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Boomitra and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) are partnering to accelerate soil-carbon action across the Americas—strengthening rural livelihoods and delivering measurable science-based climate impact. IICA is the specialized agency of the Inter-American System for agriculture and rural wellbeing, working directly with ministries of agriculture in 34 Member States; its top governing body is the Inter-American Board of Agriculture, composed of those ministers. This gives IICA a unique mandate to shape policy and practice across the hemisphere. Together, we link policy, farmers and ranchers training, and digital MRV to turn national ambition into on-the-ground results at scale. IICA also leads the initiative of articulation between the private and public sectors to strengthen the soil health agenda known as Living Soils of the Americas.
IICA brings decades of technical cooperation, institutional capacity, and trusted relationships with governments and producer organizations. It also serves as an accredited Green Climate Fund entity, enabling the design and channeling of climate-agriculture finance in the region. Boomitra contributes world-class remote sensing, AI, and digital MRV, along with on-the-ground program design with partners across Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and other parts of the region. In partnership, we can bridge the gap between innovation in the field and adoption at national and regional scales.
Latin America and the Caribbean face a high-stakes soil challenge: 75% of soils are degraded, costing up to $60B each year—making restoration an economic, social, and environment imperative. With ~28% of the world’s cattle, the region’s grazing lands offer a scalable pathway for high-quality soil-carbon projects that strengthen rural incomes. By aligning policy, producer training, and digital MRV, this partnership turns soil health into measurable climate and livelihood gains across the hemisphere.
IICA’s strategic goal is to strengthen institutional capacity, integrate regional solutions, and advance sustainable and competitive agricultural development—including growth, rural well-being, trade, and climate resilience. This aligns directly with Boomitra’s mission to restore soils and accelerate carbon removal with farmers and ranchers.
Scale projects: Expand carbon farming and regenerative land management across the Americas to improve soil health, biodiversity, and water retention in concrete projects.
Enable policy: Support governments to integrate soil carbon into national climate strategies and NDCs.
Digitize MRV: Deploy digital, satellite- and AI-enabled MRV for transparent, comparable, and scalable reporting.
Build capacity: Train farmers, agribusinesses, and public institutions to adopt climate-smart practices.
Unlock markets: Create equitable market pathways so farmers and ranchers can access and benefit from soil carbon credits.
Climate: Verified tonnes of CO₂e removed via increased soil-carbon levels.
Rural well-being: New income streams for producers, better yields and drought resilience, and stronger local value chains.
Policy durability: Enduring programs and budgets that keep soil carbon central to environment and agricultural agendas across the Americas.
By combining Boomitra’s technology and project development expertise with IICA’s institutional reach and policy influence, this collaboration has the potential to accelerate restoration projects that deliver triple-win benefits—extreme weather resilience, rural livelihood improvement, and biodiversity protection. It will help create enabling environments for soil carbon integration into national policies and markets, and give farmers, communities, and governments access to the tools and insights they need to transform agriculture sustainably.
The Americas have the capacity to lead the world in agricultural climate solutions. With IICA and Boomitra working together, that potential is one step closer to being realized.
Reach out to our team to learn more about our work across the Americas.
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