The world is at risk of “sleepwalking” into a food crisis, Yvette Cooper has warned, with Iran’s three-month closure of the Strait of Hormuz continuing to strangle key supply chains for energy and fertiliser.
The foreign secretary made the comments at the Global Partnerships Conference in London, co-hosted by the UK and South Africa, which aims of building new partnerships and set out a “new approach to international development” following devastating cuts to foreign aid from the UK, US and elsewhere.
