1.   Choy predicts these incentives could include raising the state grain purchase price, a move that would accelerate inflation.

2.   Beijing last year turned back a liberalization that had seen unofficial traders spring up as state grain agencies tried to cut back costly subsidies.

3.   Kazakstan might have to begin importing grain unless the state grain policy is changed, a government official said Thursday.

4.   Local governments have raised purchase prices for mandatory state grain quotas to encourage farmers to grow it.

5.   The agricultural produce, mostly grains, were collected by communes and delivered to the state grain agency.

6.   The fight started over the relatively small question of state grain purchases, but it could end up having big consequences.

7.   The resident said that looters broke into huge state grain reserves in Pusi i Mezinit, just outside Vlora, and trucks waited in line for loading.

8.   The state grain system is collapsing under billions of dollars of debt as market prices fall below government-set purchasing prices.

9.   This year, the government prepared for a bumper harvest by taking the unusual step of letting state grain bureaus clear out stockpiles at below-market prices.

10.   Videnov had to open the strategic state grain reserves after bread grew short in many cities, and prices started doubling.