Sentences with phrase «tight world food supplies»

In the 1970s, when tight world food supplies were generating unacceptable food price inflation in the United States, the government restricted grain exports.

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Supplies are now very tight across the world and reserves are at a very low level, leaving no room for unexpected events next year,» said Abdolreza Abbassian, a senior economist with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).