The conflict in the Middle East has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a critical failure point for global food security. Immediate and coordinated action is critical as the window to respond rapidly closes.
Category: Trade
The Trifecta of Threats to Food Security Behind the Strait of Hormuz Blockade
What’s unfolding is a compounding shock across three tightly linked systems: energy, fertilizers, and food.
The Food Trade Can’t Stop (Español)
In this difficult time, we should tighten health protocols in agro-industrial value chains but without curbing the mobility of food or key inputs. Otherwise, the consequences could be extremely serious.
Lockdown on the High Seas
Like grocery baggers and delivery men, seafarers are undervalued by society and governments. Their rights are negligible, even though they make it possible for the rest of society to function.
How to Stop a Looming Food Crisis
Trade restrictions are breaking supply chains, and coronavirus lockdowns are preventing laborers from working on farms. Countries need to step back and stop panicking.
First End Hunger to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
If we want to envision a world free of hunger and malnutrition, we need sustainable trade with clear rules. Incentives for agricultural producers must change, too.
Maximo Torero 