Prolonged Mideast war could trigger global agriculture crisis — The Telegraph

An extension of the war by a month or longer could lead to unprecedented consequences for the global agricultural sector, The Telegraph has warned.

According to the report, U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran have disrupted supplies of key fertilisers, including urea, ammonia, and sulfur, for 27 “critically important” days.

The crisis has coincided with the start of the spring planting season in the Northern Hemisphere and the winter planting season in Australia.

Abdolreza Abbassian, the former head of commodities at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, said the markets did not yet seem to grasp the full gravity of what was already in the pipeline.

“It will be bad enough even if the Strait of Hormuz is reopened tomorrow but if the war goes on for another month or more, it is going to be a really horrifying crisis unlike anything any of us have ever seen before,” he said.