31.   The minister did not give a crop breakdown of food grain production for the two years.

32.   The move also is intended to curb construction of tombs on fertile farmland that is cutting into grain production, it said.

33.   The revised figures reflect a slump in wool prices and an increasing number of farmers shifting to grain production as a result.

34.   The Worldwatch Institute, a private research group, claims the projections on grain production and fish catches are too high.

35.   They ticked off gains in grain production, income, public education and energy production among other achievements.

36.   While the extent of damage differs from region to region, the center warns that grain production could fall below target as a result this year.

37.   World grain production this season will be slightly higher than previously forecast, the International Grains Council predicted Thursday.

38.   Zhu has led efforts to reform grain production and wrest control over the sector back from unofficial dealers to make it less wasteful.

39.   In Rome, the Food and Agriculture Organization said world grain production would fall this year, supplies would be tight and prices would rise.

40.   But efforts to irrigate arid areas have so far proved prohibitively expensive and new methods of grain production are still in their experimental phase.