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UN agency warns Hormuz shipping disruption starting to hit harvests
Fleur Hargreaves · Middle East Eye
Published 16 Oct 2026, 4:53 am·1 h ago·1 min read
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UN agency warns Hormuz shipping disruption starting to hit harvests Disruption to fuel and fertiliser shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is beginning to impact agricultural harvests, the head of a United Nations rural development agency warned on Thursday. “The pass-through from the initial locking down of the Strait of Hormuz … is now starting to be seen,” International Fund for Agricultural Development President Alvaro Lario told Reuters. Hormuz-related disruptions to fertiliser shipments and higher fuel and transport costs, compounded by El Nino and disruptions to Black Sea wheat…
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