Failure to activate Hormuz fertilizer plan could trigger food crisis, UN official says
BANGKOK, Oct 14 - A failure by the United States and Iran to agree within weeks on a UN-backed plan for moving fertilizer through the Strait of Hormuz could cause a food security crisis in parts of Asia and Africa, an official overseeing the proposed scheme said on Wednesday.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same UN official's warning about the stalled Hormuz fertiliser plan and its food security risk, with no conflicting facts.
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