COULD THE IRAN WAR POSE LASTING RISKS TO GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY?
In an interview on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story, Dr. Avinash Kishore, Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI, discussed how prolonged geopolitical conflict could have delayed but significant impacts on global agriculture and food security through rising energy prices and disruptions to fertilizer supply chains. Since fertilizers and fuel are critical inputs for agricultural production, sustained increases in their costs may lead farmers, particularly in developing countries, to reduce input use, potentially lowering yields and affecting food production in the next cropping cycle.
