Flood Damage to Rice in Zambales: Heavy monsoon rains hit San Marcelino, Zambales, with initial ag losses pegged at P2.54M, including destroyed newly planted rice across 46 hectares and smaller damage to high-value crops, plus livestock and aquaculture impacts. Farmer Mental Health Training: Minnesota’s agriculture agency and partners are rolling out free QPR and COMET suicide-prevention workshops for people in farm communities this fall. Youth Startup Incubation in Kashmir: SKUAST-K, Mission YUVA and IIM Jammu signed a tripartite MoU to mentor and scale youth-led agri startups, with incubation support for selected ventures. Tilapia Export Roadmap in India: India’s fisheries department met tilapia farmers and exporters in Chhattisgarh to push production, processing and export cluster development under PMMSY. Food Security Payments in Zambia? (FRA, Malawi-style): Ghana’s Food Reserve Agency disbursed over K3.4B to farmers for maize purchases, surpassing targets and using mobile money and direct transfers. Trade Talks for Agriculture: The USMCA review continues to shape North American farm market access as officials prepare another negotiation round. Tragedy in Nigeria: A canoe carrying rice farmers capsized in Sokoto; at least 40 feared dead, with rescue operations ongoing. Farm Aid in Europe: Bulgaria approved EUR 42.6M in extraordinary support for animal breeding and crop farming costs, including greenhouse and potato producers.