Definition of "foodgrains" [foodgrains]

• Plural form of foodgrain. (noun)

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• "India, the world's second-largest producer of wheat and rice, produced a record 235.9 million tons of foodgrains in the crop year through June, largely because of normal monsoon rain."
• "NEW DELHI -- India's plan to roll out an ambitious food security program to give cheap foodgrains to the poor and malnourished won't succeed unless the government revamps a creaky distribution network and boosts other infrastructure such as storage and transport, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar said Wednesday."
• ""Above all, we will have to take up a massive program to increase foodgrains production, without compromising the production of other crops," Mr. Pawar said."