19.05.2026
Ferdaous Rezgui has successfully defended her dissertation titled “Diversifying Mediterranean Cropping Systems: Performance Assessment and Stakeholders’ Perceptions” at the Faculty of Life Sciences of Humboldt University on April 13, 2026.
The research was conducted at ZALF within the RCS group, in collaboration with several European and Mediterranean research institutes. The project was carried out within the framework of the Biodiversity project “Boost Ecosystem Services through Highly Biodiversity-based Mediterranean Farming Systems” and funded by the BMFTR.
Supervision was provided by Dr. Moritz Reckling, Prof. Dr. Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura, Dr. Fatima Lehnhardt, and Dr. Carsten Paul.
The dissertation contributes to advancing research on sustainable Mediterranean agricultural systems, with a particular focus on cropping system diversification strategies (agroforestry, intercropping and diversified rotations), their agri-environmental, social and economic performance, and stakeholders’ perceptions of these systems.
Our warmest congratulations!
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