Agri-innovation for resilience: India’s TERI students won a Rajasthan Green Innovation Challenge for a “climate tower” using azolla pools and passive solar design to cut air pollution and tackle wastewater and degraded land. Climate-smart farming in action: Kenya’s Makueni farmers are boosting dryland yields with ripping, zai pits, mulching, crop diversification and weather advisories after past relief-food failures. Irrigation upgrades lift yields: Bangladesh’s Rangpur region is seeing higher paddy output after the EIR canal excavation programme reactivated canals, ponds and solar/electric pumps, adding irrigation for thousands of farmer families. Soil and water rules tighten: Ireland’s farm inspections flagged soiled water as a top non-compliance driver, while Teagasc urged farmers to use local soil and water knowledge to protect clean water and competitiveness. Agri waste-to-energy scales up: Rajasthan’s SAEL commissioned a 14.9 MW biomass plant using crop residues, pushing operational agri waste-to-energy capacity to 164.9 MW. Food security investment push: Qatar is exploring agrifood investment pathways with IFC to build more resilient food systems aligned to its 2030 strategy. Market and policy signals: South Africa’s agricultural trade surplus hit a record R25.5bn in Q1 2026, but AgriSA warns export growth is still constrained by issues like FMD. Farm economics on the ground: A South Dakota farmer says easing corn and soybean prices still left him wishing he’d locked in more new-crop sales earlier. Disaster support for ag-linked businesses: The US SBA reminded Arizona small businesses and small agricultural cooperatives of a July 10 deadline for low-interest disaster loans after the 2025 Gila County flooding.