At the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in Dubai last month, a panel explored how technology could unlock regenerative agriculture opportunities across the Middle East and North Africa. Christine Gould, founder and CEO of GIGA Futures highlighted that the unmet opportunity in combining solutions into a coordinated suite of solutions. Food 3.0: The next levelBy operating in silos, agtech players risk underdelivering on their potential to drive the next stage of sustainable and productive food systems. Gould described this next phase as the Food 3.0 paradigm. Drawing on her own experience working in the MENA region through the Goumbook MENA Regenerative Agriculture Initiative, Gould has observed world-class technologies being developed to address the real needs and conditions of agriculture in the region.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 15, 2026 07:39 UTC