Regenerative Agriculture

The MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Initiative mobilises a regional movement to advance research, scientific innovation, and nature-based solutions; tackling food systems, water security, and climate challenges.

Applications Now Open

Apply
Login

MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme

Goumbook’s MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Programme aims to initiate a regionally-relevant regenerative agriculture movement, positioning regenerative agriculture as a critical response to both climate resilience and the unique agricultural challenges faced in this arid, saline, desert, and water-scarce region.

The programme aims to empower and upskill researchers and innovators who are addressing fundamental agricultural challenges in the MENAT region by focusing on innovative solutions related to food security, soil health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, carbon sequestration, salinity, water scarcity, desertification, biodiversity loss, and rural social welfare.

To learn more about the Venture Programme, eligibility criteria, benefits and the inaugural year cohort 2023/2024 achievement, click here

Open for Applications

Apply NOW

Cohort 2023/24 MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Programme Highlights

Learn More About MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme

Defining regenerative agriculture

Join the Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme

Future Agriculture- Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme | Sheikh Dr Majid, Advisory Member

More information on Venture programme
Cohort 2023-2024

Advisory Committee

SHEIKH DR MAJID AL QASSIMI
Founding Partner at
Soma Mater

DR MOHAMMAD AL-OUN
Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Consultant

YAZEN AL KODMANI
Partner at 3Y Agtech & Deputy GM at Emirates Bio Farm

GIOVANNI ANGIOLINI
Founder and CEO at Trapital

TATIANA ANTONELLI ABELLA
Founder & Managing Director at Goumbook

DOMINIQUE GHAZAR
Senior Sustainability and Inclusion Manager at HSBC

CHRISTINE GOULD
Founder at Thought for Food

DR CHRISTOPH MANDL
Head of Corporate Venturing at
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Food

DR ROULA MAJDALANI
Climate Change Advisor at
ICARDA - CGIAR

DAVID RAMOS
Senior Manager, Sustainability - MENAT - HSBC

EMAN WAHBY
MENA Engagement Lead at
The Climate Champions Team

Why Regenerative Agriculture?

Regenerative agriculture is a series of holistic practices designed to create net positive beneficial impacts on ecosystem services.

This includes:

  • Improving net carbon sequestration,
  • Improving watershed and soil health and;
  • Promoting habitat rich in biodiversity while contributing to food security.

By necessity, these practices  must provide net beneficial economic, environmental and social impacts for farmers and local communities if they are to be sustainable long term.

Principals of Regenerative Agriculture

card regen 1
card regen 2
card regen 3
card regen 4
card regen 5

Partners

Strategic Partners

Proud Members of

Testimonials

“This initiative stands as a cornerstone in our efforts to promote regenerative agriculture research and practices in the Middle East, fortify food and water security, and contribute to the mitigation and adaptation of climate change!”
David RamosHead of Sustainability at HSBC Middle East
“The Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme represents a convergence of scientific inquiry and practical application, aimed at enhancing soil vitality, conserving water, and securing food resources in a climate-impacted world. It's a visionary approach that seeks to not only mitigate environmental challenges but to regenerate the very foundation of our ecosystems. Our support signifies a deep investment in not just the present, but also in a thriving, sustainable legacy for our communities and the environment that sustains us all.”
Mai Bin DayelHead of Corporate Communications & ESG at SAB
“Regenerative agriculture offers one of the greatest opportunities to improve human and climate health. The Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme offers researchers the opportunity to gain support from the most experienced, expert mentors and business leaders across the world and the MENAT region specifically. We are convinced that the challenges faced by our world today will not be solved without the disruptive innovations of great entrepreneurs and fast-moving startups. More than ever, they are an essential component of the future solutions and we are very proud to support those changemakers in the early stages of their future growth.”
Dr Christoph MandlHead of Corporate Venturing EIT Food
Previous
Next

MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Related News

Connect with us

Linkedin Envelope