Aconcagua Catchment

WAVE Aconcagua Partnership

WAVE Aconcagua (2025 - 2028) is the first project under the WAVE Partnership.

The Aconcagua Valley is one of Chile’s most important agricultural regions, supplying high-quality avocado, citrus, cherries, and other fruits to the UK and EU markets. However, since 2010, Chile has experienced extended droughts that, along with unsustainable water extraction for agriculture and other sectors, have contributed to an increasingly negative water balance.

In response to these challenges, the Aconcagua Partnership was created, connecting retailers, importers, exporters, farmers, and government bodies around a shared goal: restoring the balance in the catchment.

Our Strategy

A shift from farm-level action to catchment-level stewardship

Our Vision

A catchment in balance where water inflows, outflows, and storage are sustainably managed to support healthy, biodiverse ecosystems and enhance livelihoods.

Our Mission

The partnership strives to lower the water gap and contribute to a catchment in balance.

Our Goals

More sustainable, regenerative, water-resilient farming practices
Stronger enabling environments
More resilient supply chains

Farm Level

The partnership collaborates with the Aconcagua Network to enable climate- and water-resilient production of avocados and other crops.

The Aconcagua Network represents fourteen farmers managing over 3,700 hectares of agricultural land in the catchment area.

At this level, we focus on creating more sustainable, regenerative, water-resilient farming practices by:

Understanding current state water use and agricultural practices

Accelerating the adoption of more sustainable, water-resilient practices

Supply Chain Level

The Partnership connects with buyers to create scalable, sustainable sourcing practices, and risk mitigation.

Supply chain partners include Nature’s Pride, Salling Group, Westfalia Fruit, and Dole Food Company.

At this level, we focus on building more resilient supply chains by:

Enhancing access to farm and catchment level data

Building consensus on sustainable sourcing principles

Developing reporting and communications approaches

Enabling Environment Level

The Partnership provides a structural space for dialogue, knowledge exchange and advocacy.

We work closely with key governmental and institutional actors — including Chile’s National Water Authority (DGA), the Ministry of Environment, CORFO, Frutas de Chile, and ProChile — to foster collaboration.

At this level, we focus on creating a stronger enabling environment by:

Fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration

Driving advocacy efforts on sustainable water management

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