Call 02 - single stage (2027) · Enhancing farmer's profitability and resilience through innovations for diversified crops and value chains

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: • farmers are able to transition to diversified, resilient and innovative cropping systems, increasing their sustainability, competitiveness and promoting biodiversity conservation as well as climate adaptation and mitigation; • profitability of farming is boosted through the adoption of diversified cropping systems and the development of local value chains as well as through the…

Crop diversification supports farmers resilience to external shocks, be it economic, climatic, or market related. By reducing dependency on a single farmed crop, farmers can strengthen their competitiveness in an ever-changing agricultural landscape. The temporal and spatial diversification of crops through e.g. rotation and associations, are drivers for low-input, resource-efficient farming systems that can fulfil the need to produce food, feed, industrial products (e.g.…