"FAO": The Strait of Hormuz crisis threatens to raise global food prices

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization "FAO" If shipping via The Middle East is no longer a regional issue with limited impact, but has become a widespread threat that may push tens of millions around the world into poverty in about 162 countries.

The program explained, in a statement today, that the repercussions are not limited to countries directly involved in the conflict or dependent on energy imports, but rather extend deeply to fragile economies far from the battlefields, as the effects of the crisis gradually transform from an acute shock to an ongoing state as it enters its sixth week despite the announcement of a ceasefire. Fire.

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