Hormuz Crisis and China Curbs Threaten Global Food Supply, Impacting Malaysia's Vegetables
A potential blockade of fertiliser shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and China's fertilizer curbs would severely disrupt the world's food supply, necessitating a humanitarian carve-out for such shipments in any ceasefire negotiations, with the crisis now also impacting perishable goods, threatening worsening food scarcity in the Global South, and specifically rattling Malaysia's vegetable supply.
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Hormuz fertiliser block will upend world’s food supply
Any ceasefire negotiations must include a humanitarian carve-out for such shipments
Read full article →Global South to bear the brunt of Strait of Hormuz crisis amid worsening food scarcity
The deepening Strait of Hormuz crisis amid the war in the Middle East is choking the critical flow of not just oil but also fertilisers and perishable goods, and the Global South may face worsening food scarcity, warned the chief of a leading international business organisation. “We’re seeing the impact play out on fertilisers. A lot of people are not fully aware of the importance of the trade, particularly the shipment [of fertilisers] through the Strait of Hormuz and access,” John Denton,...
By Frank Chen
Read full article →Explainer: How the Middle East conflict and China fertiliser curbs are rattling Malaysia’s vegetable supply
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Malaysia’s vegetable industry, a critical hub for domestic and regional food securi...
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
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