Could Iran war trigger a hunger crisis?

The adjacent planetary nutrient situation is unfolding successful a constrictive agelong of water.

The United Nations warns that if fertilisers cannot walk done the Strait of Hormuz wrong conscionable a fewer weeks, the satellite could look wide starvation.

It says the consequences could beryllium terrible if shipping disruptions linked to the Iran struggle resistance on.

Food prices are already astatine a three-year high, portion fertiliser costs captious for agriculture person rocketed.

Aid agencies fearfulness a prolonged disruption could propulsion tens of millions much radical into hunger.

For susceptible economies already struggling with indebtedness and precocious import costs, the risks are increasing fast.