OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Agroforestry Systems is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Agroforestry contributions to smallholder farmer food security in Indonesia	63
Agroforestry and organic agriculture	49
Spatial and temporal trends in soil N-mineralization rates under the agroforestry systems in Bhabhar belt of Kumaun Himalaya, India	41
Agroforestry and the environment	37
Can cocoa agroforestry restore degraded soil structure following conversion from forest to agricultural use?	24
Microclimate and soil and water loss in shaded and unshaded agroforestry coffee systems	24
Towards bamboo agroforestry development in Ghana: evaluation of crop performance, soil properties and economic benefit	21
Contribution of agroforestry trees for climate change adaptation: narratives from smallholder farmers in Isiolo, Kenya	21
Apple-based agroforestry systems for biomass production and carbon sequestration: implication for food security and climate change contemplates in temperate region of Northern Himalaya, India	19
Agroforestry systems: an alternative to intensify forage-based livestock in the Brazilian Amazon	19
Grazing in silvopastoral systems: multiple solutions for diversified benefits	17
Seasonal variation of rhizospheric soil properties under different land use systems at lower Shivalik foothills of Punjab, India	17
Deep soil carbon stock, origin, and root interaction in a tropical integrated crop–livestock system	17
Assessing smallholder farmers’ motivation to adopt agroforestry using a multi-group structural equation modeling approach	17
Herbage accumulation, nutritive value and beef cattle production on marandu palisadegrass pastures in integrated systems	17
Short-term soil physical quality improvements promoted by an agroforestry system	16
Agroforestry for sustainable production and resilient landscapes	16
Potential of field edge rainwater harvesting, biomass transfer and integrated nutrient management in improving sorghum productivity in semi-arid regions: a review	16
Crop productivity and tree growth in intercropped agroforestry systems in semi-arid and sub-humid regions of Ethiopia	15
Provisioning ecosystem services related with oak (Quercus) systems: a review of challenges and opportunities	14
Allelopathic effects of leachates of Juglans regia L., Populus tremula L. and juglone on germination of temperate zone cultivated medicinal and aromatic plants	14
Litterfall seasonal dynamics and leaf-litter turnover in cocoa agroforests established on past forest lands or savannah	14
Nutritional evaluation of selected fodder trees: Mulberry (Molus alba Lam.), Leucaena (Leucaena luecocephala Lam de Wit.) and Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) as dry season protein supplements for graz	14
Nutritional potential of underutilized edible plant species in coffee agroforestry systems of Yayu, southwestern Ethiopia	13
Land suitability evaluation for multiple crop agroforestry planning using GIS and multi-criteria decision analysis: A case study in Fiji	13

Farmer-led approaches to increasing tree diversity in fields and farmed landscapes in Ethiopia	13
Traditional oases in Northern Africa as multifunctional agroforestry systems: a systematic literature review of the provided Ecosystem Services and of the main vulnerabilities	13
Agroforestry as a sustainable means to farmer–grazier conflict mitigation in Cameroon	13
Multi-scale mammal responses to agroforestry landscapes in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: the conservation value of forest and traditional shade plantations	13
Litter decomposition of six tree species on indigenous agroforestry farms in south-eastern Ethiopia in relation to litterfall carbon inputs and modelled soil respiration	13
Assessing the accuracy and robustness of a process-based model for coffee agroforestry systems in Central America	13
Detection and characterization of agroforestry systems in the Colombian Andes using sentinel-2 imagery	13
Remediation of acid soils and soil property amelioration via Acacia decurrens-based agroforestry system	13
The effect of different levels of tree cover on milk production in dual-purpose livestock systems in the humid tropics of the Colombian Amazon region	13
Decomposition of senescent leaves of signalgrass (Urochloa decumbens Stapf. R. Webster) and arboreal legumes in silvopastoral systems	13
Potential economic impact of carbon sequestration in coffee agroforestry systems	12
Effects of improved pigeonpea fallows on biological and physical soil properties and their relationship with maize yield	12
Soil carbon of hedgerows and ‘ghost’ hedgerows	12
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) shows higher mycorrhizal colonization when planted in agroforestry than in monoculture	12
Virtual pruning of 3D trees as a tool for managing shading effects in agroforestry systems	12
Using a multi-stakeholder approach to increase value for traditional agroforestry systems: the case of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Kilifi, Kenya	12
Acrocomia aculeata fruits from three regions in Costa Rica: an assessment of biometric parameters, oil content and oil fatty acid composition to evaluate industrial potential	12
Sown understory vegetation strips impact soil chemical fertility, associated microorganisms and macro-invertebrates in two temperate alley cropping systems	12
Biomass, carbon stocks estimation and predictive modeling in mango based land uses on degraded lands in Indian Sub-Himalayas	12
Variation in soil carbon, nitrogen and microbial attributes within a silvopastoral system in the Brazilian Cerrado	12
Spatial analysis of area and carbon stocks under Populus deltoides based agroforestry systems in Punjab and Haryana states of Indo-Gangetic Plains	11
Using isotopic labeling to investigate root water uptake in an alley cropping system within Taklimakan Desert Oasis, China	11
Ethnic homestead forests of North-East India revealed as diverse land-use systems	11
Moderate shading did not affect barley yield in temperate silvoarable agroforestry systems	11
The persistence of wild edible plants in agroforestry systems: the case of wild asparagus in southern Extremadura (Spain)	10
Comparative assessment of soil health indicators in response to woodland and silvopasture land use systems	10
Seasonal dynamics on nutritive value, chemical estimates and in vitro dry matter degradability of some woody species found in rangelands of South Africa	10
The nutritive value of different Mediterranean browse species used as animal feeds under oak silvopastoral systems in Northern Portugal	10
Growth response of Moringa oleifera (Lam) to water stress and to arid bioclimatic conditions	10
Valuation of fuelwood from agroforestry systems: a methodological perspective	10
Determinants of adoption of integrated systems by cattle farmers in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil	10
Arthropod diversity of cocoa farms under two management systems in the Eastern and Central regions of Ghana	10
Micro-nutrient pools and their mobility in relation to land-use system in a cold high altitude Himalayan mountainous region	10
Carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling in agroforestry systems on degraded soils of Eastern Amazon, Brazil	10
Potential of Alnus acuminata based agroforestry for carbon sequestration and other ecosystem services in Rwanda	9
Eucalyptus benthamii Maiden et Cambage growth and wood density in integrated crop-livestock systems	9
Characteristics of shade trees used under Arabica coffee agroforestry systems in Mount Elgon Region, Eastern Uganda	9
Growth, flowering and fruiting of Campomanesia adamantium (Cambess) O. Berg intercropped with green manure species in Agroforestry Systems	9
Modelling the yield and profitability of intercropped walnut systems in Croatia	9
Impacts of traditional agroforestry practices, altitudinal gradients and households’ wealth status on perennial plants species composition, diversity, and structure in south-central Ethiopia	9
Scaling up of jujube-based agroforestry practice and management innovations for improving efficiency and profitability of land uses in Bangladesh	9
Free-ranging livestock and a diverse landscape structure increase bat foraging in mountainous landscapes	9
Formation of factors influencing cotton yield in jujube–cotton intercropping systems in Xinjiang, China	8
Screening of forest tree leaves from North Eastern Himalayan region as feed additives for modulating in vitro rumen fermentation and methanogenesis from total mixed ration	8
Agroforestry systems recover tree carbon stock faster than natural succession in Eastern Amazon, Brazil	8
Farmers’ perception and reasons for practicing farmer managed natural regeneration in Tigray, Ethiopia	8
Hydraulic lift: processes, methods, and practical implications for society	8
Exploring farmer perceptions of agroforestry via multi-objective optimisation: a test application in Eastern Panama	8
Short-term effects of agroforestry systems on soil health in Southeastern Brazil	8
Performance of litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) based agri-horticultural land uses in rainfed condition on degraded lands in North Western Himalayas, India	8

Financial analysis of a complex agroforestry system for environmental restoration purpose in the Brazilian Rainforest	8
Economics of agroforestry land use system, Upper Blue Nile Basin, northwest Ethiopia	8
Do rubber-based agroforestry practices build resilience upon poverty incidence? A case study from Moneragala district in Sri Lanka	8
Importance of environmental factors on plantings of wild-simulated American Ginseng	8
Fuelwood species diversity and consumption pattern in the homegardens from foothills of Indian Eastern Himalayas	8
Mapping the spatial distribution of aboveground biomass of tea agroforestry systems using random forest algorithm in Barak valley, Northeast India	8
Agronomic conditions of cacao cultivation: its relationship with the capitals endowment of Colombian rural households	7
Economic outcomes of rubber-based agroforestry systems: a systematic review and narrative synthesis	7
Thinning forests or planting fields? Producer preferences for establishing silvopasture	7
‘Can homegardens assist in enhancing the domestic food security?’ A study in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri lanka	7
Evaluation of physicochemical attributes of a yellow latosol under agroforestry system as compared to secondary forest in the Eastern Amazon	7
Feeding a growing population without deforestation: agroforestry system partnerships and mechanisms	7
The role of shade tree pruning in cocoa agroforestry systems: agronomic and economic benefits	7
Biochemical indicators drive soil quality in integrated crop–livestock–forestry systems	7
Tree density effects on soil, herbage mass and nutritive value of understory Megathyrsus maximus in a seasonally dry tropical silvopasture in Panama	7
On the structural complexity of central European agroforestry systems: a quantitative assessment using terrestrial laser scanning in single-scan mode	7
Analyzing influencing factors to scale up agroforestry systems in Colombia: A comparative ex-ante assessment of cacao farming and cattle ranching in two regions	7
Productivity estimate using regression and artificial neural networks in small familiar areas with agrosilvopastoral systems	7
Litter production and nutrient deposition from native woody species in the Brazilian semi-arid region	7
Silvopastoral and conventional management of extensive livestock and the diversity of bats in fragments of tropical dry forest in Córdoba, Colombia	6
Intercrop of olive trees with cereals and legumes in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece	6
Economics and energy potential of traditional agroforestry systems under contrasting ecosystems in semi arid tropics	6
Effects of environmental variables and foliar traits on the transpiration rate of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) under different cultivation systems	6
Evaluating the efficiency of wind protection by windbreaks based on remote sensing and geographic information systems	6
Biomass and soil carbon stocks of Rhamnus prinoides based agroforestry practice with varied density in the drylands of Northern Ethiopia	6
Characterization of wood from Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum Huber × Ducke trees from a multi-stratified agroforestry system established in the Amazon rainforest	6
Floristic diversity, and conservation status of large cardamom based traditional agroforestry system along an altitudinal gradient in the Darjeeling Himalaya, India	6
Is livestock producers’ interest in silvopasture related to their operational perspectives or characteristics?	6
Shade effects on the hybrid Mavuno brachiariagrass (Urochloa spp.) as potential grass in agroforestry systems	6
Automatic mapping of tree crowns in scattered-tree woodlands using low-density LiDAR data and infrared imagery	6
Herbage accumulation, canopy structure and tiller morphology of marandu palisadegrass growing in open pasture and in silvopasture	6
Changes in forest structure modify understory and livestock occurrence along the natural cycle and different management strategies in Nothofagus antarctica forests	6
Soil organic carbon enhancement in diverse temperate riparian buffer systems in comparison with adjacent agricultural soils	6
Modelling greenhouse gas emissions of cacao production in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire	6
Enteric methane mitigation and fermentation kinetics of forage species from Southern Mexico: in vitro screening	6
Tree diversity and composition in Mexican traditional smallholder cocoa agroforestry systems	6
Collaborative agroforestry to mitigate wildfires in Extremadura, Spain: land manager motivations and perceptions of outcomes, benefits, and policy needs	6
The role of agroforestry in swidden transitions: a case study in the context of customary land tenure in Central Lao PDR	6
Aerodynamic properties of windbreaks of various designs formed by thinning in central Ukraine	6
Impacts of different grazing approaches on woodland ecosystem properties	6
Potential of Gliricidia sepium (jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. and Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth. in silvopastoral systems intercropped with signalgrass [Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R.D. Webster]	6
Alternative animal feeds from agroforestry plants	6
Local farmers shape ecosystem service provisioning in West African cocoa agroforests	6
Diversity in the chemical composition and digestibility of leaves from fifty woody species in temperate areas	6
Evaluating tree growth factors into species-specific functional soil maps for improved agroforestry system efficiency	6
Productivity of pigeon pea, cowpea and maize under sole cropping, legume–legume and legume–cereal intercrops on Alfisols in Central Malawi	6
Stakeholders’ engagement platform to identify sustainable pathways for the development of multi-functional agroforestry in Guadeloupe, French West Indies	6
Economics of intercropping loblolly pine and oilseed crops for bio-jet fuel production in the Southern United States	5
Diversity of coleopterans associated with cattle dung in open pastures and silvopastoral systems in the brazilian amazon	5
Agroforestry improves food security and reduces income variability in semi-arid tropics of central India	5
Integrated multi-enterprise agricultural system for sustaining livelihood, energy use and resource recycling: a case study from semi-arid tropics of central India	5
Do different densities of tree cover affect pasture biomass and soil microbial communities?	5
Two years old peach trees intercropped with a grass mixture can grow through a lithic discontinuity to access water the grass cannot	5
Coconut-gliricidia mixed cropping systems improve soil nutrients in dry and wet regions of Sri Lanka	5
The effect of agroforestry farming on wood quality and timber industry and its supportation by Horizon 2020	5
Impact of reduced light intensity on wheat yield and quality: Implications for agroforestry systems	5
Changes in soil properties and plant biodiversity after 12 years of rehabilitating livestock farms in the Hyrcanian Forests	5
Fodder value and physiological aspects of rainfed smooth vetch affected by biofertilizers and supplementary irrigation in an agri-silviculture system	5
Introduction to the special issue “scaling up of agroforestry innovations: enhancing food, nutrition and income security”	5
Contribution of cacao agroforestry versus mono-cropping systems for enhanced sustainability. A review with a focus on yield	5
Optimization of onion planting time and variety under Populus deltoides-based agroforestry system in North-Western India	5
How the structure and form of vegetation in a black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) silvopastoral system influences tree growth, forage mass and its nutrient content	5
Abundance and richness of invertebrates in shade-grown versus sun-exposed coffee home gardens in Indonesia	5
Farmers’ perception on the benefits and constraints of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration and determinants of its adoption in the southern groundnut basin of Senegal	5
Foliage pests of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) in Malawi: susceptibility of different provenances	5
Productivity benefits from integrating Acacia auriculiformis and agricultural cropping in Java, Indonesia	5
Combining silvopastoral systems with forest conservation: The caíva system in the Araucaria Forest, Southern Brazil	5
Determinants of farmers’ decisions to adopt agroforestry practices: insights from the Mid-hills of Western Nepal	5
Socio-ecological determinants of species composition of crops in homegardens of southern Ethiopia	5
Conversion of open pasture to hardwood silvopasture enhanced soil health of an ultisol	5
Pinus pinea (L.) nut and kernel productivity in relation to cone, tree and stand characteristics	5
Effect of alley cropping on soil, maize and mungbean grown under different maize spatial arrangements and mungbean spacings in south east Nigeria	5