{"id":2265,"date":"2026-06-10T04:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2026-06-10T04:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:11:20","slug":"iran-war-ripple-effects-are-increasing-risks-of-acute-hunger-for-millions-world-food-program-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2265","title":{"rendered":"Iran war ripple effects are increasing risks of acute hunger for millions, World Food Program chief says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<button><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Summary<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<span><svg><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><svg><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The Iran war and closure of the Strait of Hormuz are driving millions more toward acute hunger, World Food Program officials say.<\/li>\n<li>Fuel costs have surged and food prices have risen globally while critical fertilizer supplies to countries like Sudan remain blocked.<\/li>\n<li>US funding for the World Food Program has dropped from more than $4 billion in 2024 to around $731 million this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Ripple effects from the war in Iran are threatening millions more of the most vulnerable people with crisis levels of hunger or worse, World Food Program (WFP) acting Executive Director Carl Skau told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2263\">Grand juror called DOJ\u2019s controversial Chicago protest indictment \u2018a crock\u2019 before it was approved, transcript shows<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has driven up the cost of fuel exponentially, making the organization\u2019s operations far more costly. The escalating fuel costs have also driven up the price of food around the world. And critically needed supplies of fertilizer from the Gulf to plant crops in places like Sudan have been stymied by the snarling of the critical waterway.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It is a devastating mix for an organization that was already having to make unimaginable choices due to significant cuts in funding.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIn many places, we\u2019re already taking from the hungry to give to the starving,\u201d Skau said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The WFP relies on donations from governments and has seen an immense drop in funding across the board, including from its top donor, the United States. As of Monday, the US\u2019s 2026 contribution was around $731 million. In 2024, it was more than $4 billion.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Skau explained that in the world\u2019s poorest countries, \u201cwhen the price of food goes up 20-30%, well, they eat 20-30% less.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In March, the humanitarian organization warned that 45 million more people will face acute hunger by July if the price of oil remains above $100 a barrel. Now, Skau said they have begun seeing the impact on the ground in places like Sri Lanka, Somalia and Afghanistan.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Even if the Strait of Hormuz were to reopen tomorrow, Skau said, the impact would continue to be felt longer-term.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s going to take time to recover,\u201d he told CNN in a recent interview in Washington, DC.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe hope this conflict goes away, and that the strait opens tomorrow. But I think it\u2019s clear that we need rich countries to step up and try to mitigate the hit on the most vulnerable from this crisis,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The cuts in funding have impacted the organization\u2019s ability to serve the most in need. Unlike in past crises, like the war in Ukraine or the Covid pandemic, Skau said there has not been an increase in contributions.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2259\">Iron Age woman likely had her brains scooped out before burial, study suggests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cLast year, it was a 40% drop in funding year on year,\u201d said Skau, a former Swedish diplomat, who became acting head of the organization last week following Cindy McCain\u2019s departure. He has served as chief operating officer of the WFP since May 2023.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Even before the Iran war began, the organization was faced with mounting needs around the world. Sudan has 20 million people who are food insecure; hundreds of thousands have been displaced in Lebanon; in Ukraine, there have been more than 20 incidents over the last two years impacting WFP distribution points, warehouses, vehicles or the assets and vehicles of partners. A missile strike hit a WFP warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine, in late May.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The rising costs and cuts in funding have only compounded those challenges. Skau described a part of South Sudan that is facing famine, but can only be reached by air, which is very expensive.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIf we continue that air bridge, it burns a lot of resources, to the point we can\u2019t address\u201d other parts of the country facing emergency food insecurity, he said. \u201cThose kinds of choices we haven\u2019t really faced before.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            During a recent visit to Afghanistan, Skau said colleagues on the ground were trying to figure out the metrics of who the WFP would be able to help.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe don\u2019t have resources to help all the women-headed households with children in this province. So, what do we do? Do we say, \u2018Okay, women-headed households with more than five children?\u2019 Well, that means that those with four are not getting assistance, we know that that\u2019s going to have massive impacts on them,\u201d he described. \u201cThat\u2019s the kind of conversations we\u2019re having in terms of the cuts and the impact.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The US government remains the largest donor to the WFP, but under the Trump administration, funding for humanitarian aid, including to the WFP, has dropped.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Skau told CNN that the WFP is \u201cthankful\u201d for the US contribution, but \u201cwe always want to push the envelope.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe will also have a conversation around what they can do to push others to do more,\u201d he said. He noted that it is in the US interest to fight global hunger, because a \u201chungry world is an unstable world.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI think there is agreement and consensus among Americans and beyond that children should not go to bed hungry. Children should not starve,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2253\">Trump family promotes coins commemorating White House UFC fight<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple effects from the war in Iran are threatening millions more of the most vulnerable people with crisis levels of hunger or worse, World Food Program (WFP) acting Executive Director Carl Skau told CNN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran war ripple effects are increasing risks of acute hunger for millions, World Food Program chief says - 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