Tajik President Enomali Rakhmon called on Tajiks to start building up food reserves amid soaring grain prices, suggesting that each family stockpile contains enough basic foodstuffs to last for two years. "I want to remind you that every family should have a two-year reserve of basic food products, first of all wheat," he said. For domestic consumption Tajikistan needs 1.4 mn t of grains, while only 1 mn t are grown inside the country. The lack of grains is usually covered at the expense of imports from Kazakhstan and Russia.