Regenerative Agriculture grants — page 3
754 listings tracked right now · page 3 of 16
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 Almayuda Foundation, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, Silverstrand Capital, 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, LATAM, AFRICA, GLOBAL-SOUTH, 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.
Agroecology in Drôme–Ardèche
••••• Foundation
This grant funds the development and implementation of agroecological practices in the Drôme–Ardèche region of France to address climate change impacts. It targets organizations working on sustainable agriculture and climate adaptation in this specific French region.
Farmers of Color Network
••••• Foundation
This grant supports a network and resource program for farmers of color, providing community, advocacy, and capacity-building to advance equity in agricultural communities. It targets underrepresented farmers through a combination of direct support, peer networking, and systemic advocacy.
Grant Programs supporting farmers of color and just food systems
••••• Foundation
RAFI offers grant programs to support farmers of color and advance just food systems, though specific funding amounts, deadlines, and detailed eligibility criteria are not fully described in this listing. The grants target racial equity and food-system sustainability in agriculture.
Core Investment Strategy – Biodiversity & Nature
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The funder invests in nature-positive businesses across natural capital measurement, habitat protection, sustainable materials, regenerative agriculture, reforestation, and marine restoration. The fund targets early-stage companies (pre-seed to seed and beyond) that are too risky or early for traditional venture capital.
Structured Credit Facility
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This is a structured credit and debt financing facility mobilizing capital for sustainable agribusiness transition through innovative fixed-income instruments. It targets agribusiness enterprises and projects seeking to finance their transition to sustainable practices via accessible impact debt products and specialized agro-transition financing.
Eco Business Fund
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Eco Business Fund provides loans to agribusinesses, forestry, and sustainable tourism enterprises in Latin America and Africa, with explicit focus on biodiversity conservation, sustainable land use, and carbon footprint monitoring. Eligible applicants are established or growth-stage businesses demonstrating environmental impact.
An EU-funded rural bioeconomy accelerator programme
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An EU-funded accelerator programme supporting rural startups and SMEs developing circular bioeconomy solutions, offering mentoring, investor matchmaking, and roadshow participation. Eligible teams receive up to 240 hours of bespoke support across finance, sustainability, business models, pitching, and social innovation.
Agribusiness & Forestry
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IFC provides financing and advisory services to agribusiness and forestry companies operating in emerging markets to improve food security and sustainable land use. The grant targets established and growth-stage companies in these sectors, not early-stage startups.
Food & Agriculture
••••• Fund
This grant funds projects that eliminate food insecurity through sustainable agricultural practices and affordable food access. It targets nonprofits, social enterprises, and community organizations working on food systems resilience and regenerative agriculture.
Food Hub: A food hub that aggregates and distributes local food from farmers to families and market vendors in a regional area
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This grant funds the establishment and operation of a food hub that aggregates local agricultural products from farmers and distributes them to families and market vendors in a regional area. It supports local food systems infrastructure and supply-chain efficiency to strengthen regional food security and farmer livelihoods.
A regional farm-to-consumer programme connecting direct purchasers with local food producers in the Roanoke area
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This grant funds a farm share programme that connects consumers directly with local food producers in the Roanoke area, supporting local food systems and agricultural sustainability. It is designed for food producers, farmers, and organizations operating community-supported agriculture (CSA) or direct-to-consumer food models in the Roanoke region.
Direct Investment in Agrifood Value Chains
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AATIF provides private debt financing to businesses operating in African agricultural and agrifood value chains, targeting local enterprises to boost agricultural productivity and food security. The fund aims to generate jobs and income for farmers, entrepreneurs, and workers across the continent.
Environmental Sustainability & Housing Fund
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This grant funds eco-friendly housing reconstruction and sustainable farming techniques in Afghanistan to improve food security and climate resilience. It targets organizations working on environmental sustainability, housing, and agricultural adaptation in the Afghan context.
Grasslands Strategy
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The funder invests in grassland real assets by partnering with skilled local operators to build regenerative grazing systems that enhance natural capital while generating financial returns. The fund targets operators and landowners developing resilient, regenerative agricultural practices on grasslands.
Croplands Strategy
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The funder invests in cropland real assets across USA, Europe, and Australia to implement regenerative agriculture practices that improve soil health, carbon storage, and biodiversity. The fund partners with local agricultural operators to deploy nature-based climate solutions at scale.
COMDEKS: Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative, supporting landscape approaches to…
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This funder funds community-based projects that integrate biodiversity conservation with sustainable livelihoods using landscape-level approaches, particularly under the Satoyama Initiative framework. Eligible applicants are community organizations, NGOs, and local groups working on nature-based solutions in developing regions.
Beekeeping to Enhance Ecosystem Restoration & Livelihoods in Lamu Archipelago's Mangrove Communities
••••• Foundation
This grant funds beekeeping projects that restore mangrove ecosystems while generating income for communities in the Lamu Archipelago, Kenya. It targets local organizations and community groups working at the intersection of conservation and livelihood improvement.
Practical Permaculture Design Course Specifically for Lamu Island
••••• Foundation
This grant funds hands-on permaculture design training tailored to Lamu Island's ecological and social context. It is intended for individuals, community groups, or organizations seeking practical skills in regenerative land management and sustainable agriculture.
Permaculture Course in Kipungani Village
••••• Foundation
This grant funds permaculture training and sustainable land-use skill-building for community members in Kipungani Village, Kenya. It targets local capacity development in regenerative agriculture and environmental stewardship.
Mpeketoni Regenerative Agriculture Demonstration Farm
••••• Foundation
This grant establishes a demonstration farm in Mpeketoni to showcase and promote regenerative agriculture practices and land restoration techniques. It targets organizations and communities working on sustainable livelihoods and environmental regeneration in the Lamu region of Kenya.
A youth-focused programme supporting young entrepreneurs in food and farming across Africa
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YEFFA is a youth-focused programme that supports young entrepreneurs launching or scaling food and farming businesses across Africa. The grant funds business development, training, and capital access for early-stage agribusiness ventures led by young people.
Inclusive Markets, Trade and Finance
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This grant supports strengthening linkages between smallholder farmers and market actors to drive agricultural commercialization, reinvestment, and sustainable food-system development across Africa. It targets organizations working on inclusive market access, agricultural trade, and finance mechanisms that benefit farming communities.
Sustainable Farming
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This grant supports farmers in Africa to build climate-resilient and productive farming systems through interventions like mechanization and irrigation. It targets smallholder and commercial farmers seeking to increase yields while adapting to climate variability.
Seed Systems Initiative
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This grant funds improved seed systems and distribution to increase farmer access to high-quality seeds, boosting agricultural productivity and food security across Africa. It targets smallholder farmers and seed-system actors in sub-Saharan Africa to enhance harvests and rural incomes through agricultural innovation.
Scaling Solutions for Food Loss in Africa
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RE-GAIN funds innovative solutions to reduce harvest and post-harvest food losses across seven African countries, with a focus on climate adaptation and smallholder farmer resilience. The program supports value-chain improvements that enhance food quality, build local capacity, and reduce climate risks in agriculture.
A Major Foundation's Sub-Saharan Africa Agribusiness Challenge Fund
••••• Fund
A challenge fund providing low or no-cost financing to private-sector SMEs across sub-Saharan Africa to advance agricultural resilience, innovation in food value chains, and adoption of climate-smart technologies. Targets agribusiness enterprises seeking to scale sustainable and climate-adapted farming practices.
Innovation Scouting
••••• Fund
FARIP scouts and funds early-stage ideas from rural entrepreneurs in Tanzania, providing risk loans or preparatory grants after assessing feasibility, market potential, and organizational capacity. The programme targets local innovators in agriculture and rural development sectors.
Tree-Collateralised Rural Development (TCRD) Credit Programme
••••• Fund
This grant provides risk-based loans of up to $1,250 to farming families in Tanzania, using growing tree stocks as collateral instead of land titles, with integrated coaching and forestry training. It targets rural agricultural households seeking credit access while promoting tree-based livelihoods and forest stewardship.
Rural Development and Food Security
••••• Agency
This grant supports SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) by funding agroecology, good agricultural practices, agro-industrial value chains, urban food policies, and food security initiatives in developing regions. It targets organizations working on rural development and food system resilience through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
Sustainable Farming Programme (Togo)
••••• Foundation
This grant funds the Centre de Promotion des Initiatives Agricoles (CPIA) training farm in Togo, which educates agroentrepreneurs in sustainable and climate-resilient farming methods. Graduates receive start-up capital to launch their own agricultural enterprises.
SAIF – Bastion Fund
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Luxembourg-based impact investment fund seeking to deploy capital into growth-stage SMEs across Africa and Latin America working in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, microfinance, affordable housing, and education. This is an equity/growth-equity fund targeting privately-held ventures with proven traction, not a grant programme.
Regional Agroecology Fund
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This grant supports agroecology initiatives and sustainable food systems across African regions, funding projects that advance regenerative agricultural practices and food-system resilience. It is open to organizations working on sustainable agriculture and food production in Africa.
Agriculture Development
••••• Foundation
This grant promotes agricultural growth and food security across Africa and Asia through South-South cooperation mechanisms. It targets organizations working to advance sustainable agriculture and food systems in developing regions.
Sustainable Agriculture initiatives in Romania
••••• Foundation
This grant supports sustainable agriculture initiatives in Romania through partnerships with local foundations, funded by the funder. It targets organizations working to advance regenerative and sustainable farming practices in the Romanian agricultural sector.
Catalytic Capital
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Catalytic Capital provides non-dilutive or concessional funding to innovative businesses and initiatives demonstrating positive socio-environmental impact, using a collaborative investment approach. The fund targets early-stage to growth-stage ventures across bioeconomy, impact investing, and environmental sectors.
Uso da Terra (Land Use)
••••• Institute
This grant funds projects that promote bioeconomy development, transform agri-food systems toward sustainability, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use while aligning conservation with economic and social development. It targets organizations working at the intersection of climate mitigation, agricultural transition, and nature-based solutions.
A Dutch social-impact investment programme
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Oikocredit offers a retail and institutional impact investing programme that channels development finance to local partners across financial services, agriculture, and renewable energy in 33 focus countries, targeting low-income communities. Minimum investment is €200, making it accessible to individual and institutional investors seeking social and environmental returns.
Open Innovation Challenge: Food and Sustainable Agriculture
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An open innovation challenge seeking novel solutions to boost agricultural productivity, enhance biodiversity, and address climate change impacts across Italy and Africa. Eligible innovators can propose projects spanning food systems, sustainable agriculture, and climate adaptation.
Impact Investment Funds (collective and segregated vehicles)
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The funder offers impact-driven investment vehicles (collective and segregated funds) providing capital to SMEs in agriculture and food sectors across developing economies, with a focus on commodity value chain participants and food security outcomes. The fund targets smallholder farmer support and resilient agri-food value chains using a proprietary impact framework.
Food Agriculture System Technology Accelerator (FASTA)
••••• Trust
FASTA is a dedicated accelerator programme for innovators developing food and agriculture system technologies that reduce emissions and improve sustainability across the food value chain. It supports early-stage to growth-stage companies and teams working on climate-positive and sustainable food production and distribution.
The Templeton Pre-Breeding Project
••••• Trust
This grant funds pre-breeding research and development activities that leverage crop wild relatives and underutilized crop diversity to improve crop performance and enhance global food security. It targets agricultural research institutions and organizations working on crop improvement and biodiversity conservation.
Genebank Impact Fellowship
••••• Trust
A fellowship programme for early-career professionals to gain hands-on experience in global genebank operations and contribute to crop diversity conservation. Participants work directly on biodiversity and agricultural resilience initiatives managed by the funder.
Rhodes Fellowship
••••• Trust
A fellowship programme supporting emerging leaders in crop diversity conservation through advanced study and research opportunities. Eligible candidates pursue postgraduate study and research focused on conserving agricultural biodiversity and food security.
Seeds for Resilience
••••• Trust
Seeds for Resilience funds projects that secure and deploy crop diversity to strengthen food systems and agricultural resilience in climate-vulnerable regions. The grant targets organizations working on food security and climate adaptation through agricultural biodiversity conservation and utilization.
Crop Wild Relatives Conservation Platform
••••• Trust
This grant funds the collection, conservation, and distribution of crop wild relatives—wild plant species genetically related to food crops—to support climate adaptation in agriculture. It targets researchers, conservation organizations, and agricultural institutions working to preserve and utilize genetic diversity for crop resilience.
Power of Diversity Funding Facility
••••• Trust
This grant funds projects that leverage crop diversity to address food security and climate adaptation challenges. It targets agricultural innovators, researchers, and organizations working at the intersection of biodiversity conservation and climate-resilient food systems.
AgriFood Growth & Water Abundance (AGWA) Cluster
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AGWA is an investment cluster by the funder targeting companies developing agrifood technology, food production innovation, and water resource management solutions. It funds startups and companies advancing agricultural and water technologies in the UAE and broader MENA region.
Direct Equity and Debt Investments
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The funder provides direct equity and debt financing to commercially viable projects in developing countries that advance sustainable development across forestry, agriculture, energy, financial services, and digital infrastructure. The fund targets projects with proven business models seeking growth capital in emerging markets.