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Not just energy: How the Iran war could trigger a global food crisis
The crisis of a fertiliser shortage threatens global food security amid Iran war.
Iran war hits US farmers: Disruptions to fertiliser supply impact producers
Amid the ongoing war in Iran, the soaring price of oil since shipping was disrupted through the Strait of Hormuz has caused great alarm.
On March 2, Ebrahim Jabari, a senior adviser to the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), announced that the Strait of Hormuz – through which 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas is transported – was “closed”, a move that sent oil prices soaring higher than $100 per barrel.
But experts say a parallel crisis is looming – a considerable threat to global food security, caused by a looming shortage of fertiliser, essential for food production.
Iran war has U.S. farmers worried about the cost and availability of fertilizer
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Tennessee farmer Todd Littleton expects to pay $100,000 more for fertilizer this season, a 40% spike from his bill last year thanks to the war in Iran — and he is scrambling to cover that extra cost.
"The problem is, is we're so strained financially coming into this issue," said Littleton, a third-generation farmer from Gibson County in the state's northwest corner. "We have had a couple of record losses the last couple years, so everyone's kind of grabbing at straws anyway, and then to have input prices increase yet again, it just really couldn't happen at a worse time."
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