Food security experts tell UK parliament food price rises now inevitable as energy costs soar

The Strait of Hormuz has been used as geopolitical bargaining chip since early on in the Iran war, upending global trade of vital resources.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not a temporary disruption but the start of a systemic shock to global food prices, the U.N. food agency said Wednesday.

Food security experts tell UK parliament food price rises now inevitable as energy costs soar

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a severe global food price crisis within six to 12 months, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned on Wednesday,…

The FAO warns a sustained Strait of Hormuz closure could spike fertilizer costs, trigger food inflation, and push 45 million more people into hunger.

The FAO has warned that the window is narrowing with every passing week of the planting season that passes without fertilizer reaching the fields that need it at this critical hour