Mary Trump - The Catastrophe Beneath the Surface
This may seem counterintuitive, but the most dangerous consequence of Donald’s illegal and unconstitutional war of choice against Iran is not oil. It is food.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not just disrupting energy markets. It is disrupting fertilizer flows that determine future harvests. That disruption is setting the stage for a delayed but potentially catastrophic global food shortage. The Strait’s closure is now threatening the planting season for farmers across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North America. Those farmers are going to produce less food as a result, and that food scarcity is going to drive prices up globally. The people who will feel it first and be hit the hardest are the people who are already struggling to survive.
About one third of the global fertilizer supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz. The Food and Agriculture Organization has warned of a potential global food catastrophe, while the World Bank has warned that food insecurity could rise by 20 percent. The World Food Programme estimates that up to 45 million more people could face acute food insecurity. Global food insecurity already affects about 300 million people. Save the Children has warned that the impact of this crisis may exceed the 2022 Ukraine food crisis.
Seventy percent of U.S. farmers are already reporting that fertilizer costs are unaffordable. Fertilizer shortages do not just affect current supply. They affect planting cycles well into the future.
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