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faced food shortages because of severe droughts due to global warming Environmental Social % Aust.
The last time the world
faced food shortages on a global basis, agricultural scientists produced the green revolution.
facing food shortage & malnutrition in #SouthSudan pic.twitter.com/JEKlvXO 2gI
Local settled groups that speak a similar dialect report that the tribe
faces food shortages, according to Peruvian news reports.
The drying regions will
face food shortages.
Babies who receive poor nutrition in the womb, the theory goes, can expect to
face food shortages after birth as well, and their metabolism is programmed to be especially thrifty with the calories they do receive.
Major crop losses have caused huge financial hits to farmers and left some 3.5 million people
facing food shortages, the agency reported.
The same small change in temperature, however, would reduce food production at lower latitudes, where many countries already
face food shortages.
The new reality is that if the world is facing water shortages, it is also
facing food shortages.
Urban water systems in Johannesburg are also experiencing severe difficulties in satisfying demand and Zimbabwe is
facing food shortages andpotential loss of hydropower from Zambian hydroelectric plants.
Not exact matches
Whole Foods is
facing a crush of
food shortages in stores that's leading to empty shelves, furious customers, and frustrated employees.
Faced with labor
shortages, the U.S.
food system would experience supply constraints that could result in higher prices and force the country to look beyond its own borders for more of its
food supply.
Either the economy would move to markets based on supply and demand, or it would
face devastating
shortages of
food and other critical goods, with massive black markets and corruption.
A country is officially experiencing famine when one in five homes
face extreme
food shortages with little ability to cope.
Operators are
facing four big areas of challenge that Technomic sees as transformative, bound to drive changes in how operators approach business: 1) coping with supply chain challenges, including driver
shortages; 2) meeting consumer demand for «
food with integrity»; 3) dealing with «regulation nation» where industry - disrupting changes may include a higher minimum wage; and 4) incorporating innovations into operations, including new delivery models, variable pricing, self - ordering systems, and robotics.
Hurricane Maria has left 3.4 million Puerto Ricans
facing shortages of
food, health care and transit, an American humanitarian crisis fueled by the US territory's May 2017 bankruptcy.
«A projected 5.1 million people will
face serious
food shortages as the conflict and risk of unexploded improvised devices prevented farmers planting for a third year in a row, causing a major
food crisis,» the UN said on December 2.
Some four million people in South Sudan are likely to
face critical
food shortages next month, British aid agencies have warned.
At the same time, CSIRO is also crafting lower - tech programs for farmers in nearby developing countries, which may
face severe
food shortages due to crop failures and even widespread famine as the weather heats up, water dries up, and population explodes.
These seabirds live in a harsh environment and often
face stress in the form of
food shortages and poor weather conditions.
A famine is declared when at least 20 percent of households in an area
face extreme
food shortages with a limited ability to cope; acute malnutrition rates exceed 30 percent; and the death rate exceeds two people per 10,000 per day.
These biodegradable particles could be the basis for reduced risk conventional pesticide products that have the potential to reduce the amount of chemicals used in plant protection by as much as 90 percent, save farmers more than 25 percent on pest - control initiatives and, in a world
facing looming
food shortages, help increase crop yields for more and better
food.
Such extremes have led to millions
facing food and water
shortages, as well as thousands of deaths globally, pointing to the need to not only mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, but to also invest in adaptation and improving the forecast systems of developing countries, Taalas said in his forward to the report.
They make their way to Umuahia, where they struggle to survive and take care of their daughter and Ugwu — the houseboy — in the
face of increasing
shortages of
food and medicine.
(AKA Soylent Green) by Harry Harrison < br / > Harry Harrison's 1966 novel about an overcrowded urban society
facing food and space
shortages, became the inspiration for 1973 movie, Soylent Green.
We currently care for more than 40 African penguins in our Cold Water Quest gallery, but did you know their counterparts in the wild are
facing harmful challenges such as oil spills,
food shortages and habitat degradation?
Each Survival Piece reflected a thoroughly researched forward - thinking proposal for sustainable urban farming in the
face of, what the Harrisons» anticipated, a future where climate change and subsequent
food shortages would be inevitable.
Since these countries
face problems of childhood deaths and
food shortages the idea of paying extra money for energy causes a lot of problems since it leads to a lot of things like fertilizer costing more.
Keith Bradsher and Andrew Martin have a sobering story in The Times showing declines in funding for agricultural development assistance and basic research even as the world's poorest regions
face spiking prices and
shortages of basic
foods.
Consider the possibility that not just millions, but billions
face disastrous consequences from the likes of (including but not limited to): Sandy (and other hybrid and out - of - season storms enhanced by the earth's circulatory eccentricities and warmer oceans); the drought in progress; wildfires; floods (just last week, Argentina had 16 inches of rain in 2 hours *); derechos; increased cold and snow in the north as the Arctic melts and cracks up, breaking up the Arctic circulation and sending cold out of what was previously largely a contained system, and losing its own consistent cold, seriously interfering with the Jet Stream, pollution of multiple kinds such as in China, the increase of algae and the like in our oceans as they heat, and
food and water
shortages.
«Our two children, now in their mid thirties,
face the second half of their lives in a world wracked by severe weather, plagues,
food shortages, civil unrest and loss of biodiversity.
Perhaps by the end of the century half a billion people will
face severe
food and fresh water
shortages because of past emissions.
The world
faces widespread
food shortages due to global warming.
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They now
face three severe problems: They have a
food and water
shortage.
In any case, the historic agreement is welcome news for Venezuelans, who have been
facing severe
shortages of
food, medicine, and other basic necessities.