Friday, May 01, 2026

Opening Hormuz 'not a humanitarian gesture': Essential to keeping global food system operating

Issued on: 01/05/2026 - FRANCE24

Amid geopolitical volatility and economic fragility, François Picard is pleased to welcome John W.H. Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce. Denton is warning that "the Strait of Hormuz is about much more than oil and gas": we are drifting towards a food security crisis of global proportions. While headlines fixate on oil and conflict, Denton insists that "the sharpest issue at the moment is actually the deterioration of access to fertiliser", a development he links directly to "cataclysmic risk" for global food systems.

Video by: François PICARD

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