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

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.

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,…