Sentences with phrase «for food shortages»

When polar bears» feeding opportunities decrease during the summer ice melt, the animals can reduce their energy expenditure a little, but not enough to make up for the food shortages, a study in the 17 July issue of Science shows.

Alan believes the world is heading for a food shortage, and that other countries, China in particular, are buying up Australia's biggest and best farmlands and investing in United States seaports, an aircraft manufacturing company and huge areas on which to build big cities to prepare for future food needs.

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When former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said last fall that his earlier enthusiasm for corn - based ethanol production in the United States was a mistake, he was conceding something that had long been obvious: the practice of diverting food crops to biofuels has contributed to food shortages and driven up prices for staples across the globe.

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.

McDonald's Japan has apologized to customers and vowed to ensure product safety after objects including a tooth and plastic were found in its food, the latest trouble for a fast - food chain hit by sliding sales and a shortage of french fries.

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.

From intuiting emotions from language to resolving food shortages in the developing world, these young entrepreneurs have big goals — and even bigger plans for achieving them.

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.

What they're saying: «National shortage of Class - A drivers and the increased demand for logistics is resulting in an increase in the cost of goods,» said one manager in the accommodation and food services business.

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Rampant food shortages that caused Venezuelans to report losing an average of 11 kilograms (24 pounds) last year are particularly tough for oil workers tasked with grueling physical work in often remote oil fields.

United Nations officials and the International Red Cross have reported that there is a shortage of food and water for those who have fled their homes.

Let's think worst case — should the currency collapse in your home country... and should a bank run ensue... and should the government mandate that all banks then close for no less than a week... and should subsequent food shortages take place... and should no clean water be available... and should the electricity and heat not work... and should violent protests, riots, and widespread looting erupt...

The country, suffering from skyrocketing inflation and rampant food and power shortages, is currently operating under a «constitutional state of emergency» as protestors call for the removal of President Nicolas Maduro.

The conditions for oil workers have deteriorated for years, with shortages of food, unsafe working conditions, and hyperinflation destroying the value of paychecks.

Disasters happen all the time, food shortage has been around for a while in poorer nations (it's not a new thing).

Hate to tell you this master race, but where I stand there's no shortage whatsoever of stupid, lazy, ignorant, food - stamp grubbing white folks, unsuitable for employment and a complete and total waste of skin.

Sure, I'm all about the life - saving, driving lights and sirens, adrenaline junkie stuff too but the city I work for has no shortage of spectacular food choices.

Following the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, the prospect of Brexit - related labour shortages is a particular concern for the food and drink sector.

«Bangladesh has emerged as a global model for combating hunger and obtained great success in becoming a country of food surplus from chronic food shortages.

As the world races toward a projected 9 billion inhabitants and against the backdrop of climate change, resource shortages and urbanisation, the question of how to ensure adequate food supply for everyone looms rather large.

The hike in food prices is raising concerns about food security and its political and social repercussions as food shortages and price hikes have previously been responsible for riots in developing countries.

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.

This is especially the case for tropical products not grown in the United States, off season products, in - season products for which there is a temporary or more permanent shortage because of increasing demand, and novelty or speciality products (e.g. wines, ethnic food or retail - packed food products).

With the shortage of time, we have seen a huge increase in demand for on - the - go food solutions.

At my house there is never a shortage of green material (also known as wet or nitrogen - rich matter)-- orange peels, corn husks, dinner food scraps, yard waste, etc. — for my compost bin, but when it comes to finding brown (also known as dry or carbon - rich) material, in the past I've often ended up coming up short.

Increased global demand for imported breast milk substitutes (infant formula, follow - on formula and toddler milks) in Asia, particularly China, and food safety recalls have led to shortages of these products i...

They also believe that rearing animals for food is bad for the environment and inefficient and suggest that world food shortages could be solved by farming crops rather than animals.

Puerto Rico police said Wednesday officers have arrested 36 people so far for looting and stealing as millions of the island's residents continue to struggle with shortages in food, water, and gasoline after Hurricane Maria.

«Ealing councillor Phil Taylor, responding to an article by the broadcaster blaming too many people and not enough land for Africa's food shortages, tweeted: «I do wish this silly old fart would take a one - way trip to Switzerland.

Three UN agencies — Food and Agriculture Organisation, World Food Programme and International Fund for Agricultural Development, have earlier reported that Nigeria would suffer famine, food shortage and malnutritFood and Agriculture Organisation, World Food Programme and International Fund for Agricultural Development, have earlier reported that Nigeria would suffer famine, food shortage and malnutritFood Programme and International Fund for Agricultural Development, have earlier reported that Nigeria would suffer famine, food shortage and malnutritfood shortage and malnutrition.

«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.

The House noted, «The activities of the kidnappers are becoming nightmarish for the people who can no longer go to their farms freely, with the obvious consequences of shortage of food that will result in hunger and untold hardship.»

An assessment of Earth's biodiversity predicts catastrophic losses within decades, with severe knock - on effects for human civilisation like shortages of food

These include the ability to bring new, innovative products to the market; progress in oncology, such as the approval of Genentech's drug Avastin for breast cancer and advances in the use of gene therapy, despite some setbacks; continuing progress in research on stem cells; the emergence of treatments for previously untreated diseases; and solutions for food and fuel shortages, such as biocrops and biofuels.

Obviously, the numbers of people that it is trying to feed; problems of shortages of water, disappearing quantities of top soil on which we have to grow these different crops; and, of course, now climate change, which also is throwing a lot of randomness or bad factors into our attempts to grow enough food for everybody.

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.

If their own chance of survival is reduced because of a food shortage or weather conditions, they will focus more on themselves and spend more time looking for their own food than on the care of their only chick.

These phenomena have been among the main reasons for the growing food shortage and food price spikes,» says Reimund Rötter, a research professor at MTT Agrifood Research Finland.

Ian Keymer, a retired MAFF vet from Norfolk who has studied fluctuations in red squirrel populations, says parapox is less likely to kill grey squirrels because it only causes disease in animals under stress, caused by food shortages for example.

Of course, climate change can't be blamed for all the food shortages and social unrest, several researchers cautioned.

«They may have been going through a temporary food shortage that made them small even for pygmies,» he says.

Some researchers have proposed that Toba's eruption was big enough to cause a reverse greenhouse effect that cooled Earth for decades, leading to ecological disaster and widespread food shortages that only a few small communities were able to survive.

The researchers suppressed the lipid droplets of the host cells, the bacterium's preferred food source, and found that the bacterium has a back - up plan that allows it to compensate for this shortage by drawing on the lipids within the host's membranes.

With food shortages and increased threats of climate change, interest in agroforestry is gathering for its potential to address various on - farm adaptation needs.

But in difficult living conditions — during food shortages or heat waves, for instance — they switch to a different type of procreation: they mate and lay dormant eggs.

They communicate by releasing chemicals, for instance warning their neighbours of a food shortage.

Drought struck the Sahel most recently in 2012, triggering food shortages for millions of people due to crop failure and soaring food prices.