Co-created through extensive research and stakeholder engagement, this Blueprint outlines a farmer-focused approach to navigating the agricultural transition. The goal is to build resilient agriculture that adapts quickly to immediate challenges (like extreme weather or market shocks) alongside sustainable practices that maintain long-term productivity.

Farm adaptation means diversifying production or changing practices to become more profitable, sustainable, and resilient, focusing on future-fit plant-rich business models that reduce risks, especially economic and climate-related ones.

This first report, Part One: Challenges & Barriers to Farm Adaptation, is intended for policymakers, researchers, farming organisations and civil society groups. It outlines the system-wide barriers to adaptation across societal, economic, environmental, technical, and political dimensions. The Blueprint argues that adaptation is a social process requiring empowerment and public investment. Building farms’ adaptive capacity demands collaboration, supported by business opportunities, policy, research, and networks fostered by FAN. Part One sets the stage for Part Two, which will feature real-world case studies and policy recommendations.