Growing Fertilizer Shortage Risks Global Food Crisis

Growing fertilizer shortage risks global food crisis

The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz risks a global food crisis that could extend for years, the UN warned. Global fertilizer companies have slashed production over shortfalls of sulphur, required to make many farming inputs; about half of the global supply passed through the strait before the Iran war. As a result, farmers are likely to produce lower yields in coming harvests. Richer economies like those in Europe are mulling building f…

Hormuz Instability Could Trigger Global Agrifood Shock - The Food Institute

Instability at the Strait of Hormuz threatens a global agrifood shock that could reshape fertilizer access, freight costs, and production.

Time running out to avert global food security crisis, FAO warns

ROME – The actions taken now will be critical in determining whether the world can manage the shock caused by the disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz or face a far more serious food security crisis in the years to come, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, warned on Tuesday. Qu was addressing a special event on the crisis in the Middle East during Rome Nutrition Week. The meeting, organised by the gover…

FAO Warns Hormuz Crisis Risks 2027 Food Security Collapse

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/fao-warns-hormuz-crisis-risks-2027-food-security-collapse/The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that the world is facing a narrowing window to prevent the Strait of Hormuz crisis from evolving into a deep global food security emergency in 2026 and 2027, cautioning that the most damaging consequences of current supply disrup…

Middle East crisis: Time running out to avert global food security crisis

It is critical that even amidst supply shocks, we must protect the nutritional integrity of our agrifood systems