• A strategic grain reserve is a government stockpile of grain for the purpose of meeting future domestic or international needs. In the United States, such...
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  • reserves: Global strategic petroleum reserves Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Strategic uranium reserves National Helium Reserve Strategic grain reserve...
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    the government established the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) to manage the strategic grain reserve in disaster relief. The NFRA, a government's...
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  • The Food Security Wheat Reserve (FSWR) was a strategic grain reserve of up to 4 million metric tons of wheat held by the United States for use in meeting...
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  • The Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust (BEHT) is a strategic grain reserve held by the United States for the benefit of other countries. It can contain commodities...
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    The privatised ADMARC received limited state funding to create a Strategic Grain Reserve of 180,000 tonnes to stabilise prices for farmers and consumers...
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    The National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (Chinese: 国家粮食和物资储备局) is a deputy cabinet-level national agency administered by the National Development...
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  • scandal unfolded, were awarded large quantities of maize by the Strategic Grain Reserve. They accomplished this by inflating their milling per-hour capacity...
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  • accessibility of maize/rice crop and increasing and stabilising the strategic grain reserve through rehabilitation and expansion of irrigable land. Ministry...
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  • The Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve (FOR) was a program, established under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, designed to buffer sharp price movements and...
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  • requiring it to give up control of grain imports. ADMARC's record of promoting food security and maintaining a strategic reserve from domestic purchases after...
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    for Strategic Studies (IISS) estimated that the Russian Armed Forces numbered about 1,027,000 active troops and in the region of 2,035,000 reserves (largely...
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  • the illegal sale of more than 160,000 tonnes of maize from the strategic grain reserves in the midst of the 2002 severe drought and famine which left the...
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  • Resources (MINAGRI). The programme entails buying 40% if the National Strategic Grain Reserve supply from farmers' organizations whose members are smallholders...
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    Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, California Air National Guard and the California Army National Guard. For almost 50 years, March AFB was a Strategic Air...
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    the Allied threats in the Mediterranean, rather than use them as a strategic reserve for the Eastern Front. Germany's extensive loss of men and tanks during...
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    (24 km) from Gravesend to the Isle of Grain; the Medway Area 15 miles (24 km) from Rochester to the Isle of Grain: a total of 38 square miles (98 km2)...
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  • when economic shortages in the economy occur. The United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve stores 727 million barrels of crude petroleum, which is sold...
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    1893 a 230-grain steel- or cupro-nickel-jacketed bullet was issued, for which no ballistic data is known. From 1894 to September 1899 a 220-grain jacketed...
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    a large reserve force for counter-offensives, with one German officer describing Kursk as "another Verdun". The battle was the final strategic offensive...
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    materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, and consumer goods. Leading exports include machinery, equipment, software...
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    than in isolation from one another. This of course means going against the grain of most scholarship on the subject by examining the genocide of the European...
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    Saudi Arabia's influence stems from its vast oil reserves, significant financial resources, and strategic location in the Middle East. As a leading member...
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    solid rocket motor consists of a casing, nozzle, grain (propellant charge), and igniter. The solid grain mass burns in a predictable fashion to produce...
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  • sparrow populations (which disrupted the ecosystem); over-reporting of grain production; and ordering millions of farmers to switch to iron and steel...
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    for grain arose as a representation of self-reinforcing dynamics, perpetuated by humans in response to the food crisis. Merchants often 'strategically withheld'...
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    one of the most important global producers of wheat, canola, and other grains. The country is a leading exporter of zinc, uranium, gold, nickel, platinoids...
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    complex or suite and is studied by many scientists as it represents a key strategic cross-section of Late Quaternary East Siberian stratigraphy and "an important...
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    industry. These reserves are intended to be equivalent to at least 90 days of net imports. At the moment the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is one of the...
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  • Russian shelling in Sumy Oblast. Officials reported that Ukraine's seaborne grain exports had recovered to close to their prewar level. The Kremlin announced...
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