Sentences with phrase «grain reserves»

Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third.

Because the world's grain reserves during that period fell to the lowest levels in several decades.

Further, the U.S. has consistently opposed the creation of internationally held grain reserves.

At Xuchang city, trucks piled high with bags of wheat queued outside the state grain reserve warehouse.

When grain reserves grow dangerously low, speculators will always drive up prices.

This is one reason Ethiopia always seems to be on the verge of famine, never able to accumulate enough grain reserves to provide meaningful food security.

In this case, Qiao is alleged to have embezzled $ 50 million from the China Grain Reserves Corp., known as Sinograin, and transferred millions of dollars from various Asian accounts into U.S. banks.

But now these two safety cushions are gone: the U.S. cropland set - asides have been phased out, and over the last decade world grain reserves have averaged a dangerously low 74 days of consumption.

McHale, who led the delegation from Pennsylvania (the only state in the Union to send one) to Rome to lobby the official U.S. delegation for a sane food policy, charged that 95 per cent of all grain reserves in the world are under the control of six multinational agribusiness corporations (Cargill Grain Company, Continental Grain Company, Cook Industries Inc., Dreyfus, Bunge Company and Archer - Daniel Midland — all of them American - based companies).

The short - term strategy, then, is to build up grain reserves.

Especially not when the world is adding 80 million people a year, grain reserves are shrinking and food shortages are pushing prices above the reach of millions.

Four completely new scenes are also included in the Extended Edition: «The Scribe,» in which a hapless new gladiator recruit gets some advice; «Stage Directions,» in which Maximus is advised to entertain the crowd; «Grain Reserves,» providing a new insight into Commodus» madness; and «Quintus Obeys,» adding a bit more substance to a scene near the end of the film.

Egyptians are famous for rewarding and encouraging cats to live with them in order to keep rodents that would eat their grain reserves at bay.

World grain reserves are so dangerously low that severe weather in the United States or other food - exporting countries could trigger a major hunger crisis next year, the United Nations has warned.