# Hormuz shipping disruption is beginning to affect harvests, UN agency says

https://mins.news/en/item/101341

- Reuters, 2026-10-15 11:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hormuz-shipping-disruption-is-starting-hit-harvests-un-agency-says-2026-10-15/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ad0bcc4b7b1a600013ee0e1

> The head of a United Nations rural development agency said on Thursday that disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is already showing up in agricultural harvests, threatening lower farm yields and higher food prices.

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