Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats (SWOT) Analysis of Governance
The partners completed a SWOT analysis of the Demonstration Regions. SOLAGRO developed the methodology, templates and guidelines, coordinating work with Regional Leaders through meetings and shared resources. The methodology produced five regional SWOTs and a cross-analysis revealing a North/South gradient: the UK, Netherlands and Denmark have similar climate contexts, and Spain and Southern France share climate challenges. This provided the first integrated view of regional climate adaptation contexts.
Close collaboration between the demonstration and replication regions through direct exchanges, ensuring replication regions’ needs were integrated early in the SWOT methodology, setting the stage for future dissemination and testing.
Preliminary Climate-Resilient Roadmaps
Partners developed draft Roadmaps for climate-resilient agriculture. A methodology and “Regional Roadmap Framework” was developed to map existing EU, national and regional frameworks, targets and policies. Pre-filled EU-level content ensured consistency, while national and regional data were added using SWOT results, policies, literature and expert input. This highlighted adaptation priorities, policy gaps and synergies across governance levels, identifying for the first time strengths and gaps in regional agricultural climate governance. Initial roadmaps outlining adaptation objectives, actions and timelines were then created forming the structural base for modelling and co-creation work, and a transferable methodology for replication regions.
Initial Case-Study Roadmaps of Rotations
Refined roadmaps, focused on crop rotations as nature-based solutions, wree then developed. Two new frameworks were created: the first linked policy targets to practical crop rotation actions; and, the second standardised descriptions of current and innovative rotations. These frameworks ensure comparability across regions and support stakeholder engagement. A cross-analysis of the regional matrices explored shared trends and differences, offering the first synthesis of how crop rotations can drive climate-resilient agriculture. This work bridges governance frameworks to operational practices, forming a foundation for modelling, co-creation and future dissemination.
