備び荒こう作さく物もつ

noun

emergency crops; famine-relief crops

Refers to crops planted specifically to provide food in case of famine or poor harvests. Often includes hardy staples like wheat, barley, buckwheat, and potatoes.

• 備び荒こう作さく物もつとしてソバが栽さい培ばいされている。

  Buckwheat is grown as an emergency crop.

• 昔むかしの農のう家かは、不ふ作さくに備そなえて備び荒こう作さく物もつを植うえた。

  Farmers in the past planted famine-relief crops in case of poor harvests.