food shortage

基本解释

As was said above, it is ironic that these reserves cannot be of much help in a widespread food shortage situation.
正如上述所述，极具讽刺意味的是，这些储备，在一个普遍的粮食短缺情况并不能起到非常大的作用。
However, with drought and a food shortage, people began consuming the rice as well as the fish and thus, Sushi as we know it today was born.
然而，由于旱灾和食物短缺，人们在吃鱼的同时也开始连同把米饭都吃掉，于是，我们今天所熟知的寿司便诞生了。
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Not only are responders able to specify their geographic area of interest, but they can also select the type of alert (e.g., collapsed building, food shortage, looting, etc.) they want to receive.
急救员不仅能够定制他们感兴趣的地理区域，而且能够选择他们想接收的提醒类型（例如，坍塌楼房，粮食短缺，抢劫等等）。

Researchers say villages where farmers planted trees did better than others during a drought and food shortage in two thousand five.
It also works with the World Food Organization and the Pan American Development Foundation to help Haitians,especially after the food shortage riots last year.
Britain's Royal Society has released a report looking at how science and technology can be used to fight a food shortage it says is expected to hit the globe by 2050.

Facts about North Korea's food shortage are hard to come by in this secretive place.
ECONOMIST: Something on the table in North Korea