The CropMix scientific team is divided into three work packages, each with its own focus. In five years time, 19 PhD candidates and two postdocs will work on separate projects, collaborating as much as possible. Questions from arable farmers and other stakeholders about the transition to ecology-based agriculture will guide the focus of the research.
Agro-ecology
This work package focuses on above-ground and below-ground interactions. We look at the interactions between plants, crops, insects and other species living in the field and the differences between strip cropping and monocultures.
Economy, logistics and innovation
This work package looks at the economic feasibility of investments for farmers to switch to more crop-diverse systems, such as strip cropping, and what factors influence their willingness to adopt ecology based types of farming.
Institutional change
This work package consists of social scientists and transition scholars and focuses on the social context and transition pathways. What is the role of consumers and other stakeholders? And what do different transition pathways towards more sustainable agriculture look like?
Click on the dots in the image below to read more on the individual projects.
–NIEUWE GRAPHIC 19 januari 2026–
