Iran war puts global food production at risk, says fertiliser boss

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  From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.

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  In this programme, Iran War puts global food production at risk, according to fertilizer boss.

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  I'm Neil.

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  And I'm Georgie.

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  In this programme, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

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  You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode

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  as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

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  So let's hear more about this story Global food production is being threatened by an interruption of fertilizer supply.

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  According to the boss of one of the world's biggest fertilizer producers,

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  fertilizer is something that farmers put on fields to help plants grow.

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  The boss of Yara, a company which makes fertilizer, says that this means the world will be able to produce

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  10 billion fewer meals a week and this will hit poorest countries hardest.

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  The UN World Food Program estimates that the Middle East conflict could cause 45 million

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  additional people to experience severe hunger in 2026. Let's have our first headline,

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  Trade Zone, a perfect storm rippling across the world's food supply chains.

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  And that headline again, Trade Zone, a perfect storm rippling across the world's food supply chains.

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  And that's from the business news section of the RBC Bank.

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  Now, there's a couple of interesting pieces of vocabulary in this headline.

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  We have a perfect storm that refers to a situation, usually negative,

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  which happens because of a combination of circumstances.

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