2024-25 Winners of the MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme

Tatiana Antonelli-Abella sits down with the winners of the 2024-25 cohort of the MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Initiative.

Now in its second year, the Venture Programme received 660 registration and 190 innovation solutions, each focused on soil regeneration, climate and water-resilient agricultural practices, and addressing food security.

This years’s winners are:

• Omaima Marhane from Actinobacteria, developing solutions to tackle water stress in arid soils.
• Dr. Budour A. Alghamdi, Eng. Wafa A. Alrasheed, and Dr. Adil E. Abdelnour from Farm to 2Fs, turning animal waste into bioenergy and fertilizer.
• ⁠Teodoro Garcia-Millan, Fran Robson, and Veronica Greco from RedDot, revolutionizing pest control with RNA-based technology.

You can find out more about the Venture Programme, the winners, and the Top 20 solutions here.

You can also listen to the winners of the first cohort here.

We also want to thank our partners, HSBC and ⁠Saudi Awal Bank, who worked with us to both upskill and empower innovative solutions like these through funding and mentorship, helping them progress towards becoming viable commercial possibilities.