Climate & Water Stress: In the Philippines, the National Irrigation Administration ordered Ifugao irrigators to stick to rationing and cropping calendars under the Hapid Irrigation System as El Niño-linked dryness leaves about 126 hectares vulnerable. Disaster Impacts: Super Typhoon Inday and heavy monsoon rains have driven agriculture losses in BARMM to nearly P885 million, with palay, corn and coconut among the worst-hit crops. Food Trade & Value-Added Exports: India’s APEDA helped ship the first 24 tonnes of frozen French fries from Uttarakhand to Iraq, aiming to expand processed ag exports from a landlocked state. Fertiliser Policy: India’s Cabinet approved the National Investment Policy for Urea-2026 to boost gas-based urea production and move toward self-sufficiency. Input Costs & Risk: A U.S.-Iran escalation is again raising food-security fears by disrupting fertiliser supply chains and worsening humanitarian pressure in vulnerable countries. Supply Chains: Southern Africa procurement leaders say global disruption anxiety is easing slightly, but geopolitical and cyber risks remain high. Agri-Industry & Innovation: Australia’s “green-on-green” weed detection and spot-spraying tech is gaining momentum as regulators and labels adapt. Food Safety: Taylor Farms said the FDA apologized after cyclospora testing on lettuce was a false positive, following a U.S. recall response. Rural Infrastructure: Kenya’s Embu tea and dairy farmers are set to benefit from a Sh2.2bn road upgrade to cut transport delays and post-harvest losses.