Climate & Health: The WMO warns wildfire smoke and heatwave-driven ozone are worsening air quality and health risks worldwide, tightening the link between climate and clean-air policy. Air Pollution Policy: Kuwait’s Earth Sciences Society calls for coordinated action to cut dust and sandstorm impacts on air quality and public health. Nigeria Emissions Crackdown: Nigeria moves to tighten vehicle and generator emissions rules as pollution threatens health, ecosystems, and farming livelihoods. Farm Economics & Markets: Corn prices are rising into harvest in the US, but analysts say higher energy and input costs are still squeezing profits. Biofertilizer Breakthrough: Researchers report a soil bacterium genome that can boost growth and unlock nutrients, pointing to lower fertilizer dependence. Agritech Skills: Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire launch a digital farming school with funded training for agritech developers, aiming to solve practical farm problems. Farm Power & Resilience: A new push to let farmers scale up solar could help offset fuel and fertilizer shocks, boosting energy self-reliance. Food System Power: A South Africa op-ed argues hunger persists not from scarcity but from concentrated “gateways” that shape prices and access. Harvest & Rural Culture: Provence’s lavender/lavandin harvest highlights a major essential-oil supply chain, while UT’s Ag Day expands with more family programming.