Climate change is linked to human impact on the natural environment and the social, cultural and economic disparities it has generated over the last few centuries. Although this is a global issue, the responsibility and negative impacts are not distributed globally: the most ecologically fragile landscapes will suffer more and sooner, increasing the vulnerability that already exists and that has been reinforced over the last few centuries. Mediterranean-type ecosystems are particularly fragile in terms of agricultural activity and food production. In the face of climate change, small farmers should expect increased desertification and loss of agricultural productivity (lower yields and higher maintenance costs).

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However, there is hope: from a climate perspective, smart agriculture that allows small and new farmers to implement management practices that have the simultaneous effect of increasing yields, improving soil properties, effectively capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide and storing it. it in the basement. Mediterranean Europe's soil and climate types combine both the opportunity and the need to implement such changes, and because of their important but fragile heritage, small and new farmers are the perfect target audience to start with.

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The CarboNostrum project offers small and new farmers across Mediterranean Europe the tools to rethink or change their land management practices, with the aim of effectively combating climate change and desertification and increasing their economic sustainability.