DNI 2025 Threat Assessment Adds Agricultural Metrics to Core Mandate After Verified Famines in Gaza and Sudan

US intelligence collection priorities shifted without formal directive as 266 million people reached IPC acute food insecurity levels and two regions entered Phase 5 famine verification. Analysts at Langley and Fort Meade began tracking nitrogen and phosphorus shipments alongside traditional target sets because price spikes above 75 percent of pre-2022 baselines correlated with documented state fragility events in prior cycles. The assessment explicitly models migration volumes and weapons dispersal risks from food system collapse rather than treating them as secondary humanitarian effects.