{"id":338133,"date":"2026-05-21T03:55:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=338133"},"modified":"2026-05-21T03:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:25:25","slug":"severe-global-food-price-crisis-is-looming-inside-6-to-12-months-un-body-says-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/severe-global-food-price-crisis-is-looming-inside-6-to-12-months-un-body-says-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe global food price crisis is looming inside 6 to 12 months, UN body says &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-decrease\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-increase\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The UN\u2019s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning that as a consequence of the Strait of Hormuz closure, a severe global food price crisis is looming inside six to 12 months unless governments act quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The warning was made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tUYsXroGIns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a podcast hosted by the organization\u00a0<\/a>that focused on the present chokehold on global energy and the way fertilizer supplies are expanding through agrifood systems worldwide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"\u2026\">\u201cAfter three months, as expected, we begin to see food prices increase a bit [\u2026] and we&#8217;re going to see this trend continuing, and with just a few months of delay, we are going to begin to see food price inflation begin to kick in,\u201d said FAO director of the agrifood economics and policy division David Laborde.<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe answer we discuss [in the] short run, medium run and future is vital really to not need to cope with a severe food price crisis in six months or one 12 months from now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>FAO chief economist Maximo Torero also said within the podcast that governments must\u00a0\u201cstart seriously eager about the best way to increase the absorption capability of nations, the best way to increase their resilience to this choke, in order that we start to reduce the potential impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get every day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get every day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international food commodity prices,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/worldfoodsituation\/foodpricesindex\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rose for a 3rd consecutive month in April<\/a>, driven by high energy costs and disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said the shock will unfold in stages; 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