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Dieng also said the WFP is monitoring reports filtering out of Eritrea suggesting food shortages there as well.

During World War II, the refinery continued to feed the Allied war machine despite food shortages and a cholera epidemic among workers.

The inter-war generation, which had suffered severe food shortages, was determined that its children would not go hungry.

Life in that home had not been easy. There had been times of food shortages, times when they had shivered at night for want of fuel.

The Zetas have long predicted, since the start of ZetaTalk in 1995, that food shortages would loom as the time of the pole shift approached.

So the Chinese reasoned that making fuel with cassava would not directly affect food prices or create food shortages, at least at home.

He said the Tanzania whole grain surplus, but frankly there are 16 provinces a total of 48 county food shortages.

Inflation is running at over 30 percent, the homicide rate has more than doubled since he took office, and food shortages abound.

As you know, food shortages have hit many countries in the world and even caused social unrest in some areas.

The invention of agriculture, however, did not permanently emancipate man from the fear of food shortages, hunger and famine.

Due to terrible food shortages, many women were unable to support their "decree babies. " They turned them over to state-run orphanages.

They had struck against the price rises and food shortages caused by a crumbling economy. Their leader was an electrician named Lech Walesa.

North Korea has experienced food shortages for decades as the result of self-imposed economic isolation and mismanagement of resources.

North Korea's economy is in tatters, and the North Korean government relies on aid from China to help alleviate widespread food shortages.

The FAO believes one of the solutions to reverse the current food shortages is to boost small family run farms and self sufficiency.

Despite years of food shortages, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has long showered his aides with luxury items to win their loyalty.

Half of the world's population could face food shortages by the end of this century due to climate change, a new study warned recently.

But for the first time since the early 1970s, when there were global food shortages, it is starting to concern more stable nations as well.

As a matter of fact, there were rare food shortages in most countries including China and India that countries with a large population.

In case of panic buying and food shortages, Cobra would be called into action to co-ordinate the response.

The U. N. 's World Food Program estimates that six million people face food shortages due to destruction of wheat and rice crops.

Mass migration and food shortages have been responsible for most deaths following civil conflicts around the world.

It was supposed to be an emergency conference on food shortages, climate change and energy.

Above all, the poor mass of Pakistanis are enraged by gnawing inflation, food shortages and worsening power cuts.

The continent missed the Green Revolution that transformed India and China and has battled recurrent food shortages. The U.

Any government facing the threat of food shortages will inevitably clamp down on exports from the country.

United Nations agencies warn that Burma's food shortages and escalating prices pose a threat to its food security.

Worldwide food shortages and rock-bottom land prices in Paraguay have made the Chaco the last agricultural frontier.

In the weeks that followed, Chicago experienced one of the worst food shortages in recent history.

Satellite data could soon help predict and manage food shortages in Africa, with the help of a new model developed by NASA.

A few years later drought caused severe food shortages in the nearby state of Bihar.

"We must make every effort to support those farmers so in the coming year we do not see even more severe food shortages, " Mr Ban said.

So politicians and governments that have stood in the way of action on greenhouse gases bear some responsibility for food shortages.

More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning.

The country is experiencing its worst food shortages since the famine of the late 1990s, international aid agencies say.

The main problems of scarcity are water and food shortages, demographic change and state failure.

As soon as they heard about possible food shortages, they began to stock up.

The report showed the greatest impact was in regions already most threatened by food shortages and climate change.

The world is running out of time to develop new seed varieties to confront climate change and head off food shortages, Reuters reported.

Workers are fighting to prevent a nuclear meltdown, the death toll is rising, and energy and food shortages are rippling across the nation.

The Taliban imposed a blockade on Hazarajat prompting food shortages in a region already suffering from drought.

The burgeoning population will exacerbate food shortages, with the potential for massive social unrest derailing growth.

The United Nations' food programme reported that North Korea had admitted it needed assistance to cope with food shortages.

During the year the currency revaluation of November 2009 was reversed following reports of food shortages and public discontent and unrest.

Mrs Choi says food shortages mean well-off families in North Korea are getting two meals a day, everyone else makes do with just one.

Food shortages due to drought but in a certain country it is due to war, conflict and political reasons.

The subsidies are regressive, especially during a recession coinciding with worldwide food shortages (i. e. , high prices).

Hunt territory Tiger hunt general adopt latent, attack from behind the attacks, in prey, severe food shortages will attack.

She worried about what would come after: maybe food shortages, a collapse of the economy, a breakdown of civil order.

Paradoxically , then, the world's insurance program against localized famine is itself acutely vulnerable to global food shortages .

In NIA's top 10 predictions for 2010, NIA predicted there would be major food shortages around the world.

Looming food shortages and famine hitting Uganda's poorest in the north and east are also feeding the demand for sacrificial rituals.

Last month the UN warned that residents were experiencing their worst food shortages in a decade.

Most of the North Koreans we spoke with said they were fleeing poverty and food shortages.

Earthquake. Tsunami. Nuclear crisis. Now rolling blackouts, food shortages and queues for petrol.

Many Pakistanis also blame him and his PML-led government for inflation, food shortages and power cuts.

suffered food shortages during the war.

Food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world.

Kenya has scrapped import duty on maize to alleviate food shortages after a drought cut production, the finance minister said Tuesday.

Even in countries which are now amply fed by their agricultural products there could soon be critical food shortages.

There were severe food shortages during the war.

A currency revaluation over the winter was botched, leading to food shortages.

Another film, " Seeds of Hunger" , discusses food shortages and the threats created by decreasing food production.

Human population growth is creating food shortages, problems of air quality, and changes in weather patterns.

In the Third World, where two out of three people still live by farming, food shortages and malnutrition are common.

India could solve the food shortages without GM technology and so could any other country.

When the oil price fell, food shortages and fury at the privileges of the elite became catalysts for change.

Internal strife has exacerbated drought-caused food shortages and livestock deaths.

This would cancel out efforts to alleviate hunger that were predicted to ease food shortages for 250m people in the next few decades.

Food shortages are looming in Kenya as last season's lighter-than-normal rains begin to affect harvests in the arid north.

One report from Daily Mail says on March, 11, as the sharp drop in rainfall in Zimbabwe, people there facing food shortages.

Food shortages will probably get worse towards the end of the century.

Due to previous droughts, people in the region have experienced severe food shortages and high rates of malnutrition.

The peasants went from food shortages and forced imports, to bumper harvests and rising exports.

Food shortages may be controlled by price fixing but the shelves will still be empty.

The term "security" is an emotive one, conjuring up images of wartime food shortages caused by German U-boats.

Severe drought in Africa and resulting food shortages threaten the lives of millions.

And, perhaps, to preserve ourselves from diseases, pests and food shortages.

The impact of heatwaves, flooding and global food shortages will be felt in Britain too, the authors warned.

A lack of the key essentials of life for many citizens, as with food shortages.

Experts say the great damage to crops in areas already suffering from food shortages and war could cause many people to go hungry.

In addition to food shortages, rapid population growth will increase the pollution of the environment.

Mr Zichichi brushed off criticism that a programme to encourage farmers to sell their products to ethanol plants would cause food shortages.

Japan's agriculture system was born from food shortages after World War II as the government sought to encourage production.

The FAO says food shortages along with escalating prices "posed a risk to national security" .

But here at Food & Think, we don't just report mildly alarmist news about junk-food shortages.

Today's woes may lead to fundamental changes for the better in the world's approach to hunger and food shortages.

China will increase exports and aid to countries facing food shortages.

Officials worry that grain supplies are low and food shortages could come soon.

This has left millions of people needing emergency food assistance to combat severe food shortages.

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Zimbabwe has experienced a decade of chronic food shortages.

As President Bush mentioned, we will focus our discussions, now more than ever, on food shortages, defense cooperation, and economic aid.

When food shortages and rising prices drive people to desperation, social unrest soon follows.

But South Korea's government argues food shortages are no worse than in previous years.

The problems were compounded by severe food shortages.

And prolonged droughts can cause food shortages.

Food shortages often occur in time of war.

The official said that children, women and the elderly are those worst hit by food shortages.

Once the wheat produced in India, the country is now facing major food shortages, the first time in six years, need to import wheat.

Also, with the restrictions on imports, there are growing food shortages.

Seasonal food shortages prevail in some pockets of the country.

This is not the first time in modern economic history that the Malthusian spectre of global food shortages has stalked the world economy.

In 2009 fear of food shortages caused trouble throughout Africa.

But (the) use of food crops for biofuel raises the concern of food shortages.

The government has emphasized the role that temporary food shortages play.

Food shortages often occur in times of war.

We must take urgent action given the risk of global food shortages.

Food shortages often occur in war.

Experts recently met in Nairobi to discuss what to do about food shortages caused by drought.

Many countries suffered food shortages as well as high prices at the height of the food crisis last year, and many remain vulnerable.

Rainfall was about 70 percent below normal in the region lastyear and now half the population of 15 million faces food shortages.

An additional concern is that food shortages could spur food riots and civil strife as occurred in 2008, the World Bank said.

Millions of lives are at risk because of food shortages.

The Chinese government has pledged to increase exports and aid to developing countries with food shortages.

Our country has never known food shortages or spiraling food prices.

Because of wartime food shortages, the elderly are much shorter than their juniors in Japan.

Food shortages have been a problem in the communist nation

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