Sentences with phrase «food crisis in»

''... destroying the livelihood of European farmers, disrupting the international food supply, and potentially causing a food crisis in Europe.»

THE «extreme» cold has seen Iguanas frozen solid in Florida, alligators in a state of cryogenic freeze, sharks washed up in Cape Cod «stranded due to cold shock», the coldest Super Bowl on record, Niagara Falls frozen over, a thermometer in the world's coldest village breaking as temperatures plunge to -62 C, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Bangladesh, frozen crops creating a food crisis in Europe, even a mass die - off of sea creatures as UK ocean temps plunged 1 - 3 degrees centigrade, cold temperatures smashed across Saskatchewan's central and south regions in the spring of April, and the list of non-heat «extremes» goes on.

El Nino gained fame as it caused a severe food crisis in Southern and Eastern Africa.

To help aid agencies respond effectively to a food crisis in Somalia, a system was established in 2004 to precisely define and analyse local food insecurity, using a scale consisting of five categories: None / Minimal, Stressed, Crisis, Emergency, and Humanitarian Catastrophe / Famine.

Their incomes have not risen sufficiently to protect them from shocks, such as the impending food crisis in the Sahel region.

Fortunately, global wheat stockpiles are in better shape than during the last food crisis in 2007 and 2008.

Even as Iran's nuclear program raises the likelihood of yet another conflict in the Middle East, the bigger threat is a potential food crisis in the making, says Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute.

How does this compare to the food crisis in 2008?

The committee says the same experts helped predict the seriousness of the East Africa food crisis in 2011, which led to the first famine of the 21st Century in Somalia.

As the co-founder of Sprout Organic Baby Food — among many other ventures celebrity chef Tyler Florence has a mission for new moms: Tackle the nation's food crisis in your own kitchen by starting your little one on fresh, healthy purées.

This was likely to have been penned in AD 54 when Corinth (like many other places) was suffering famine, but Paul knew that there would be a much worse food crisis in Israel during the following two years.

Christian agencies have joined in the response to the recent food crisis in East Africa and Yemen.

The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse

For the four ma - jor food crises in 2017 in par - ticular, the European Union contributed over $ 750 mil - lion to joint humanitarian and development support, and EU Member States ad - ditionally provided over $ 1 billion.

Not exact matches

George Fonourakis, a food and beverages manager at a hotel in Athens, told CNBC that he was forced to move back in with his parents during the height of the crisis.

Such indoor farming — ranging from skyscraper greenhouses to in vitro meat — is altering our definition of agriculture and creating technologies that could stave off a global food crisis.

Foreign brands often carry a better reputation than their Chinese equivalents; recent crises involving toxic chemicals in Chinese - made food and cosmetics have fueled that sentiment.

I recently spoke with a director of one of Canada's largest food companies about risk, which is particularly pertinent with an E. coli crisis now unfolding in Alberta.

The chain is also likely benefiting from the struggles of close peer Chipotle Mexican Grill (cmg), which has struggled in the wake of a food - safety crisis that started last year.

Citizens of the crisis - torn nation are struggling to cope with widespread food shortages, the collapse of its traditional currency and hyperinflation — which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast to hit 13,000 percent in 2018.

Though the financial crisis offered immediate relief from rising food and energy prices, it also helped lay the groundwork for a supply shortage in its wake.

The decision by Chipotle comes as the chain's sales have struggled to rebound from a poorly handled and prolonged food - safety crisis that began in the fall of 2015.

Many Venezuelans have reportedly resorted to scavenging for food in the garbage, while the crisis has also led to shortages of everything from medicine to toilet paper.

For Venezuelans, in the midst of an economic crisis that has included severe food shortages, the moment was ripe with grim symbolism.

The existential crisis facing the legacy food giants becomes even more pronounced when you consider a company like Hain Celestial — which, with its $ 2.2 billion in sales last year, is clearly on the path to Big itself.

Adding to the crisis is the fact that by the end of this year, up to 1 million Americans will have lost food - stamp benefits because of changes in the law that affect eligibility.

Since Ackman revealed a stake in the embattled quick - service restaurant, Chipotle shares have shed 25 % following the return of its food safety crisis.

Examples from the last few years include the subprime mortgage crisis; the failure of the Peanut Corporation of America; the 2007 pet food scandal; lead paint on children's toys in 2007; melamine - laced Chinese milk products; contaminants in the drug Heparin; and dioxin - contaminated Irish pork.

This session will focus on understanding potential perils — from food crises to pandemics and from climate catastrophes to human migration — that aren't top - of - mind in most boardrooms, but could enable CEOs to better navigate changing economic conditions and markets.

By Project Coordinator of the Global Opportunity Network Emil Kofoed Braunschweig In a world with increasing urbanisation and a population that is expected to increase to 8.4 billion by mid-2030, a global food crisis is a very real risk.

In a world with increasing urbanisation and a population that is expected to increase to 8.4 billion by mid-2030, a global food crisis is a very real risk.

This is particular evident in relation to the global food crisis where everyday millions of tons of food on the global scale goes to waste due to inefficiency.

The good news is that the more than 5,500 leaders surveyed worldwide for this year's Global Opportunity Report sees great new market potential in addressing the risk of the global food crisis.

Another way that the current crisis hurts those at the bottom of the economic ladder was revealed in a conversation with Lucy Luna, a United Food and Commercial Workers union organizer among immigrant farm workers in the Fraser Valley, who notes that the reduced value of the Canadian dollar means that the remittances sent home to Mexico by the «guest workers» shipped to Canada under a federal temporary work permit program are now nearly cut in half in value by the time they reach Mexico, where the economy is geared to the U.S. dollar.

He is researching the post-hurricane mental health crisis and says that suicidal thoughts have been reported the most often in remote communities, where power outages and access to food and water have been most severe.

The US territory remains in crisis: Islanders are still waiting in long lines for food, water, and fuel; the power grid and communication infrastructure is still mostly down; and the death toll is expected to rise dramatically.

And yet, according to an investigative report, the shortage of food - safety inspectors played an important role in the occurrence of this crisis, which claimed the lives of 22 people.

As a result of the cutbacks imposed to date, the number of food - safety inspectors is lower than it was in 2008, when the Maple Leaf listeriosis crisis broke out.

Or maybe it's the fact that the number of Americans receiving food stamps is still almost double what it was before the financial crisis in 2007?

Conflict leading to food shortages creates serious humanitarian crisis in Nigeria, Lake Chad area.

The working group has been urging governments, companies and other stakeholders to increase the role Christian and other faith - based organisations have in tackling humanitarian crises such as lack of food, water or sanitation, as well as civil wars, religious persecution or natural disasters.

I guess that in a world where 39,000 children die each day from preventable disease, where around 90,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq, where the current global food crisis causes a child to die every seven seconds, where 47 million Americans can not afford basic healthcare, and where women and children continue to be murdered in Darfur — nothing says «God is pro-life» better than a bunch of wet democrats.

Despite our apparent desire to serve in the present world food crisis we are often like the rich young ruler who «went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.»

As the crisis in Fallujah unfolded — as we brought food and water to thousands of displaced families — we knew that preemptive love meant going to the detainment compounds, too.

Father James Oyet of the South Sudanese Council of Churches, who organised the National Day of Prayer added: «In spite of all the thunderstorms of life, the food crisis, the economic crisis, we want to thank God.

In a memorable account epitomizing that crisis, Century Managing Editor Paul Hutchinson described a demonstration in which 20,000 men marched in pouring rain through Chicago's downtown area shouting, «We want food!&raquIn a memorable account epitomizing that crisis, Century Managing Editor Paul Hutchinson described a demonstration in which 20,000 men marched in pouring rain through Chicago's downtown area shouting, «We want food!&raquin which 20,000 men marched in pouring rain through Chicago's downtown area shouting, «We want food!&raquin pouring rain through Chicago's downtown area shouting, «We want food!»

It is timed just before the G7 summit in Italy on 26 — 27 May where crucial matters, such as food security, crisis situations in sub-Saharan Africa and migration will be discussed.

If the problem on which we focus is food production, we will not have the resources to deal with crises in energy production.

But famine, like a plague, spreads, and, «In reality it's a very large food security crisis involving a number of countries and millions at risk,» said Golden, referring to the crisis situation in vast regions of east AfricIn reality it's a very large food security crisis involving a number of countries and millions at risk,» said Golden, referring to the crisis situation in vast regions of east Africin vast regions of east Africa.

A U.S. government study of response to a 2002 southern Africa drought and food crisis found that food aid contributed to a marked drop in the price of corn.