scarcity of food
1scarcity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ growing, increasing ▪ relative ▪ artificial ▪ food, land …
2Food security — refers to the availability of food and one s access to it. A household is considered food secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. World wide around 852 million people are chronically hungry due to extreme poverty,… …
3Food vs fuel — is the dilemma regarding the risk of diverting farmland or crops for biofuels production in detriment of the food supply on a global scale. The food vs. fuel or food or fuel debate is internationally controversial, with good and valid arguments… …
4Food storage — is both a traditional domestic skill and is important industrially. Food is stored by almost every human society and by many animals. Storing of food has several main purposes:*preparation for periods of scarcity or famine *taking advantage of… …
5Food — For other uses, see Food (disambiguation). Part of a series on …
6Food — The situation with food, restaurants, and diet changed from extreme scarcity in the late Soviet period to extraordinary abundance after 2000. Simultaneously, the food on offer transitioned from the stereotypically bland menus and inefficient… …
7scarcity close — n. A sales ploy in which a product or service is made to appear scarce in order to increase its apparent value. Example Citation: Marketers like the scarcity close. By creating an apparent scarcity, they make us hungry. Joanne Kates, Hopeless… …
8scarcity — n. (pl. ies) (often foll. by of) a lack or inadequacy, esp. of food …
92005–06 Niger food crisis — The 2005 06 Niger food crisis was a severe but localized food security crisis in the regions of northern Maradi, Tahoua, Tillabéri, and Zinder of Niger. It was caused by an early end to the 2004 rains, desert locust damage to some pasture lands,… …
10Blood as food — Some cultures consume blood as food, often in combination with meat. This may be in the form of black pudding, as a thickener for sauces, a cured salted form for times of food scarcity, or in a blood soup. [Davidson, Alan. The Oxford Companion to …
