Grounded Investment Company is on a “mission to make regenerative agriculture work economically, at scale for farmers in Africa.”

In a conversation with Thekla Teunis and Gijs Boers (Grounded), Mirjam Niessen (DOEN Participaties), and Omary Ukwengwe (Trianon), we discussed Grounded’s works with agri-processing companies to create positive returns at the intersection of agriculture, livelihoods, and environment.

Grounded’s approach to regeneration includes a range of approaches to community wealth creation, climate resilience, and biodiversity protection, including:

• Farming to restore soil, water, and biodiversity, sequester carbon, and mitigate climate change.
• Improving product quality and reducing input costs to improve farmer incomes and market access.
• Working in partnership with farmers and agri-entrepreneurs to enhance the economic underpinning needed to incentivize the adoption of regenerative agriculture.

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