Participatory design and assessment of diversified Mediterranean cropping systems – Method and results for two case studies

The thematic challenge addressed is the diversification of agricultural systems. Eight case studies are involved in Northern (France, Greece, Italy, Spain) and Southern (Algeria, Tunisia) Mediterranean countries. Three production systems are studied: (1) arable cereal-based cropping systems for grain and forage, (2) vineyards for grapes and wine, and (3) olive-based agroforestry systems for olive and oil production. In the Biodiversify PRIMA ERA-NET project, we aim to design and assess, with stakeholders, new cropping systems using diversification as a main lever, in several case studies. To reach this objective, we designed a method based on simple tools, beginning with the definition of the reference cropping system in each case study. We will present the results for the Algerian and the Spanish arable case studies, as they will have performed the whole process by the colloquium.