Challenges in building Pannonian climate resilience across agriculture: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue?

<ns3:p>Climate change presents interconnected challenges to global agriculture, particularly within vulnerable regions, such as the Pannonian Biogeographical Area (PBA), which experiences extreme weather events. Traditional reductionist approaches have proven insufficient against complex issues such as increasing droughts, high temperatures, floods, and new pests and diseases. This review proposes and validates innovative systemic solutions to enhance climate resilience across identified critical key agricultural sectors: crop production, agroforestry, the water-food nexus, and cattle production. Utilizing a consistent model, four deep demonstration sites will be established in two sectors (Serbia and Hungary) to develop and test the proposed solutions. Multi-environment trials replicated across eight additional diverse European environments will provide a robust validation of performance under varied conditions, mimicking real-world agricultural complexities across Serbia, Croatia, Romania, and Czechia. This holistic, systems-thinking approach aims to create comprehensive strategies that build climate resilience, secure agricultural production, foster long-term sustainability within the PBA, and serve as a blueprint for broader European implementation.</ns3:p>