Posted on September 12, 2025

Submissions for the 16th International Farming Systems Association Conference (IFSA-Europe group) are now based on a short abstract (max. 400 words), and the deadline for abstract and special session proposal has been extended to 15 October 2025.

🔸 Details and submission portal: https://ifsa2026.sciencesconf.org

IFSA 2026 will take place in Montpellier, France, and is organised by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM) from 29 June to 3 July 2026.

Under the overarching theme “Farming and Agri-Food Systems Dynamics: Facing Crises and Trade-Offs in Transition Pathways”, the conference will revisit current progress and debates in co-designing and advancing sustainable farming systems, with particular attention to how they confront crises, inform decisions across scales, and navigate the trade-offs and synergies shaping transition pathways and their impacts.

Paper submissions for the IFSA 2026 conference are organised around four main themes:

• Theme 2: Landscape and communities
• Theme 1: Transformative changes
• Theme 3: Capacity development to support systemic change
• Theme 4: Food Production, Consumption, Food Landscape & WEFE Nexus

🔸 Submit your abstract for IFSA 2026

Special session proposals are encouraged and may be submitted via the same platform.

Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary community, the event will foster critical reflection and dialogue across research and practice.

The conference will be preceded by a PhD course.

Chairs of the IFSA 2026 Steering Committee: Hatem Belhouchette and Paolo Prosperi - CIHEAM-IAMM

Contact: ifsa2026@iamm.fr

This event is organised with the organisational support provided by Agropolis International