Food Prices Watch: FAO says global food prices rose 2.2% year-on-year in June, even as the monthly index slipped 0.3%, with energy costs and Middle East disruptions still weighing on markets. Seed & Rice Policy: The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture will prioritize better, higher-yielding rice seeds to protect farmers’ incomes from El Niño, with distribution shifting to the 2027 wet season after a temporary halt to rice imports to stabilize prices. Onion Buffer Stock: India raised onion procurement prices 13% to ₹2,125/quintal from July 4 to boost Price Stabilisation Fund buying, after sluggish buffer stock procurement. Agrivoltaics in Practice: Philippines agrivoltaics moves beyond pilots, with a nearly 200MW Batangas project combining solar generation and crop production. Dairy Transition Risk: In Singapore?—Nestlé in Fiji? (No) Nestlé in the Philippines? Actually: Nestlé assured a government it will preserve jobs and factory operations while restructuring local dairy and juice portfolios. Market Infrastructure: Kenya commissioned the Milly Fruit EPZ processing plant in Kilifi to turn mangoes, oranges, passion fruit and pineapples into concentrates, pulp and dried snacks, supporting 1,000+ growers. Durian Glut Response: Malaysia’s Kelantan is working with FAMA and agriculture officials to expand export markets and track durian flows as a glut pressures prices.