Sentences with phrase «severe food crisis»

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

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

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.

Once the crisis was over (the daughter is fine but has some severe food allergies), Robyn, trained as an equity analyst, put her research skills to work.

But it was the research for Matters of Faith — about a Florida family with a daughter who suffers from severe food allergies, how her brother's search for faith jeopardizes her life, and how their parents cope with that crisis while dealing with a crumbling marriage at the same time — that I'll always remember for pulling me in both intellectually and emotionally.

It is a severe and large - scale crisis comprising malnutrition, food insecurity and other effects of drought which will require life - saving aid for an additional 1.6 million people.

Cessation and scaling back of fossil fuel burning is necessary to prevent a persistent, ongoing and increasingly severe world food crisis.

Even if the global climate were not disrupted, the world would likely face a severe food security crisis in the coming years.

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.