Food Safety & Labelling: India’s FSSAI flagged multiple brands over misleading trade names and claims, including “World of Organic” and a pomegranate juice product allegedly overstating its content. Agri-Inputs & Farmers: Ghana’s smallholder farmers warned fertilizer subsidy delays could wreck the 2026 planting season, while Bangladesh’s World Bank report says the top 20% of landholders capture about half of fertilizer subsidy benefits. Supply Disruption Watch: India’s basmati exports fell sharply as Gulf shipments dropped amid regional crisis, with West Asia taking most volumes. Innovation in Farming: Syngenta and Ascribe Bioscience struck a deal for PHYTALIX, a next-gen biofungicide for rice and other crops across Southeast Asia. Retail Operations: Tesco is rolling cleaning robots into 600 Express stores, aiming to free staff for customer help and stock work. Food System Resilience: DP World’s Batangas port was named the world’s first “READY Port,” designed to speed disaster response and humanitarian logistics. Market Signals: WARC warned Gulf conflict could cut global ad growth by up to $93.7bn over 2026-27.