The observations of the Famine Commission of 1880 support the notion that food distribution is more to blame for famines than food scarcity.

Likewise, food scarcity is a growing problem for Asian countries, with crop yields and overall food production growing more slowly than demand.

We get droughts, increased desertification, crashing food systems, water scarcity, famine, forced migration, political instability, warfare, crisis.

There is a scarcity of employment opportunity in the town, and the food supply in the camp is reportedly inadequate.

Scarcity was self limiting If you could not grow or catch your own food, you died (or moved).

Images of Scarcity

These droughts triple the number of people exposed to severe water scarcity at least once in every generation, leading to major food and health crises.

The repeated appeals of the Security Council and the reports of the World Food Programme showed that aid was not sufficient and that there were scarcity of basic foodstuffs.

Women also suffer serious threats to their health as a result of scarcity of food supplies and economic resources, lack of access to land, and disruption of traditional support systems.

Scarcity in an Age of Plenty

Humanity s only hope is that the vicious circle of extremism can be replaced by a shared global understanding of the massive challenges of climate change, food supplies, sustainable energy, water scarcity, and poverty.

Third, we are entering an era of resource scarcity.

In a world of scarcity, more always seemed better.

Each region, increasingly, must find its own path to economic development, energy and food security, and effective infrastructure, and must do so in a world threatened by climate change and resource scarcity.

Most of the economic models are built around scarcity and growth.

During the housing bubble, prices signaled a severe scarcity of houses.

Genetics The thrifty gene hypothesis (also called the famine hypothesis) states that in some populations the body would be more efficient at retaining fat in times of plenty, thereby endowing greater resistance to starvation in times of food scarcity.

Blurring that distinction thereby disregarding the problem of scarcity is no solution.

In San'a itself, the scarcity of corn caused a rebellion in 1772.

Poverty among indigenous populations certainly relates to scarcity of material and economic resources.

It was, and is, a superb system for overcoming scarcity.

Second, water scarcity is seldom absolute, and even less often an explanation of poverty.

One specific result was water scarcity, with once abundant sources of water drying up.

And, because they rely on seawater, they cause no freshwater scarcity.

NEW YORK Many conflicts are caused or inflamed by water scarcity.

As a result, new infrastructure would only mitigate the impact of scarcity on richer countries.

The population density is very low due to the mountainous terrain and scarcity of water.

High prices send a real message about scarcity in a globalizing world.

However, water scarcity is already a critical constraint to farming in many parts of the world.

The report defined physical water scarcity, as being where there are insufficient water resources to meet the demands of the population, and economic water scarcity as where water requirements are not satisfied because of a lack of investment in water or human capacity.

Scarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world of limited resources.

We seized Pharaoh 's people with years of drought and scarcity of fruit so that they might remember .

We seized Pharaoh 's people with years of drought and scarcity of fruit so that they might remember .

Scarcity of parchment required all decision making to be concentrated in a court consisting of a handful of people.

But population density and water scarcity will certainly be inhibiting factors in their exploitation.

Then seized We Pharaoh 's people with years of dearth , and scarcity of fruits , that haply they might remember .

Then seized We Pharaoh 's people with years of dearth , and scarcity of fruits , that haply they might remember .

The situation of public hospitals has worsened during the year, particularly due to the scarcity of resources and services.

When the demand for potatoes at the current price exceeds supply, the price of potatoes rises, signaling scarcity.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

2. Declares its solidarity with the Government and the people of Djibouti, who continue to face critical developmental and humanitarian challenges owing to the scarcity of natural resources, coupled with harsh climatic conditions, including the acute issue of water supply and the severe food crisis impacting on the development aspirations of the country

Declares its solidarity with the Government and the people of Djibouti, who continue to face critical developmental and humanitarian challenges owing to the scarcity of natural resources, coupled with harsh climatic conditions, including the acute issue of water supply and the severe food crisis impacting on the development aspirations of the country

In the climate of scarcity that characterizes debt deflations, the specificity of bailout operations inevitably leads to intense political debate.

So today s talk of oil scarcity, which began at the turn of the last century, should come as no surprise.

In particular, the projected intensification of freshwater scarcity as a result of climate change will cause greater stresses in drylands.