1857 27 Nov. 26/1 A shipment of 270,000 tons of food grain from one small quarter of the Arracan Province.
1953 T. W. Schultz xiii. 213 The production of food grain fell 44 per cent; feed grains, 20 per cent; and that of all crops, 10 per cent.
2001 B. K. Das tr. P. Ray lxxviii. 224 Vast quantities of foodgrains had been procured to feed the mountain-dwelling tribes.