During the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to 21, 2025, FONTAGRO participated in the panel titled "Scaling Regenerative Agriculture: Innovation, Collaboration, and Farmer-Centered Solutions," held on November 13 at the "House of Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas" pavilion. This space, organized by IICA and strategic partners, highlighted the agricultural solutions from the Americas for global sustainability, food security, and technological innovation in tropical farming systems, bringing together authorities, scientists, and producers from across the region.

The panel featured the in-person participation of Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, and Lloyd Day, Deputy Director General of IICA and moderator of the event. Other participants included Gabriela Burian from Bayer AG’s Multistakeholder Engagement, Ana Carolina Zimmermann, a farmer and advocate for sustainable practices in Latin America, as well as Marcelo Javier Beltrán, Senior Specialist from INTA Argentina. Eugenia Saini, Executive Secretary of FONTAGRO, contributed virtually, providing the institutional and regional perspective of the Fund.

FONTAGRO emphasized that its institutional capacity, with over 200 funded projects and USD 156 million mobilized, allows for the connection of science, funding, and local organizations, transforming learning into scalable models. The alliance with Bayer, INTA, IPTA, IICA, and institutions from Chile and Peru will create a regional network of regenerative farms that integrates applied science, digitalization, and training. This network will generate data on soil, carbon, biodiversity, productivity, and profitability that can guide public policies, investments, and new opportunities for farmers. This work aligns with the upcoming Medium-Term Plan 2025–2030, focused on more resilient, climate-smart, and evidence-based systems.

The panel concluded by highlighting that regenerative agriculture is not scaled through documents, but through trust. That trust is built when farmers, science, businesses, and institutions move forward together, measuring what matters and learning openly. In that same collaborative spirit, IICA and Bayer also announced the launch of a new training tool for regenerative practices at COP30, available in five languages. FONTAGRO reaffirmed that this alliance represents a decisive step in demonstrating that regenerative agriculture can be profitable, measurable, and scalable throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.