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 28 October 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

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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

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Build a financial architecture that funds the transition
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Connect farmers to markets and communities through regenerative supply chains

06

Activate youth as agents of regenerative transformation

Speakers

Founder & Managing Director

Goumbook

Representative to United Arab Emirates, Leading Economic Analysis and Policy Development

FAO

Research Team Leader

Research, ICARDA

Research & Project Lead

Earthna [Qatar Foundation]

CEO

GlobeScan

Professor & Chair

Plant Science, Center of Excellence for Sustainable Food Security

Dr Fahem Al Nuaimi

Founder

LOAM

Dr Kamel Abdallah

CEO

Baladna Food Industries Co

Dr. Lucy Wallace

Senior Executive Advisor

Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)

Hamad Mohammed Ali Al Balooshi

Director General

Aura Agriculture Guidance

Tara Shyam

Executive Director

Regen10

Mohammed Almehrzi

CEO

TYAR for Advanced Technologies

Qadreya Al Awadhi

Founder and CEO

Bumblebee (food)

Aisha Al Marzooqi

Co Founder

Ousha Honey

Amina Al Marzooqi

Co Founder

Ousha Honey

Saeed Ahmed Al Remeithi

President

UAE Youth Council for Agriculture

Head of Gulf Corporate Affairs and MEA Sustainability

Mars

Innovation and Emerging Technologies Lead

KPMG Saudi Arabia

Director of Marketing and Sales

RDI Irrigation

Agricultural Advisor UAE

Netherlands Embassy and Consulate General

Co-founder & CEO

Sand to Green

Co-Founder & Principal Shareholder

Africa Organics

Strategic Partnerships and MENA Hub Lead

Innovate 4 Nature

Managing Director

Common Source B.V.

Manager

Centre for Responsible Business Dubai Chambers

General Manager

Emirates Bio Farm

CEO

Elite Agro Holding

Co-Founder & CEO

The Waste Lab

Senior Advisor, Head of Middle East

GlobeScan

Microbiologist, Scientific Researcher & Lecturer Assistant

Heliopolis University

CEO & Co-Founder

AtmoCooling, Inc.

Executive Director

Egyptian Biodynamic Association (EBDA)

Middle East Lead

Human Planet

Head of Philanthropy - MENAT

HSBC

Senior Manager – Sustainability,

Expo City Dubai

Laila Ayman

Head of Research & Innovation Support Unit

Heliopolis University

Mojeeb Stanikzai

Country Coordinator

ICARDA

Lorenzo Tacchella

Head of Private Sector Partnerships for the GCC countries

World Food Programme (WFP)

José J. Campos

Chief Executive Officer

Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)

Sustainability Strategist

East Precision Agriculture & Innovative Technology LLC (EPAIT)

Summit Impact Partners

Goumbook and Impact partner Growtech

Media Partners

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