Biodiversify is broken down into five research and technology work packages (WP1 to WP5), one WP having a two-fold task for dissemination and technology transfer and project management (WP6), all of them strongly interacting (figure below).
WP1 will manage the 8 case studies under a participatory approach aiming at co-designing innovative HSD cropping and farming systems using existing scientific and expert knowledge and considering farmers’ needs. WP2 and WP3 will produce novel scientific knowledge on the agronomic performances of selected germplasms, innovative crops rotations, intercropping and agroforestry systems in order to confirm the relevance of WP1 co-designed HSD cropping systems. WP4 will use WP2 and WP3 information as inputs for modelling cropping systems (field level and rotation scale) proposed in WP1 and will provide various types of outputs to WP5 (farm level). WP5 will then perform bio-economic modelling for calculating indicators and optimized solutions that allow improving the sustainability of Mediterranean farming systems co-designed in WP1. WP6 will identify the needs of farmers and stakeholders for renewing their knowledge on HSD systems, in connection with WP1, and will produce the ad hoc resources to answer the concerns.