Electricity is scarce, farming is the only occupation, and the government school ends at fifth grade.
Because water is still scarce, farming techniques have not changed much in present-day New Mexico, and irrigated farming remains the most important form of agriculture.
As land becomes scarce, intensive farming practices need to be combined with approaches that protect natural resources from unsustainable exploitation.
Ha Tinh and Thua Thien Hue provinces (located in the Central Coast region) are characterized by small-scale agricultural production and scarce non-farm job opportunities, making migrants stay longer in the cities to earn money (UNFPA 2010).
Otherwise, local musicians are scarce on the Farm Aid lineup.
One reason why water is so scarce is because farming wastes so much.
Resources for crop production are often scarce in smallholder farming systems in the tropics, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Spare land is scarce, but urban farming - on rooftops, footpaths and vacant lots - is slowly taking root.
The year was 1992, and jobs were scarce in this farming town in the shadow of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Nevertheless, organic fertilizers are scarce resources in most farming households of Ethiopia where farmyard manure and crop residues are used as energy source to cook food.
