Most countries suffer serious things like power shortages, water shortages, or food shortages, but here in Israel we re at the luxury end of the market and we suffer ice cream shortages, writes Nicky.

Power shortages are frequent.

write that policies leading to food shortages, natural disasters, and a slow response to initial indications of food shortages were to blame for the famine.

Such shortages, no surprise, have stoked inflation.

Prior to 1991, the Soviet economy was the second largest in the world, but during its last years it was afflicted by shortages of goods in grocery stores, huge budget deficits, and explosive growth in money supply leading to inflation.

Protest against electricity shortages around City Hall, Yangon.

In these departments, shortages exceed 50 per cent.

Shortages of natural gas increased fertilizer prices, pushing up food prices.

The floods also caused shortages of vegetables in the State shops.

However, few shelters were built due to shortages of concrete and steel.

Given that this is unlikely, supply shortages are inevitable.

The main problems were food shortages and rising prices.

There were shortages of machinery, not all of which was made in Pakistan.

Isolationist policies, by contrast, always lead to shortages and discontent.

SBS also suffered from tight budget constraints and staff shortages.

We still face extreme poverty, food shortages, hunger and malnutrition.

The limitations on travel will result on food shortages for them.

On April 23, Brazil announced a temporary suspension of rice exports to prevent internal shortages.

Alternatives do need to be explored, including more efficient use, diversification into more easily accessible substitutes, and reduction of overall consumption (though in all these cases, it is easier to deal with energy shortages than food shortages).

Melting glaciers in the Himalayas could potentially lead to water shortages for hundreds of millions of people.

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Production chains are facing labor shortages, wage increases, and threats of relocation to lower cost countries.

Her decision has raised the profile of Malawi, home to recurrent food shortages and seasonal famines.

Steadily rising prices of raw materials, agricultural products, and energy already reflect fears about future shortages.

Liberia imports 90 of its rice, a staple food, and is extremely vulnerable to food shortages.

Violent conflicts, food shortages and governance crises are among the most widespread causes.

China's demand for iron ore has remained strong, leading to temporary local shortages.

Transport of dangerous goods

It's more expensive to transport goods. Prices of goods go up, inflation is affected.

UNMEE personnel are facing the consequences of mounting economic hardships in Eritrea, including periodic shortages of essential commodities.

Now, opinion polls are showing unprecedented levels of discontent over crime, inflation, and power and water shortages.

In Venezuela, land reform and socialist rhetoric did not prevent chronic shortages of milk, sugar, and beef.

Shortages of construction materials do not seem to be a reason to expect high home prices, either.

We afflicted Pharaoh 's people with shortages of food and famine so that they might take heed ,

We afflicted Pharaoh 's people with shortages of food and famine so that they might take heed ,

Schools also continue struggling with high drop out rates and serious shortages of teachers, especially female teachers.

Heavy snow blocked district roads and prevented the movement of food, causing shortages and steep price rises.

The reasons were many poor weather, pests, shortages of animal power after peasants slaughtered livestock rather than losing it to the collective, shortages of tractors, the shooting and deportation of the best farmers, and the disruption of sowing and reaping caused by collectivization itself.

Some wholesale merchants only organize the movement of goods rather than move the goods themselves.

Idil Jans, from Turkey, writes about electricity cuts and water shortages in this post.

By early 1985, some 7.7 million people were suffering from drought and food shortages.

Heightened urban food insecurity, due to inflation and commodity shortages, has also been reported.

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