Adapting and Innovating in Terms of Cultivated Species and Varieties: A Key Role for Cultivated and Natural Diversity? AFS

Valorizing agrobiodiversity offers a sustainable way to adapt cropping systems to climate change by using genetic, species, and agroecosystem diversity. This approach optimizes resource use and increases crop resilience through techniques like intercropping and agroforestry, especially in tropical family farming. Agrobiodiversity supports agroecology by enhancing ecological and social sustainability while reducing pesticides and conserving soil. Successful adaptation requires understanding biological interactions and integrating interdisciplinary research and participatory methods. Despite its benefits, agrobiodiversity faces challenges competing with intensive monocultures.