Regenerative Agriculture: Supporting Wider Adoption Through Financial Incentives and Low-Cost Solutions
- What measurable results have Mexican growers seen regarding improved soil health and water retention since adopting regenerative practices, and how have these affected yields and productivity?
- What technologies, such as remote sensing, in-field sensors, or satellite-based carbon measurement, are proving most effective in quantifying improvements in soil carbon, biodiversity, and water efficiency? For monoculture crops, such as agave, what soil health strategies are producers employing to reduce soil degradation?
- Which regenerative strategies, such as cover cropping, crop rotation, no-till, and crop-livestock-forest integration have proven to be most successful in Mexico? What strategies have the major agri-food businesses found most effective in helping their supply chain partners to identify and implement the best combination of approaches for their land?
- To what extent do the smaller farm sizes and fragmented landownership structures affect the adoption of regenerative practices? How are development agencies and banks working to overcome these challenges? With access to finance being such a huge challenge for Mexican producers, how can loans or financial instruments be structured to support the adoption of sustainable practices, without compromising short-term productivity?