Sentence examples for during lean months from inspiring English sources

Net income, return on investment (ROI) and payback period were all positive during peak months, but negative values were obtained during lean months.

By Bob Coen A programme in the Niger provided cash to vulnerable families to ensure children would be fed during lean months.

During lean months when the food that you grew begins to run out, you may have skip lunch.

Seasonality teaches us patience and restraint during the lean months and educates our palates about what proper fruit tastes like during times of harvest.

Traditionally, during the lean months before their harvest, Niger's farmers import cereals that are cheaper to grow in wetter, coastal neighbouring countries than in their own country.

At least when we are football starved during the lean months of the summer, we have entertainment such as this to keep us occupied.

Anyone pursuing a writing life needs the company of this kind of tribe to keep going during the lean months, months that sometimes turn into years.

"But it is particularly difficult during these lean months".

In addition, WFPs growing in home gardens are particularly important for local families when their availability decreases in other ecosystems of the farming landscape (e.g., rice fields), which certainly occurs during the lean months corresponding to the dry season (Cruz-Garcia and Price 2014a).

In lean months, some resort to eating rats.

Other strategies helped Gingrich survive the lean months of his campaign.