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Fertilizer shortages deepen across Africa and Asia after Hormuz disruption

Global agriculture is facing mounting pressure as fertilizer shortages spread across Africa and South Asia following weeks of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. Although Iran announced a temporary reopening of the key maritime route on April 17 under a short ceasefire, supply chains remain strained.......

Sulfur supply crisis deepens as China curbs acid exports

The war between the United States and Iran has triggered a widening disruption in global chemical supply chains, with sulfur emerging as a critical bottleneck across multiple industries. As the conflict enters its seventh week, repeated closures of the Strait of Hormuz have restricted access to one of......

World Bank warns Iran war could push 60 million into hunger

A potential escalation of conflict involving Iran could drive an additional 60 million people into acute food insecurity, according to World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill. The warning comes as global economic shocks from the conflict begin to ripple across energy, agriculture, and trade systems. Gill......

European farmers cut crops as Iran war disrupts fertilizer supply

Farmers across Europe are scaling back production as the war in Iran disrupts global energy and fertilizer supply chains, driving up costs during a critical planting season. Producers in Finland, Bulgaria, and across Ireland report mounting financial strain, with protests over fuel prices spreading as......

Super El Niño threat compounds Iran war risks to global food supply

The growing probability of a powerful El Niño event later this year is adding pressure to an already fragile global food system, as conflict in Iran continues to disrupt fertilizer supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. Economists and climate scientists warn that the combination of supply chain......

Fertilizer crisis forces South Asia's farmers into hard choices ahead of planting season

The war in Iran, now entering its second month, is fueling a worsening agricultural emergency across South Asia as disruptions to energy and fertilizer supply chains threaten food production in some of the world's most populous nations. Since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28,......

Russia earns $9 billion a month in oil windfall from the Iran war

One month into the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, Russia has emerged as one of the conflict's primary economic beneficiaries, collecting billions of dollars not only from surging oil prices but across a broad range of commodities including aluminum, fertilizers, and liquefied natural gas. The......

Hormuz shipping paralysis blocks a third of global fertilizer trade as food crisis deepens

Four weeks into the war between the United States, Israel and Iran, the near-total paralysis of the Strait of Hormuz has blocked one third of global seaborne fertilizer trade, triggering a price surge and prompting the United Nations to warn of a "systemic shock" to global food systems as planting......

FAO warns Iran war is triggering one of the fastest global food disruptions in years

The war in Iran, now entering its second month, is sending cascading economic shockwaves across Southeast Asia, where surging energy costs are rapidly translating into food insecurity and social unrest. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned Thursday that the conflict in the Persian......

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