Our food systems today use about 50% of global arable land and 70% of global fresh water, with 70% contribution to terrestrial biodiversity loss, 80% deforestation, 78% eutrophication, and 29% emissions while wasting one-third of the food we produce. Solving these inefficiencies is what drives our purpose and zeal for agri-food systems transformation that is based on scientific evidence and practical local practices.

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Beside cost of production taking farmers out of business, we waste one-third (1/3) (1 out of every 3kg of food produced globally) after using all of these natural resources, with adverse implications on people, planet, and economy. This is over $1 trillion every year, with increasing cost of production, especially among small and medium farmers.

 

At Circular Planet Institute (CPI), we combine the science of circularity and regeneration into a single approach called circular-regenerative food systems. We believe solving today's climate, resource, and food security challenges demands systems transformation that closes resource loops while restoring ecosystems and building resilience at the same time.

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​We do this by deploying scientific models and tools that combine the science of circularity and regeneration to measure and guide production systems to improve circular-regenerative productivity that accounts for both system benefits and burden to nature, with market linkage through our verification program that provides value addition for premium.