair price shop.
The acreage for foodgrain has also dipped and is 0.8% lower than actual Kharif production in last fiscal.
The Food Ministry also said that the Centre has given a six-month deadline to all the states to automate the operations of their foodgrain depots in order to minimise storage losses.
The Jute Packaging Material Act of 1987 mandates the use of diversified jute bags to package all the foodgrain and 20 per cent of sugar in the country.
The report highlights that foodgrain stocks, till October 1, in the central pool—at 64.2 million tonnes—were 109% more than the buffer requirement.
Common combinations with foodgrain
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- foodgrain and 3×
- kg foodgrain 2×