Within the framework of the IKI Future Landscapes project in Colombia, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), UFZ and Nestle are working with territorial partners (anchor companies, water funds, chambers of commerce and governments) to consolidate demonstration centers, farms that today represent concrete and measurable progress towards regenerative agriculture and livestock and are examples in the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation measures.
These farms are ready to talk about their experience, what has worked and also the mistakes made along the way, showing that it is possible to have diversified, resilient and productive agrifood systems. From the voice of their protagonists, these spaces are becoming a meeting place for transferring knowledge to other neighboring producers or members of their supply chains.
This process did not start from scratch. Although most of the farms started with the project two years ago, others seeking continuity come from previous initiatives such as Ganadería Colombiana Sostenible, IKI ProNDC in Sucre or Biocarbono Orinoquia, which have left capacities, lessons learned and links. Paisajes Futuros takes up this legacy, strengthens it and projects it forward.
The formation of the demonstration nuclei is always done hand in hand with a strategic partner. This co-responsibility ensures that the process has territorial legitimacy, sustainability over time, is aligned with institutional plans and makes the field demonstration part of a broader effort, not an isolated exercise. Thus, these nuclei are the heart of something bigger: the regenerative scaling nodes, a node is a space where public institutions, companies, unions, academia, the financial sector and civil society converge around a common strategy to promote the regenerative transition. There, efforts are integrated, investments are mobilized and field demonstrations, financial innovation and political advocacy are facilitated.
In this context, Paisajes Futuros has started field days on demonstration farms. At first glance, they might seem like common activities where producers visit a farm to learn about regenerative practices. However, each field day represents the first visible step of a much deeper territorial process.
Before opening the doors of a demonstration farm to receive other producers, there has been a long road: articulation with partners, farm planning, implementations and capacity building. For the host producer, it is an achievement. For those who attend, it is a real learning experience in their territory. A field day is the way in which a demonstration farm begins to multiply its impact within a scaling node: what was knowledge at the farm level becomes action at the territorial level. Future Landscapes, implemented within the framework of the International Climate Initiative (IKI), is progressing with facts: 60 demonstration farms, 7 scaling nodes, 2,200 people trained, 222 producers in transition and 25,200 hectares transforming towards more resilient systems.
