European crop diversification experiences pushed by farmers exploring more sustainable agronomic practices

Problem

Crop diversification experiences (CDE) of actors enhancing the sustainability of farming systems are being developed across Europe. In order to support the development of diversification, there is a need to learn from existing CDE and to better understand their drivers, the barriers they face, and the solutions developed to overcome these.

Solution

Modelling farming system players’ worldviews across a diversity of 11 European CDE mobilising agronomic innovations to highlight drivers and barriers that they face across three main dimensions: agronomy, socio-economy and ecology.