21.   The minister said businessmen would be allowed to import grain to alleviate the shortage under special conditions set by the state, but he did not elaborate.

22.   They wrongfully permitted grain exports, which led to shortages in the following two years and forced Bulgaria to import grain.

23.   To meet the demands, the government released contingency reserves and imported grain from Romania, Serbia and India.

24.   Zaveryukha played down concerns that the low harvest may force Russia to import grain, saying no purchases had yet been authorized.

25.   Farmers fear that food companies are importing cheap grain from Europe because Poland has fixed prices for wheat higher than those in western Europe.

26.   To avert the shortages of the main staple maize, the government is importing maize grain from South Africa and Brazil.

27.   Until now Russian authorities had said that they would not have to import grain despite the poor yield of the harvest.

28.   Qat use also eats up personal savings and its increased cultivation worsens the farm deficit in a country that has to import grain, he said.