AI6YR BenThe Guardian: ‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock
Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain
"...Between a quarter and a third of the global trade in the raw materials for fertiliser passes through the strait, as well as a fifth of seaborne crude oil and gas.
The de facto closure of the strait is affecting the transport of ammonia and nitrogen, which are key ingredients in many synthetic fertiliser products...."
Jim Hubbell