Mr.Czudek says the loss of a maize crop can mean the loss of a family's food supply for a year.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

At Jordan Catholic School in Rock Island,Illinois, students set up a money supply for Haiti.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

This Friday, officials from FAO member countries will meet in Rome to discuss current supply and demand for grains and rice.

VOA: special.2010.09.21

There are rules for companies that supply utilities like electricity and water to let competitors use their wires or pipes.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

NASA was worried that the extra water could destroy the power supply needed for the spacecraft's return to Earth.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

And in other economic news, a report by the Institute for Supply Management said its non-manufacturing index shrank by less than expected.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

It had a factory that made guns for the army and a supply center of valuable military equipment.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

But the report says the risk extends to all kinds of industries with long supply chains for the goods used in their products.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

They had a good water supply in Frijoles Creek and fertile land for growing crops.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

By eighteen-sixty-two, the trail was the main supply line for Union forces in the Southwest.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Still,the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund says the effects of the world economic crisis will hurt both supply and demand for years to come.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

When a baby's head is stuck in the birth canal for an extended period of time, it cuts off the blood supply to the woman's surrounding organs.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

In many places, much of the freshwater supply is used for irrigation.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

Jackson was the supply base for the Confederate army defending Vicksburg.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

His parents needed 10 cows to supply milk for his meals.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

The battle secured control of the supply line for Union forces.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

He organized supply flights,for example,to affected areas.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

The Institute for Supply Management's service index registered 46.4 percent in July, down from 47 percent in June.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

"Reducing salt in the food supply needs to be a gradual process for a couple of reasons."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

The French-run PT Palyja, one of two private companies that control Jakarta's water supply, provides only a communal tank for the local residents to use.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Patients undergoing long-term elective surgeries are advised to donate their own blood, a practice Dr.Mwanda says accounts for a significant percentage of the hospital's surgery blood supply.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

Repeated attempts to allow the species to recover have failed under the pressure to supply a market willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a single fish.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The International Energy Agency, an intergovernmental energy advisor, has projected an almost in conventional oil production by 2020 and the potential for a serious gap between supply and demand by 2015.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20