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

Food chains need fertiliser supply restored within weeks to avoid catastrophe, UK Foreign Secretary to say

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

*Urges govts, World Bank, IMF, others to help countries cope with current situation

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.

ll blocco dello Stretto di Hormuz dovuto alla guerra in Medio Oriente non è una semplice crisi dei sistemi di trasporto e di scambi commerciali: è il possibile inizio di uno shock…

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

El índice de precios de los alimentos de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura aumentó por tercer mes consecutivo, mientras la agencia…

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,…

UN FAO cautions that a Hormuz shutdown and El Niño could disrupt fertiliser supplies, slash crop yields and fuel global food inflation in 6–12 months

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

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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz since March 4, 2026, has disrupted global oil flows, with IEA chief Fatih Birol warning of worsening market conditions.

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