How the Iran war threatens global food supply

A farmer sprinkles fertilizer over crops at a rice field on the outskirts of Amritsar on July 23, 2024.

About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply.

(Image credit: Narinder Nanu/AFP)