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A looming global food crisis is brewing, hitting the world’s poorest nations hardest as a perfect storm of rising fuel and fertilizer costs, disrupted trade routes, and worsening climate conditions threatens major wheat supplies. Australia, caught between soaring fuel prices and an incoming El Niño, sees its wheat planting at a six-year low, while conflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Europe choke vital supply chains. Droughts and fires deter planting, and imported fertilizers become more expensive. Ukraine’s war has crippled diesel shipments critical for farming, while droughts block key river routes for grain exports. The U.S. faces its worst wheat harvest in decades due to severe drought, and trade disputes force vulnerable countries to pay inflated prices — risking further instability in already fragile economies.

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