Agriculture in Action 🌱 : SAN Member Highlights from May 26-30, 2025.

Every week, SAN members across the globe take meaningful steps toward regenerative, inclusive, and sustainable food systems. This update captures their most recent initiatives, insights, and innovations—underscoring the SAN network’s collective drive to heal and nourish our planet through agriculture.

🚜 Innovation and Knowledge Sharing

CABI

CABI continued to raise awareness about biological pest management and digital tools for farmer support. Their coverage included practical solutions for protecting pineapple, chilli, and rice crops, and using granuloviruses and pheromone traps for pest control. A standout post emphasized generative AI's potential in localized agricultural support—while also cautioning about fairness and digital rights.

CABI also spotlighted its FAIR Process Framework, a Gates Foundation-backed approach to improving data access and usability for smarter farming decisions. Their content consistently aligned with SAN’s push for climate-smart agriculture and digital transformation.

CABI’s GAIA project is setting clear rules on data use, licensing, and accountability to build fair, reliable AI tools for farmers.

🌿 Agroecology and Biodiversity

CORAF (West and Central Africa)

CORAF led a powerful knowledge and policy engagement campaign. They highlighted:

• A peanut variety now used in oil production in Togo

• A call for feedback on agroecology priorities

• Youth-led agribusiness solutions turning local challenges into opportunities

• Their active role at SARA 2025 and African Development Bank events, including a high-level panel on climate finance for livestock systems

CORAF’s consistent emphasis on agroecology, research coordination, and inclusive innovation aligns with SAN’s vision for science-based and community-driven transformation.

Photo by the Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles.

🌾 Gender Equity and Regenerative Farming

CottonConnect

This week’s messaging from CottonConnect focused on women's empowerment in cotton supply chains. Their advocacy addressed the persistent gaps in market access and decision-making faced by women farmers. In parallel, they reaffirmed their commitment to regenerative agriculture as a strategy endorsed by the FAO to build resilience in climate-stressed systems.

Fundación Pachamama (Ecuador and Peru)

They drew attention to entrenched gender norms in Amazonian communities, as revealed by their Rapid Gender Analysis in Pastaza. The insights underscore the social change still needed to ensure meaningful female leadership—echoing SAN’s priority of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI).

RAAA finished a three-day training on agroecology principles to NGO leaders.

🌱 Training for Transformation

RAAA Perú

This Peruvian member organization facilitated peer-to-peer learning on agroecological practices and organic fertilizer production. Farmers from Buenos Aires-Caranca-Caraz visited to learn how to make and apply liquid fish fertilizers, enhancing soil fertility and reducing dependency on external inputs. Other sessions focused on ecological pest control using sex pheromones, and a three-day agroecology training with NGO partners.

Pelum Uganda

Pelum conducted a Training of Trainers (ToT) on seed systems and marketing in Kalaki district, equipping community leaders with critical knowledge for seed sovereignty and farmer resilience.

The Training of Trainers (TOT) on seed systems, seed saving, and marketing happening in Kalaki district

🌍 Territory-Based and Cultural Approaches

Fundación Natura Colombia

Their outreach highlighted Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs)—territorial biodiversity strategies that engage local communities and stakeholders. Another piece honored the cultural richness of Colombian cocoa traditions, bridging sustainability with heritage and identity.

🌾 Local Solutions for Global Goals

Kaleka (India)

Kaleka showcased its work with 48 palm farmers in Bahaur Village, India, where farmers are learning to make organic fertilizer and adopt regenerative practices without chemical inputs. The project is a strong example of SAN’s goals for farmer empowerment and ecological restoration.

Wild Asia (Malaysia)

Reflecting on its journey since 2019, Wild Asia celebrated its #wagsbio initiative—helping oil palm smallholders shift away from chemical-intensive monocultures toward regenerative systems, increasing both climate resilience and market stability.

Preferred by Nature

From a major team gathering at Lake Balaton to a new landscape-level palm oil transformation project in Indonesia, Preferred by Nature demonstrated what cross-country collaboration looks like in practice. They also confirmed their upcoming participation in the Innovation Forum’s Sustainable Commodities and Landscapes event in Amsterdam this October.

Regenerative Agriculture Team gathered for a milestone moment: the first cross-country meeting uniting all of Preferred by Nature’s regenerative agriculture initiatives.

Many avenues to a shared goal

Each of these actions—whether rooted in agroecology, gender equity, regenerative supply chains, or data transparency—demonstrates SAN members’ aligned commitment to transforming agriculture. Through weekly updates like these, we witness how diverse actors across geographies and sectors converge around a shared purpose.

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