Under the current climate change scenario for Mediterranean agricultural systems, erratic rainfall patterns and higher temperatures are predicted, thus to provide higher resilience of Mediterranean agrosystems there is an urgent need of technology. The ambition of CoolFarmLAb project is to foster the agroecological management of mainly (but not only) rainfed cropping systems and food chain and to promote the innovative approaches of LLs and on farm participative experiment approach for co-create new shared production models with rapid and practical application. 

Agroecology is receiving increasing attention in recent years and is considered a most comprehensive solution to the many challenges faced in the agri-food system. The main objective of CoolFarmLab consortium is to deepen the knowledge on the agroecological management of mainly rainfed cropping systems and to facilitate their dissemination at farm level. Such goal will be achieved through innovative approaches of Living Labs (LLs) and participative approach of co-creation, involving the main players in the food supply chain both in the planning and implementation phases of the project activities. Objective of the project is also to propose new cropping systems for an “agroecological transition” and to evaluate them by on farm experiments.