1.   Arable land on some islands in the Palau archipelago has been contaminated by sea water, forcing their inhabitants to import food.

2.   At these allocations the home country exports manufactures and imports food.

3.   It defies logic to import food that we can grow more easily and cheaply here.

4.   Countries with already unhealthy balance-of-payment gaps are having to import more food.

5.   Cuba must import food yet again, because farm reform has been halfhearted.

6.   He is wary of assassination attempts, moving at night, sleeping at different residences, and even having his food imported from Europe to avoid poisoning attempts.

7.   In any event, North Korea should be exporting mineral products and manufactures and importing food, not trying to achieve self-sufficiency.

8.   It is an unusual predicament for a fertile country that has in past years often recorded surpluses and readily imported food when harvests fell short.

9.   President B.J. Habibie has called on his citizens to fast twice a week to lessen the need to import food.

10.   That revival would allow North Korea to earn hard currency to import food.