regenerative agriculture 2026

Regenerative Agriculture as a positive contribution to the future of MENA's Food Systems.

About the Summit

The MENA Regenerative Agriculture Summit returns for its second edition on 10 September 2026, embedded into GrowTech Middle East in Dubai, UAE.

Building on the momentum of the inaugural convening in Riyadh (May 2025), this edition shifts from raising awareness to structuring action, bringing together policymakers, scientists, practitioners, and investors to examine the full spectrum of enablers required to move regenerative agriculture from promising practice to adoption across the region.


The Summit serves as a platform to define the framework conditions needed to accelerate regenerative practices across MENA’s water-scarce, climate-exposed landscapes. The case for MENA as the proving ground for this transition is not rhetorical, it is structural.

MENA Regenerative Agriculture Summit 2025, Riyadh, KSA

Concept

The second edition brings together government leaders, financial institutions, agricultural stakeholders, research bodies, and technology innovators to advance a shared agenda.

Central to this convening is defining regenerative agriculture’s role as a nature-based solution that spans agriculture, climate mitigation, and ecosystem restoration – one that works with natural processes to enrich natural capital, compensate farmers for the ecosystem services they steward, and deliver tangible benefits for the communities who depend on healthy, productive landscapes.

Equally important is the question of how: examining the key enablers – from innovation, finance, and policy to awareness, education, and farmer adoption – that must align to move regenerative agriculture from promising practice to systemic transformation across the region, and to demonstrate that the models being built here can travel.

Addressing regional challenges for climate resilient regenerative agriculture

While the case for regenerative agriculture is increasingly recognized, the pathway to widespread adoption remains obstructed by economic barriers, knowledge gaps, regulatory uncertainty, and fragmented markets.

The second MENA Regenerative Agriculture Summit positions these barriers at the center of its agenda, creating space for candid dialogue and practical problem-solving.

The focus is deliberately action-oriented, moving beyond theoretical frameworks toward scalable solutions that work in MENA’s unique context.

Core Objectives

01

Establish regional consensus on regenerative agriculture as a full-spectrum nature-based solution and define a MENA-specific research agenda

02

Position MENA as centre of excellence at the technology-nature crossroads

03

Strengthen the enabling framework: from policy advocacy to farmer adoption

04
Build a financial architecture that funds the transition
05

Connect farmers to markets and communities through regenerative supply chains

06

Activate youth as agents of regenerative transformation

Previous Speakers

HRH Princess Mashael Al Shalan

Co Founder

Aeon Collective

HRH Princess Noura Al Saud

Co Founder

Aeon Collective

Sheikh Dr Majid Al Qassimi

Managing Partner

Soma Mater Management Consultancies

Dr Nizar Haddad

Dr Nizar Haddad

Program Director KSA

Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Dr Khalid Al Rohily

Dr Khalid Al Rohily

General Manager

Estidamah

Adeem Al Mashaali

Adeem Al Mashaali

Senior Specialist - Regulatory Sandbox

Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture, KSA

Hadi Al Shakhori

Sunbolah Programme Director

Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture, KSA

Dr. Mohammed Al-Surf

Founder & President

Sustainability Professionals of Saudi Arabia (SPSA)

Dr Muez Ali

Research and Policy Lead

Earthna

Sultan Alsaif

Sultan Alsaif

Executive Director of Technology & Innovation

Saudi Investment Recycling Company

Giovanni Angiolini

Founder/CEO of Trapital and Director of Middle East and Africa at Dutch Greenhouse Delta

Trapital & Dutch Green House Delta

Tatiana Antonelli Abella

Founder & Managing Director

Goumbook

Elias Chnais

Elias Chnais

Forest and Landscape Restoration Expert

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

Dr Bassel Daher

Dr Bassel Daher

Agriculture Development Specialist, Research Network Coordinator

FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa

Christine Gould

Founder

GIGA

Justus Harm

Co-Executive Director

Egyptian Biodynamic Association and Head of Economy of Love (EoL) - SEKEM

Samantha Kayruz

Director Strategy & Sustainability Impact

Goumbook

Dr Sikandra Kurdi

Dr Sikandra Kurdi

Egypt Country Program Leader

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - CGIAR

Dr Himanshu Mishra

KAUST Professor | Terraxy Co-Founder & Chairman

Kaust & Terraxy

Ahmad Mukhtar

Senior Economist

FAO

David Ramos

Senior Manager in Sustainability

HSBC

Neal Spackman

Founder and Director

Regenerative Enterprise, Former Director Al Baydah Project

Mr Muhammad Tariq

Mr Muhammad Tariq

Chief Sustainability Officer

Tanmiah

Dr. Sabrina Vettori

Dr. Sabrina Vettori

CEO, Founder

Organic Solutions for Environmental Services "Edama"

Eman Wahby, Climate Champions Team, MENA Engagement, climate finance, sustainable development, policy, green growth, angel investor

Eman Wahby

MENA Engagement Lead

UN Climate Change High-Level Champions

Dr Lucy Wallace

Founder

Liminal Thinking

Summit Impact Partners

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