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Books on: drought food supply

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Agriculture and Food Supply in France during the War

Book by Michel Augé-Laribé, Pierre Pinot; Yale Univesity Press, 1927

Subjects:

Agriculture--Economic Aspects--France, World War, 1914-1918--Economic Aspects--France, World War, 1914-1918--Food Supply--France

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...within a month to the Food Minister.When the results...rationing; the persistent drought and consequent dearth...department, attached to the food-office of the department...secure the fresh milk supply required by the department...other departments, by the Food Minister.The rationing...
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Monitoring and Predicting Agricultural Drought: A Global Study

Book by Vijendra K. Boken, Arthur P. Cracknell, Ronald L. Heathcote; Oxford University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Climatic Changes, Drought Forecasting, Droughts, Meteorology, Agricultural--Remote Sensing

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...365 Ethiopia, 233 Food and Agriculture Organization...Africa, monitoring drought, 69-71, 72 Electromagnetic...Australia, 369-370 drought in India, 300-301 drought prediction in Near East, 219-220 droughts, 30-35 droughts in...prediction methods, 234 food supply systems, 227-228...
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War and Drought in Sudan: Essays on Population Displacement

Book by Eltigani E. El Tigani; University Press of Florida, 1995

Subjects:

Droughts--Sudan, Famines--Sudan, Migration, Internal--Sudan, Refugees--Sudan, Sudan--Economic Conditions, Sudan--History, Military, Sudan--Social Conditions

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as the amount of food needed to alleviate hunger...percent of the worlds total food aid, leaving only 15...economies translate into high food requirements, and supply bottlenecks mean that...natural disasters such as drought, desertification, and...
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Who's Hungry? and How Do We Know? Food Shortage, Poverty, and Deprivation

Book by Laurie Derose, Ellen Messer, Sara Millman; United Nations University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Economic Sanctions, Famines, Food Supply, Hunger, Nutrition Policy, Poverty, Starvation, War And Society

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...economic causes of food shortage are hardly...disruption of fertilizer supplies and irrigation systems...economic; even though drought reduces food supply, it rarely leads to...relationship between drought and famine Some of the...locations with prolonged drought.
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Women Farmers and Commercial Ventures: Increasing Food Security in Developing Countries

Book by Anita Spring; Lynne Rienner, 2000

Subjects:

Agriculture--Economic Aspects--Developing Countries--Case Studies, Food Supply--Developing Countries--Case Studies, Women In Agriculture--Developing Countries--Case Studies

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...opposite season and supplies the same consumer need...to maintain the same supply relations. For example...migrants remittances to buy food and capitalize income...activities. Coping with Drought, 1982 1983 Extending...least manageable. As supplies run low, traders spend...search increased the supply of marketed food the...

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Journal Articles on: drought food supply

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The Importance of Pastoralists' Indigenous Coping Strategies for Planning Drought Management in the Arid Zone of Kenya (1)

Journal article by Gufu Oba; Nomadic Peoples, Vol. 5, 2001

Subjects:

Droughts--Social aspects, Food supply--Management, Herders--Safety and security measures, Herders--Social aspects, Indigenous peoples--Safety and security measures, Indigenous peoples--Social aspects, Life skills--Research, Water resource management

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...livestock based foods are supplemented...population to survive droughts that traditionally...significantly to improve food security. This...immediate consumption, drought related livestock...of loss during droughts or epidemics. The drought management agency...agencies. 6. Food aid is seldom used...It would improve food security at the...establish local drought management institutions...planning and managing droughts. Notes (1...
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Conserving Our Finite Water Supplies in an Era of Chronic Drought: Practical Steps1

Journal article by Amy Vickers; Electronic Green Journal, Vol. 1, 2002

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...Conserving Our Finite Water Supplies in an Era of Chronic Drought: Practical Steps1 by Amy Vickers Despite Americas abundant supplies of freshwater, a growing...providing an adequate and safe supply of drinking water. Increasing...America possesses abundant supplies of freshwater, yet a growing...
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Can Formal Education Reduce Risks for Drought-prone Pastoralists?: a Case Study from Baringo District, Kenya

Journal article by Peter D. Little, Abdillahi A. Aboud, Clement Lenachuru; Human Organization, Vol. 68, 2009

Subjects:

Drought, Government employees, Investments, Risk management, School schedules, Secondary education, Structural adjustment, Tuition

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...institutions. Coping with Drought and Food Insecurity Has increased...homesteads to better manage droughts and food shortages...between the effects of drought on livestock herds and...are used to purchase foods, an option that only...after the 1999-2000 drought, only 23 percent of...homesteads were using food aid, as opposed to...
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Public Health and Drought

Journal article by Martin A. Kalis, Mark D. Miller, Rachel J. Wilson; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 72, 2009

Subjects:

Droughts--Health aspects, Droughts--United States, Public health--Environmental aspects, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Reports, Water shortages--Health aspects

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...resulting in inadequate water supply. To truly understand drought and its effect on people and...regulate water supply (www.drought.unl.edu). For instance...S could be considered a drought in the Northwest. The photo...prerequisite for public health, droughts have potential public health...
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Recovery of Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities from Drought in Georgia Piedmont Headwater Streams

Journal article by Melissa A. Churchel, Darold P. Batzer; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 156, 2006

Subjects:

Adults, Community, Creeks & streams, Drought, Invertebrates, Studies, Surface water

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...and Wood and Armitage (2004). Droughts, as categorized by Lake (2003...seasonal or "supra-seasonal" and the drought that we studied would be considered supra-seasonal. Supra-seasonal droughts are characterized by a longer duration...community composition than shorter droughts (Boulton, 2003; Fritz and Dodds...be due to the extended nature of the drought studied. Acknowledgments.-We would...

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Magazine Articles on: drought food supply

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Drought - a Looming Tragedy: A Very Serious Food Shortage, Largely the Result of Drought and Poor Harvests, Is Threatening Millions in Southern Africa

Magazine article by Stephen Williams; African Business, July 2002

Subjects:

Africa, Droughts--Africa, Famines--Africa, Food supply--Africa, Natural disasters

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Drought - a Looming Tragedy: A Very Serious Food Shortage, Largely the Result of Drought and Poor Harvests, Is...and an urgent need for food has also been declared...Swaziland which has been hit by drought. In South Africa, authorities...
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Malawi: Hunger Stalks the Land; the Drought Affecting the Southern African Region Is Wrecking Havoc in Malawi

Magazine article by Brian Ligomeka; New African, June 2002

Subjects:

Droughts--Malawi, Food--Supply and demand, Malawi--Natural resources, Starvation--Malawi

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...Hunger Stalks the Land; the Drought Affecting the Southern African...suddenly in the throes of a major food shortage crisis. The Malawi...February 2001, and severe drought from late 2001 till now. As...admit that the debilitating drought sweeping the whole region was...
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Biotechnology and Future Food Supply

Magazine article; The Futurist, Vol. 34, July 2000

Subjects:

Food industry--Forecasts, Food supply--Forecasts, International Food Policy Research Institute--Forecasts, Transgenic plants--Forecasts

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...Biotechnology and Future Food Supply Child malnutrition and...could brighten the global food scenario in coming decades...increase yields. Pest- and drought-resistant crop varieties...incomes, and reduce food prices among the poor...half their incomes on food, according to the IFPRI...genetically modified foods into the European marketplace...
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Village of the Dammed: The Town of Djenne in Mali, Home to the World's Largest Mud Building, Is Facing an Environmental Crisis. as Parts of Africa Recover from Some of the Worst Flooding Seen on the Continent for More Than a Decade, Djenne Is Grappling with the Inverse Problem: A Drought, Made Worse by an Upstream Dam. and the Crisis Is Even Threatening the Integrity of Its Architectural Icon

Magazine article by Ben Willis; Geographical, Vol. 80, March 2008

Subjects:

Djenne, Mali--Environmental aspects, Droughts--Influence, Droughts--Mali, Water supply--Environmental aspects, Water supply--Mali, Water-supply--Environmental aspects, Water-supply--Mali

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...with the Inverse Problem: A Drought, Made Worse by an Upstream...shortages, and successive droughts in Djenne are hitting him...hungry and are looking for food but dont know how to find...but now experiencing regular droughts. During the 1990s, the scheme...is reliant on a healthy supply of rice. The adobe mix used...
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Grains: Drought and Demand

Magazine article by Michael Mcfarlin; Futures, Vol. 39, November 2010

Subjects:

Agricultural production, Drought, Grain, International trade, Russia, Statistical data, Supply & demand

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Grains: Drought and Demand by Michael...such as constricting supply, other global weather...fundamentals, such as supply and demand, ultimately...same time as some tight supplies of milling quality wheat...is part of the world food demand story and that...and continued tight supply," says Randall Cleland...run and much tighter supplies later." Moving forward...

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Newspaper Articles on: drought food supply

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Narcotic Use, Drought Rob Babies of Food; Cash Crops Are King

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 13, 2008

Subjects:

Agricultural industry, Central nervous system agents, Droughts, Food, Infants

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Drought Rob Babies of Food; Cash Crops Are King...DAWA, Ethiopia - When drought and food shortages hit...Ethiopia is the result of drought in 294 districts of...interventions." The drought is exacerbated by rising...price rises by narrowing supply. "There is no shortage...he said. Recent droughts, however, have added...
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Africa's Human Catastrophe; High Food Prices Make the Effects of Drought Worse

Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), July 20, 2011

Subjects:

Droughts--Analysis, Droughts--Kenya, Food--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Human Catastrophe; High Food Prices Make the Effects of Drought Worse. THE severe drought parching east Africa has...harvests,a he said. Still, drought is only part of the story...demand and constrained supply has many experts warning...
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Loudoun Asks for Drought Subsidy; Farmers Face Short Supplies

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 6, 2007

Subjects:

Agricultural industry, Agricultural subsidies, Droughts, Farmers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Loudoun Asks for Drought Subsidy; Farmers Face Short Supplies. Byline: Arlo Wagner...thats getting into short supply." "You dont want animals dying for lack of food, and we dont expect...locally grown, organic foods. "A lot of value has...Rosenstrauch said of the drought conditions. If Mr...declares the county a drought disaster area, Loudoun...
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Ministers Join Forces to Tackle Global Food Supply Challenges

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 11, 2010

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Food supply, Soil Association

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Forces to Tackle Global Food Supply Challenges. Byline...the vulnerability of supplies in the UK. Molly Conisbee...find new ways to improve food supply across the country...2007 - have been hit by drought. It further warns there...
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GM Crops Hold Key to Our Future Food Supply, Says Benn

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 10, 2009

Subjects:

Agricultural industry--Methods, Food supply--Methods, Genetically modified crops--Methods

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Hold Key to Our Future Food Supply, Says Benn. Byline...Britain in a bid to prevent food shortages, a Cabinet...GM crops could be more drought-resistant and used with...went up and there was a drought in Australia, which had...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: drought food supply

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South Dakota

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...state, and in years of drought summer winds blow away...City, meatpacking and food processing are by far...were discouraged by droughts, conflicts with the...South Dakota partly to supply food for the miners. Settlement...to market. Recurrent droughts added to the difficulties...
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Nebraska

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Nebraskas largest industry is food processing, notably...pack animals as well as food. Nebraska became a territory...and by the recurrent droughts of the 1890s. Many farmers...the desperate years of drought in the 1930s. Better weather and the huge food demands of World War...best use of the water supply, notably in such federal...
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Adaptation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...plants are adapted for securing their food and for surviving the extremes of temperature and of water supply in desert, tropical, and polar regions...ocean depths. Cacti can survive heat and drought. Certain fish and other aquatic animals...
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Hibernation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cannot be maintained and food is scarce. Hibernating...carry them over until food is again obtainable...of escape from heat and drought. Other methods of avoiding...decreases in the water supply are encystment and ensuing...and squirrels, store food against scarcity and spend...
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Texas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...fields. The inland pines still supply a lumbering industry; Huntsville...milling, and cotton- and food-processing capabilities have...chemical products, petroleum, food and food products, transportation...irrigation, and enhanced power supply have been undertaken in Texas...

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