Deadline: 15th November 2026
The MENA Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme, is a transformative journey that aims to empower and up-skill, scientists, researchers and students, who are addressing fundamental agricultural challenges of the MENA region.
Join this transformative journey, apply now, to develop regenerative and entrepreneurial skills in the domain of research-based agriculture solutions.
MENA Regenerative Agriculture Solutions
Solutions can be process driven or technological, across these examples of regenerative agriculture themes and topic examples:
- Healthy soil regeneration
- Diversified crops
- Organic & Bio Fertilisers
- Develop biodiversity
- Sustainable food security
- Use fewer chemicals
- Enhances water security
- Use organic waste
- Integrate livestock & agroforestry: Silvopasture
- Reinforce carbon capture
- Enhance rural & social welfare
- Reduces desertification & salinity
- Reduction of synthetic pesticides for disease control
- Technological solutions
Programme benefits
- Scale – Develop your research into a viable business solution
- Acceleration – Access potential funding & incubation
- Community – Access to online digital community platform
- Courses – Free access to a range of online self-paced courses
- Exposure – Regional exposure & networking across the programme
- Mentorship – Specialist training & world-class mentorship
- Talks – Expert talks & workshops on innovation, regenerative agriculture & entrepreneurship
- Grants – Top 3 Finalists win one of three $20,000 grants
Eligibility Criteria
We seek impactful research, science and nature-based solutions that meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Domain – Solutions must operate within the field of regenerative agriculture, advancing climate-resilient and sustainable farming practices.
- Applicants Profile – Open to researchers and innovators seeking to develop their work to proof-of-concept stage, with a focus on acquiring the business and entrepreneurship capabilities required to scale and secure funding.
- Solutions – Must be grounded in research, science, or nature-based innovation. Both process and technological innovations are eligible to apply.
- Relevance to the MENA Region
All applications must directly address food system challenges within the Middle East and North Africa, including:
– Climate change adaptation and mitigation
– Soil health restoration and combating desertification
– Carbon farming and sequestration
– Biodiversity enhancement
– Food and water security
– Farmer support and livelihoods
- Geographic Scope
This programme is open to applicants worldwide*.
Eligibility is determined by the proposed solution’s ability to address agricultural conditions and opportunities within the MENA region.
*Currently not accepting applications from the following countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, and Syria.
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