Hormuz closure could trigger global food price crisis within a year, UN agency warns

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, calling the disruption “the beginning of a systemic agrifood shock,” Anadolu reports. The Rome-based agency said the disruption is no longer only a shipping or energy-market problem, warning that the shock is moving through global agrifood systems in stages. “The shock is unfolding in stages: energy, fertiliser, seeds, lower yields, commodity price increases, then food inflation,” the FAO said in a podcast titled Policy Recommendations to Prevent a Global Food Crisis | Hormuz Crisis 2026, published Wednesday. The FAO said the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed since Feb. […]