Global Food Prices Hit Three-Year High Amid War and El Niño Risks

The UN FAO Food Price Index rose to a three-year high in July, driven by wheat, corn and vegetable oil price surges as the Russia-Ukraine war disrupts Black Sea shipping and Strait of Hormuz tensions raise energy and fertiliser costs. Analysts warn a strengthening El Niño could further damage harvests in major growing regions, with food inflation expected to remain structurally elevated for years. The convergence of regional war, trade-route disruption and climate volatility illustrates how conflict and environmental strain can compound to threaten food security, a pattern of hardship consistent with the kind of global distress Scripture associates with the approach of the end of the age.