Global food production is being threatened by an interruption of Fertiliser supply, according to the boss of one of the world's biggest Fertiliser producers. Fertiliser is something that farmers put on fields to help plants grow. The boss of Yara, a company which makes Fertiliser, says that this means the world will be able to produce 10 billion fewer meals a week and this will hit poorest countries hardest. The UN World Food Programme estimates that the Middle East conflict could cause 45 million additional people to experience severe hunger in 2026.
Let's have our first headline - 'Trade Zone - A Perfect Storm Rippling Across the World's Food Supply Chains'. And that headline again - 'Trade Zone - A Perfect Storm Rippling Across the World's Food Supply Chains'. And that's from the Business News section of the RBC Bank. Now, there's a couple of interesting pieces of vocabulary in this headline.
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