Regenerative Agriculture grants — page 12
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Regenerative ag funding sits at the intersection of climate, food, and rural development, which means the funder landscape is unusually broad. Sovereign programmes (USDA NRCS, EU CAP eco-schemes, UK DEFRA SFI), MDB lines (World Bank, IDB), corporate-supply-chain commitments, and a thick layer of philanthropic capital (Bezos Earth Fund, Rockefeller, ClimateWorks) all fund here. Listed below are the open regenerative agriculture grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
This is the most fragmented funding landscape on the site. Money comes from agriculture and environment ministries, the EU Common Agricultural Policy and Horizon Cluster 6, the World Bank and IFAD, and a large conservation philanthropy sector including the Global Environment Facility and the major nature foundations. Cheque sizes span four orders of magnitude, and eligibility frequently turns on land tenure, on partnership with a local organisation, or on both.
This page lists open regenerative agriculture grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 754 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is regenerative agriculture work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing regenerative agriculture grants here include Climatekic1, Zaacoal, DRIVE - Rural Innovations, among 2 others. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls.
Geographic coverage on this page spans GLOBAL, ASIA, SE-ASIA, SOUTH-ASIA, EAST-ASIA. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
Deep Demo Ireland
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A place-based transformation programme in Ireland focused on advancing sustainable food systems through integrated interventions across the food supply chain. The grant supports organizations and projects working to decarbonize and regenerate food production and distribution in Ireland.
Women Entrepreneurs Transformation Program
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This program provides gender-sensitive business advisory services and leadership training for women entrepreneurs operating in climate and green economy sectors. It targets women-led businesses in renewable energy, climate-smart agriculture, and waste management to strengthen their capabilities and scale impact.
Regional Roadshows & Hackathons for Bio-Economy Founders
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Three two-day roadshow events in France, Slovenia, and Greece connecting rural bio-economy founders with investors, corporates, and domain experts through matchmaking and pitching. This is a networking and investor-connection programme for early-stage rural bioeconomy ventures.
Sunrise Fund: A fund accelerating agricultural innovation and sustainability by supporting forward-thinking startups
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The Sunrise Fund supports early-stage agricultural technology startups developing breakthrough innovations that advance sustainability and productivity in farming. It targets forward-thinking founders building scalable solutions to modernize agriculture.
Pioneer Fund: An investment fund targeting transformational and disruptive agrifoodtech technologies at the Seed and…
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An investment fund targeting seed and Series A stage agrifoodtech startups with transformational or disruptive technologies, paired with strong management teams. The fund seeks to deploy capital into early-stage food and agriculture technology companies.
Corporate Challenges
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The funder runs custom startup challenges co-designed with corporate partners (IFA, Shell, Bayer) to advance sustainability goals in agriculture and food systems. Startups compete to solve specific sustainability challenges defined by these corporate sponsors.
Climate Challenge
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A global competition funding early-stage startups (Seed to Series A) developing solutions at the intersection of agriculture and energy, with a focus on climate impact. Eligible companies are building agritech and clean-energy innovations to address climate challenges.
Global Impact Challenge
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THRIVE's annual challenge funds Seed to Series A startups developing sustainable agriculture technologies and practices globally. The multi-year programme (2022–2026) supports early-stage agrifoodtech companies advancing food-systems sustainability.
A Regional Agri-Tech Export Programme
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THRIVE Go Global supports Quebec-based agri-tech companies in scaling and expanding into the US market through partnerships and commercial traction. The program targets early-to-growth stage agtech startups seeking market expansion support beyond their home region.
Global Incubator Programme
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A Go Global programme supporting high-potential agri-tech companies to expand into the US market, with emphasis on scaling, partnerships, and commercial traction. Designed for companies ready to internationalise and achieve market penetration in North America.
APAC Accelerator
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APAC Accelerator is a seed-to-Series A stage accelerator program for agrifoodtech startups in the Asia-Pacific region, offering go-to-market planning, investment access, and mentorship. It targets early-stage companies developing agricultural and food-system innovations.
Canada Accelerator
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This is a seed-to-Series A accelerator program that supports Canadian agrifoodtech startups with go-to-market strategy, customer access, investment connections, and expert mentorship. It targets early-stage companies in the agriculture and food technology sector.
Food & Agriculture
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The funder supports sustainable food systems and agricultural practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build climate resilience. The grant targets organizations working on transforming food and agriculture to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts.
Grants for nutritious and sustainable food systems
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The funder is offering grants to support the creation of nutritious and sustainable food systems. This funding targets organizations and initiatives working to improve food supply chains, agricultural practices, and food security through sustainability and nutrition lenses.
Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
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The Special Climate Change Fund supports climate adaptation and technology transfer projects across water resources, agriculture, coastal management, health, and infrastructure in developing countries that are parties to the UNFCCC. Eligible applicants include developing country governments and institutions working on climate resilience and sustainable resource management.
Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF)
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The LDCF finances preparation and implementation of National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs) to help Least Developed Countries adapt to climate change impacts across water, agriculture, health, disaster risk management, and fragile ecosystems. Eligible countries are LDCs recognized by the UN, and funding supports both planning and on-the-ground adaptation interventions.
First Bite
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First Bite provides small grants (up to $100k) to founders at the ideation or formation stage in food, agriculture, and climate-tech sectors, before they raise a formal pre-seed round. The programme targets very early-stage founders who are still developing their ideas and initial business structure.
Water and water security
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This grant funds water security initiatives through environmental conservation, watershed protection, and support for regenerative economic models. It targets organizations working on water source protection, river restoration, and spring conservation.
Local Livelihoods
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This grant supports grassroots organizations and community-led initiatives that protect natural resources and strengthen livelihoods of resource-dependent communities. It targets environmental conservation and sustainable livelihood projects at the local level.
Food & Agriculture
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This grant supports projects that build agricultural systems improving soil health, water quality, and animal welfare while addressing environmental challenges. It funds organizations working across the food and agriculture sector to advance regenerative and sustainable practices.
Agricultural Technology Co-Creation Grant
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This grant funds the development of agricultural technology co-created with farmers and food systems workers, with a focus on meeting the needs of small-holder producers. It supports innovation at the intersection of agriculture and technology to improve food systems resilience and productivity.
International Grants
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Grants to grassroots environmental organizations based in select international countries outside the US and Canada, aligned with Patagonia's environmental priorities including land conservation, water, climate, agriculture, and environmental justice. Eligible organizations must meet Patagonia's standard environmental criteria and be based in eligible international jurisdictions.
Environment – Regenerative Landscapes
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The funder supports initiatives that promote regenerative land use practices and landscape restoration to advance environmental sustainability. The grant targets organizations working on conservation and land stewardship across the foundation's environment portfolio.
A Sustainability-Focused Venture Capital Fund
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Patagonia's corporate venture capital fund invests profits into early-to-growth stage startups developing scalable solutions for land, water, air, and biodiversity crises, with focus on regenerative food systems, apparel sustainability, and natural ecosystems. Eligible companies must address systemic environmental challenges strategically relevant to Patagonia's core apparel and food businesses.
A Regional Climate Investment Fund
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The funder is offering climate-focused credit financing to support companies and projects transitioning power, food, and land-use sectors in Asia-Pacific toward environmental and social sustainability. The fund targets established entities with viable business models in clean energy, regenerative agriculture, and land conservation.
Sustainable Food
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Investment solutions targeting sustainable food systems and agriculture, offered to professional and retail investors with ESG risk assessment and impact frameworks. Eligible for organizations working across the food supply chain and sustainable agriculture sectors.
A Climate-Focused Venture Fund
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The funder provides equity investments in early-stage climate technology companies focused on sustainable agriculture, clean power, and advanced transport in emerging markets. The fund targets seed through Series A companies that bridge innovative technology with underserved markets.
Agri-Food: Supports the equitable transition to a sustainable and resilient agri-food system across Africa and Asia
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This grant supports organizations working to transition agri-food systems in Africa and Asia toward sustainability, equity, and resilience. It funds projects that address food-system sustainability, agricultural innovation, and climate-resilient farming practices across these regions.
Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative
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COMDEKS funds landscape-level community development and knowledge management initiatives that integrate biodiversity conservation, sustainable land-use, and ecosystem services with local livelihoods. The programme targets communities and civil-society organizations working to advance socio-ecological harmony, particularly in biodiverse regions.
Land Degradation
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This grant funds community-led projects that restore degraded lands and improve livelihoods, guided by ecosystem science principles. It targets grassroots organizations working on land rehabilitation and sustainable land management in developing regions.
Funding from a Belgian sustainable-finance institution
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The funder provides short- and medium-term financing to microfinance institutions and sustainable smallholder agriculture organisations across Latin America, Africa, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. The fund offers both direct financing and technical assistance to strengthen partner capabilities in sustainable development.
Equity investment from an impact investor
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The funder provides equity investment and subordinated convertible debt to food processing companies in Africa and Asia that add local value to agricultural raw materials. The fund targets companies led by strong entrepreneurs and offers active business partnership support including strategy, finance, governance, and impact measurement.
Funding from a Finnish development finance institution
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The funder provides development finance (equity, mezzanine, debt) to privately owned businesses in OECD/DAC-defined developing countries, with ticket sizes of €5–25M, focusing on renewable energy, sustainable forestry, sustainable agriculture, financial institutions, and digital infrastructure. The fund prioritizes projects with measurable development impact, environmental and social responsibility, and alignment with gender equality, climate mitigation, and climate adaptation.
Grants from a European sustainability foundation
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The funder provides grants for innovative projects in the Netherlands that restore nature, enhance biodiversity, and transform agricultural and food systems. Eligible activities include practical research, policy influence, public campaigns, and pilot projects with scaling ambition.
Community Investment Programme
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The funder provides grants, employee matching, in-kind contributions, and pro-bono technical assistance across food security, water stewardship, and local community development. Eligible recipients include nonprofits, schools, health agencies, and community organizations working on agricultural development, watershed restoration, hunger relief, and disaster response.
Building Prospects
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Building Prospects is a Dutch government investment fund that supports private sector development in low-income countries through equity and debt investments in infrastructure and agribusiness, with explicit focus on climate resilience and gender inclusion. The fund targets underserved market segments essential for economic development and job creation in the Global South, particularly in renewable energy, agriculture, and enabling infrastructure.
Support from a UK development-finance organisation
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The funder supports agricultural and rural development projects that improve water access, food security, and economic livelihoods in developing regions. The grant targets entrepreneurs and organizations implementing sustainable water and agricultural solutions in underserved communities.
Collaborative Programme
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The funder's Collaborative Programme funds projects advancing biodiversity, ecosystem health, and human wellbeing across climate change, agroecology, small-scale fisheries, urban nature, and biocultural diversity. It supports both small grants (up to SEK 500,000) and longer multi-year collaborative initiatives through a rigorous assessment process.
Loans from a fair-trade financing programme
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The funder provides short- and long-term loans to smallholder farmers, agricultural SMEs, and agro-microfinance institutions across Latin America and Africa to finance working capital, produce purchasing, and growth investments in fair-trade certified commodity value chains. The fund emphasizes social and environmental sustainability aligned with UN SDGs and includes capacity-building support alongside financing.
Research funding from a major foundation
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The funder funds research activities to achieve food security and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries through research projects, travel grants for master's students, and doctoral funding at specific German institutions. The foundation also supports scientific exchange through workshops and conferences to advance research agendas in agricultural and nutritional development.
Call for Partnerships Application
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P4G funds partnerships between early-stage businesses and nonprofits implementing climate mitigation or adaptation solutions in food, energy, and water sectors across six ODA-eligible countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Beyond grant funding, P4G provides technical assistance, due diligence, business matchmaking, and investment readiness support to help scale climate-smart and poverty-alleviating solutions.
Programmable Plants
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ARIA's Programmable Plants programme funds research and innovation to engineer plants that address food insecurity, climate change, and environmental degradation. The grant targets researchers and innovators developing biological solutions to global sustainability challenges through plant science and synthetic biology.
Engineering Ecosystem Resilience
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ARIA's Engineering Ecosystem Resilience programme funds advanced monitoring and intervention technologies to halt biodiversity loss and prevent ecological collapse. It targets researchers, innovators, and organisations developing solutions that combine ecological science with engineering to restore ecosystem function and support human-nature coexistence.
Funding for farmers, growers and land managers
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This grant programme from the funder funds farmers, growers, and land managers to increase productivity, manage land for environmental benefit, and support agricultural business sustainability. Eligible applicants can access multiple grant streams and funding mechanisms to support forestry, regenerative practices, and land stewardship.
£50 million equipment and technology grants to boost food production and farm profitability
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This grant provides up to £50 million to support UK farmers in purchasing equipment and adopting technology that increases production, profitability, and environmental outcomes. Eligible farmers can apply for funding to invest in farm modernization and agri-tech solutions.
From precision-bred hemp to Sunshine Tomatoes: £21.5m to drive farm innovation in England
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This £21.5m grant funds 15 England-wide projects developing new crop varieties (like hemp and tomatoes) and low-emission farm technologies to boost agricultural productivity. It supports applied research and innovation across the farming sector to translate new crops and sustainable practices into ready-to-use tools.
Powering the farms of the future with £50 million tech investment
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This grant funds the commercialization and deployment of breakthrough agricultural technologies to farms, with a focus on boosting productivity and sustainability across the sector. It is open to technology developers and agri-tech innovators working with the funder.
Research will tackle threats to our air, water and crops
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This grant funds research projects addressing environmental threats to air quality, water resources, and agricultural productivity. It supports scientific research and development initiatives across these three critical environmental domains.