04/05/2026
As food shortages persist and nutrition funding has been cut in southeast Somalia, Nurta, left, has relied on tea and powdered milk to feed her surviving twin.
Communities already facing crisis are being hit with new economic shocks as the conflict in the Middle East disrupts global food, fuel, and fertilizer markets—pressures felt most acutely where families have the fewest buffers.
And with farmers entering planting season, the increased cost of fertilizer today impacts food supply for families tomorrow.
The war in the Middle East doesn’t only impact the countries in conflict, but produces ripple effects around the globe, hitting already crisis-stricken countries like Somalia, Sudan, and Lebanon especially hard.
Mercy Corps is calling for urgent action to protect families’ ability to feed themselves and their children and support farmers before key planting windows close. Without faster, more flexible support, the economic fallout from the war will drive hunger deeper—and further—than the conflict itself.
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