food supply

collocation in English

meaningsoffoodandsupply

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food
noun[C or U]
uk
/fuːd/
us
/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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supply
noun
uk
/səˈplaɪ/
us
/səˈplaɪ/
an amount of something that is available ...
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(Definition offoodandsupplyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Adaptation to increasing elevation appears, therefore, to be species-based, with a complex of factors-humidity, temperature, rainfall andfoodsupply- determining growth rates and body size.
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Geographical variation in the timing of improvedfoodsupplymay therefore explain variation in such conditions today.
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Environmental conditions (foodsupplyand temperature, both immediate and during development) explained more variation in ballooning latency than did family lineage (genotype).
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Recent examples of the organic movement's resistance against genetically engineered food29 point to a still critical position to the established agribusiness andfoodsupplysystems.
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However, until the goal of a consistently saferfoodsupplyis reached, the risk for sporadic salmonellosis from food will continue.
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They concluded that large-scale conversion to organic agriculture would not severely diminish either the globalfoodsupplyor food security in developing regions.
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Consumers and wage laborers may lose wherefoodsupplyis inelastic and programs reduce labor demand.
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With the average yield ratios, we modeled the globalfoodsupplythat could be grown organically on the current agricultural land base.
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Thefoodsupplywas particularly bad, sparking off further unrest.
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Unsurprisingly, prosecutions for poaching plummeted precisely in areas of the country where the late nineteenth-century revolution infoodsupplyand diet was most evident.
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Here, we evaluate the potential contribution of organic agriculture to the globalfoodsupply.
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As long as thefoodsupplycontinues to be contaminated, personal hygiene and safe food-preparation techniques will a cornerstone for preventing infections.
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Farm-level adaptation is pivotal in translating climatic challenges and agricultural response into changes in production, prices,foodsupply, and welfare.
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It is not relevant to nitrogen, which is the main element limiting worldfoodsupply.
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Farm and laboratory animals are reared in a stable, controlled environment with abundant and guaranteedfoodsupply.
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But the same increase would double thefoodsupplyfor a xylem-feeding insect.
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Conversely, fewer of the biennials/perennials (47% versus 67% of annuals) are used in the humanfoodsupply.
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Understanding alternative food networks: exploring the role of shortfoodsupplychains in rural development.
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And they cannot free ride on positive externalities generated by a generally safefoodsupplyin the respective market.
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This may be a result of three factors all related tofoodsupply.
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