Combining diversification practices to enhance the sustainability of conventional cropping systems

•The combination of diversification practices could improve the environmental performances while maintaining economic and social performances at satisfactory levels.•The effect of a combination of diversification practices on an indicator depends on their management, the pedo-climatic conditions and the level of the reference.•The conception of diversified cropping systems should be performed on a relatively small scale to answer specific agronomic issues from a given pedo-climatic and economic context, in order to lower the risk of trade-offs or antagonisms between performances.