The thousands of islands in the Mediterranean, 800 of which in Italian waters, generate high quality and highly typical agricultural products. However, the farming is often carried out under difficult conditions, due to the lack of water, the quality of the soil, the slopes, the exposure to the winds, the difficulty of adapting the machines to the particular agricultural situations. This is the central theme of the conference entitled "Sustainable mechanization and supply chains in the Mediterranean islands". During the meeting, experimental projects presented to implement circular economy systems.