The United Nations urged countries not to limit shipments of energy and fertilizers as the conflict in the Middle East deepens, warning that such restrictions in the past have exacerbated spikes in global food prices.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said farm inputs must start flowing through the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as possible” to avoid a worsening of the current situation. It called on all countries to take actions, including to “closely ponder” biofuel mandates and “avoid export restrictions” on energy and fertilizers.
“We are in an input crisis; we don’t want to make it a catastrophe,” ...