Prices for staple grains, eggs and vegetables - up 40 to 50 percent from a year ago - are also getting on peoples' nerves.

Inflation is running at more than 27 percent in China's major urban centers with the price of staple grains up nearly 60 percent from last year.

Oats became the staple grain of that country.

During a recent visit to the border crossing, convoys carrying other staple grains followed the rice trucks.

The primary staple grain is rice, though most families experience rice shortages during the six months before harvest time.

Rice is the staple grain, as in other Southeast Asian countries.

Oats are one of the few grains which grow well in the north of Scotland and were, until the 20th century, the staple grain used.

Blue corn, a staple grain of the Hopi, is first reduced to a fine powder on a metate.

In north Karnataka the staple grains are jowar and bajra.

Rice is the staple grain and is the centerpiece of every meal.