Enabling crop diversification to support transitions towards more sustainable European agri-food systems

Messéan Antoine, Viguier Loïc, Paresys Lise, Aubertot Jean-Noël, Canali Stefano, Iannetta Pietro, Justes Eric, Karley Alison, Keillor Beatrix, Kemper Laura, Muel Frédéric, Pancino Barbara, Stilmant Didier, Watson Christine, Willer Helga, Zornoza Raúl. 2021. Enabling crop diversification to support transitions towards more sustainable European agri-food systems. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 8 (3) : 474-480.

https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2021406

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Résumé : European cropping systems are often characterized by short rotations or even monocropping, leading to environmental issues such as soil degradation, water eutrophication, and air pollution including greenhouse gas emissions, that contribute to climate change and biodiversity loss. The use of diversification practices (i.e., intercropping, multiple cropping including cover cropping and rotation extension), may help enhance agrobiodiversity and deliver ecosystem services while developing new value chains. Despite its benefits, crop diversification is hindered by various technical, organizational, and institutional barriers along value chains (input industries, farms, trading and processing industries, retailers, and consumers) and within sociotechnical systems (policy, research, education, regulation and advisory). Six EU-funded research projects have joined forces to boost crop diversification by creating the European Crop Diversification Cluster (CDC). This Cluster aggregates research, innovation, commercial and citizen-focused partnerships to identify and remove barriers across the agrifood system and thus enables the uptake of diversification measures by all European value-chain stakeholders. The CDC will produce a typology of barriers, develop tools to accompany actors in their transition, harmonize the use of multicriteria assessment indicators, prepare policy recommendations and pave the way for a long-term network on crop diversification.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : système de culture, diversification, culture multiple, systèmes agroalimentaires, rotation culturale, politique agricole, agriculture durable, culture intercalaire

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Pays de l'Union européenne

Mots-clés libres : Crop rotation, Lock-in, Intercropping, Multiple cropping, Networking

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
E10 - Économie et politique agricoles

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 2 (2019-) - Transitions agroécologiques

Agences de financement européennes : European Commission

Programme de financement européen : H2020

Projets sur financement : (EU) Crop diversification and low-input farming across Europe: from practitioners engagement and ecosystems services to increased revenues and chain organisation

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