There is increasing scarcity of land for cropping.

This was caused by a rise in population coupled with increasing scarcity of land and water.

Images of Scarcity

Land scarcity, high population growth rates and a young population posed further challenges to socio economic development.

The Kalahari Desert in the east and north is characterised by thick layers of the terrestrial land and limestone and scarcity rainfall.

Because of a scarcity of land, we are using the sacks to grow vegetables, and also we're able to save on the cost of living.

Long standing issues relating to land property, land scarcity, and the lack of economic alternatives to agricultural activities are important bottlenecks in the economic reinsertion of returning refugees, the majority of whom are of rural origin.

Landfilling, the most widely practiced disposal method in these countries, is becoming increasingly costly due to land scarcity and rising transportation costs.

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 of appropriate skills is another factor constraining firms.

And economics is very interested in scarcity.

It is abundance, as opposed to scarcity.

13. Pollution also contributes to water scarcity.

Traditional limitations, such as administrative weaknesses, scarcity of land, lack of access to credit and lack of advice on how to market their products, prevent them from achieving more effective and sustained development.

Will it be born into a world of abundance or scarcity?

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

38. A scarcity of funds remained an urgent problem for UNITAR.

As a durable solution to refugee problems, local settlement schemes in countries of asylum have encountered increased constraints, such as limitations in issuing work permits and scarcity of agricultural land, to name only two.

Indiscriminate cutting of trees to obtain fuel, mostly in the cities thus provoking deforestation of thousands of hectares of land, leads to scarcity of fuel forcing women to travel long distances looking for this source of energy.

22.9 As a durable solution to refugee problems, local settlement schemes in countries of asylum have encountered increased constraints, such as limitations in issuing work permits and scarcity of agricultural land, to name only two.

Irrigation systems throughout Iraq have been rendered useless as a result of the reduction in capacity of pumping stations and the scarcity of the machines and heavy equipment necessary to carry out irrigation projects and reclaim land.

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

The worst problem confronting those groups was the scarcity of medicines and food.

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

The increased scarcity of common resources, as well as the erosion of biogenetic diversity and degradation of land, water and other public goods,19 affect the productivity and economic viability of women's work, both in farm and non farm activities.

11. With rapid urbanization, many cities are also facing water scarcity.

That scarcity led to a crisis in January of this year at the University of Johannesburg.

The scarcity of wage data disaggregated by sex makes a thorough assessment of gender gaps difficult.

Land scarcity (where 40 per cent of the population living in the Gaza Strip live on 6 per cent of the land), a high population growth rate of at least 3.4 per cent and a young population (of which 45.8 per cent are under 15 years old) pose further challenges to social and economic development efforts.63

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.

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.

In many countries there is a scarcity of specific data pertaining to the housing conditions of indigenous peoples.

They also emphasized the problem of the scarcity of equipment, particularly railway rolling stock and cargo handling equipment.

Considering the scarcity of resources, investments in these strategic industries are thus preferable because they provide externalities.

In this regard, the Committee notes the scarcity of court decisions in which the Covenant has been invoked.

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

Because of food scarcity, the women make great sacrifices on behalf of their children who are in very precarious health.

In view of the scarcity of resources, it was essential to draw on the experience of existing social and cultural organizations.

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

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

In many communities, scarcity of fresh water is a major concern which can be greatly exacerbated by tourism development.

Nevertheless, the earmarking system and the scarcity of financial resources make relatively small projects the norm under the Fund.

This pink gold forms the heart of the Antarctic marine food web, and land based krill predators, such as penguins and seals, are most vulnerable to krill scarcity. Scientists have found that demand for krill has begun to exceed supply in some areas of the Southwest Atlantic.