In the French West Indies, and particularly in Guadeloupe, agricultural policies mainly support the banana and sugarcane export sectors. However, driven by consumer demand, policy-makers are increasingly interested in developing local and agroecological food systems. Plantain (Musa spp., AAB), cultivated by a wide range of farmers, plays a key role in the diversification of local production and food systems, contributing to food security. However, important gaps in knowledge about plantain cropping systems are hindering the understanding of their contribution to the agroecological transition of farms. Farmers are also requesting more guidance from technical advisers and research. The aim of the work, presented in this article, was to co-design agroecological plantain cropping systems with farmers in order to fill this knowledge gap and to support local food systems. The co-design process was based on the characterization of the diversity of plantain farming systems, the evaluation of changes in practices implemented between 2017 and 2019, and the co-design of a system experiment. We identified six types of plantain farming systems defined by the role of plantain in the production strategy of the farm and a gradient of agroecology in plantain management practices. Our results also show progress toward agroecology between 2017 and 2019. Four innovative plantain cropping systems were designed based on a combination of existing knowledge held by farmers from the six types of farming systems. These results confirm that plantain cropping systems are contributing to the agroecological transition of farms in Guadeloupe and highlight that there are multiple possible agroecological transition pathways for plantain farmers. These results also provide a concrete example of integration of academic and non-academic knowledge for the co-design of agroecological systems.

在法属西印度群岛，尤其是瓜德罗普岛，农业政策主要支持香蕉和甘蔗出口部门。然而，在消费者需求的推动下，政策制定者对发展当地和农业生态食品系统越来越感兴趣。车前草（芭蕉科spp., AAB)，由广泛的农民种植，在当地生产和粮食系统的多样化中发挥着关键作用，有助于粮食安全。然而，关于车前草种植系统的知识存在重大差距，阻碍了了解它们对农场农业生态转型的贡献。农民还要求技术顾问和研究提供更多指导。本文介绍的这项工作的目的是与农民共同设计农业生态车前草种植系统，以填补这一知识空白并支持当地粮食系统。协同设计过程基于大蕉耕作系统多样性的特征、对 2017 年至 2019 年实施的实践变化的评估，以及系统实验的协同设计。我们根据大蕉在农场生产策略中的作用和大蕉管理实践中的生态农业梯度确定了六种大蕉耕作系统。我们的研究结果还显示了 2017 年至 2019 年在生态农业方面取得的进展。四种创新的车前草种植系统是基于六种农业系统的农民所掌握的现有知识的组合而设计的。这些结果证实，大蕉种植系统正在促进瓜德罗普岛农场的农业生态转型，并强调大蕉农民有多种可能的农业生态转型途径。这些结果还为农业生态系统的协同设计提供了学术和非学术知识整合的具体例子。