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The government's programme to grow cash crops for export is a double-edged sword because it has created a local food shortage.
Schools nationwide are experiencing a shortage of teachers.
There's a shortage of cheap accommodation .
The government admitted that there was a petrol shortage, but warned people against panic buying.
Given the continual shortages of funds to meet its budget the government is unlikely to consider a halt to logging.
The magazine also predicted that closures would accelerate, possibly leading to a shortage of supply if the transition period was too short.
Overall, however, there was no shortage of resources; the main anxiety for the project team related to time and the pressure to deliver successful outcomes.
The shortage of both labor and development capital restricted families to exploiting their land extensively by woodcutting, or through specialized farming, as in market gardens.
If one factory did not pollute the water, downstream factories could use the same water and there would be no shortage.
Over time, the lack of fertiliser impacted with increasing severity on the yields of plantations already suffering from the effects of fuel shortages.
However, occurrence of outbreaks and periods of staff shortage meant that collaborators found it difficult always to follow this regime.
However, occurrence of outbreaks and periods of staff shortages meant that collaborators found it difficult to always follow this regime.
As in 1822, severe weather during the previous autumn had destroyed crops and resulted in food shortages during the early part of the year.
In his view, however, straitened circumstances and food shortage, whether actual or feared, could not justify contraceptive use.
The country's dependence on imported merchandise made it vulnerable to supply disruptions, with shortages creating opportunities for ' profiteering ' by those with access to scarce goods.
At home there were food, fuel and monetary shortages.
At times of grain shortage, guards were often sent to the boundaries to prevent grain movements.
Virtually all people in the research area are well aware of the general shortage of arable land and the competition over it.
In a full conversion to organic farming, they predict shortages in the meat supply if meat consumption continues to remain high.
