Developing tools that assist with design support approaches to promote cropping system diversification

Problem

The design of diversified cropping systems for the agroecological transition requires operational tools, adapted to local pedo-climatic conditions, to support the decision-making of farmers or advisors (Le Gal et al. 2011, Duru et al. 2015).

Solution

A prototype of a dashboard has been developed that can help farmers to design and evaluate innovations. The dashboard, co-developed with Case Study 14 (dealing with the diversification of arable cropping systems) addresses concrete agronomic problems, for instance how to lower rapeseed susceptibility to pest damage. Farmers/advisors can either use directly this ‘robust rapeseed dashbord’, or could construct their own.