Regenerative 1 min read

Osa Conservation will help 350 Costa Rican farmers adopt regenerative farming in AmistOsa

With a three-year Walmart Foundation grant, Osa Conservation's Farms for Nature project will give 350 farmers in southern Costa Rica's AmistOsa landscape tailored regenerative farming plans, aiming to raise productivity and store carbon.

· Source: Osa Conservation Regenerative
Regenerative 1 min read

World Bank commits $120M loan to sustainable agriculture in Costa Rica

The financing supports Costa Rica's Public Policy for the Agricultural Sector 2023–2032, including payments for carbon capture in coffee, livestock, and sugarcane production chains.

· Source: World Bank Regenerative
Insect Protein 1 min read

IFC invests $2M in ProNuvo, a Costa Rican insect-feed producer in Guápiles

The financing helps ProNuvo complete a 4,000 MT/year industrial insect-feed plant. The company harvests Black Soldier Fly larvae native to Costa Rica, using a fraction of the land, time, and water of conventional protein sources.

· Source: IFC / World Bank Group Insect Protein
Regenerative 1 min read

Aquiares Estate: how a 600-hectare Costa Rican coffee farm became carbon neutral

The Rainforest Alliance Certified farm on the slopes of Turrialba Volcano achieved carbon neutrality in 2016 and now sequesters more carbon than it emits — a regenerative coffee model spanning three generations of workers.

· Source: Rainforest Alliance Regenerative
Food Tech 1 min read

Argentina's Kilimo has saved 72 billion liters of water with AI-powered irrigation — now in 7 countries

Kilimo combines satellite, weather and soil data to tell farmers when and how much to irrigate. Its co-founder says users save up to 30% of water; the company has reached more than 2,000 farmers in seven countries, including Argentina, Mexico and Chile.

· Source: Forbes Argentina, AFP Food Tech
Water 1 min read

Andean glaciers are thinning 35% faster than the global average — and 90 million people depend on them

A policy brief from the Universities of Sheffield and Newcastle warns that Andean glaciers, thinning by 0.7 meters a year, threaten the water and food security of millions of people downstream — and parts of the Andes could be almost ice-free by 2100.

· Source: University of Sheffield Water