FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations warns that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could evolve from a shipping disruption into a major global food price crisis within the next six to 12 months. FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero said countries must urgently strengthen their resilience by improving their ability to absorb higher food, energy and transport costs. He called for coordinated action from governments, international financial institutions, the private sector and UN agencies before the situation worsens. RelatedNews Report warns Hormuz closure poses single greatest threat to global energy markets Iran establishes controlled maritime zone in the Strait of Hormuz var jnews_module_21373493_0_6a101a6b7c33c = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21373493","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2929,2647,493","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_t