Agricultural Systems

Papers
(The median citation count of Agricultural 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Bridging the gap between models and users: A lightweight mobile interface for optimized farming decisions in interactive modeling sessions182
Crop-livestock integration provides opportunities to mitigate environmental trade-offs in transitioning smallholder agricultural systems of the Greater Mekong Subregion177
The relative productivity of organic agriculture must be considered in the full food-system context. A comment on Connor (2022)125
Evaluating the economic and environmental benefits of rice-soybean diversification in South Korea102
Enhancing farmers' agency is a more effective extension paradigm: The case of soil health management in Africa99
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Examining the synergistic effect of cocoa-plantain intercropping system on gross margin: A system dynamics modelling approach93
The dairy production system in the north of Sweden under possible future food scenarios80
Alternative practices to pesticide use in the Guadeloupe banana belt: Do biophysical constraints limit agroecological transitions?79
Exploring opportunities for diversification of smallholders' rice-based farming systems in the Senegal River Valley75
Projected climate effects on soil workability and trafficability determine the feasibility of converting permanent grassland to arable land74
Integrating an abandoned farmland simulation model (AFSM) using system dynamics and CLUE-S for sustainable agriculture71
Precision farming: what do Italian farmers really think? An application of the Q methodology62
Reducing national water degradation: Development and application of a manureshed-identification framework61
What determines the acceptance of Climate Smart Technologies? The influence of farmers' behavioral drivers in connection with the policy environment59
Assessment of food-feed competition for producing milk in cow dairy farms58
Coupling landscape-scale diagnostics surveys, on-farm experiments, and simulation to identify entry points for sustainably closing rice yield gaps in Nepal56
Review of APSIM's soil nitrogen modelling capability for agricultural systems analyses55
Risk monitoring of pine wilt disease based on semi-dynamic spatial prediction in South Korea54
Sustainable management of sweet potatoes: A review on practices, strategies, and opportunities in nutrition-sensitive agriculture, energy security, and quality of life54
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Transition from chemical fertilizers to sustainable swards: What determines farmers' adoption decisions for clover and multi-species swards?52
Improving livelihood through crop-livestock integration: Insights from a farm trajectory model51
Marginal lands between recovery and valorization. An inclusive definition to support bio-energy supply chains. The Southern Italy contexts case study50
Linking types of East Javanese rice farming systems to farmers' perceptions of complex rice systems49
Legumes and livestock in no-till crop rotations: Effects on nitrous oxide emissions, carbon sequestration, yield, and wheat protein content47
Conserving cropland resilience space in alpine agro-pastoral ecotones: A quantitative study of Qinghai Province46
Modelling cow longevity policies: Impacts on GHG emissions of the Swiss agricultural sector46
Determinants of phosphorus balance and use efficiency in diverse dairy farming systems45
Diffusion of organic farming among Dutch pig farmers: An agent-based model43
A scheme for distribution of genetically improved oil palm plants well suited to local conditions42
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Nutrient use efficiency of intensive dairy farms in China – Current situation and analyses of options for improvement41
Analysis of perceived robustness, adaptability and transformability of Spanish extensive livestock farms under alternative challenging scenarios41
Assessing pollinator abundance and services to enhance agricultural sustainability and crop yield optimization in the Qilian Mountains41
Optimizing the sowing window for direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.) considering high yield and methane emissions in Central China40
Optimization of manure recycling and fertilizer use to meet crop nutrient demands and reduce nutrient losses, a case study in Quzhou, China39
How opportunity and cognition improve family farms' low-carbon production behavior: Evidence from China39
An integrative bio-physical approach to determine the greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sinks of a cow and her offspring in a beef cattle operation: A system dynamics approach38
A framework for the assessment of farm diversification options in broadacre agriculture37
Potential for land and water management adaptations in Mediterranean croplands under climate change37
Selected shade tree species improved cocoa yields in low-input agroforestry systems in Ghana36
Prospects of rehabilitation of ancient irrigation systems in India – A case study from coastal saline zone of West Bengal36
COVID-19 and food systems in Pacific Island Countries, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste: Opportunities for actions towards the sustainable development goals35
Shortening harvest interval, reaping benefits? A study on harvest practices in oil palm smallholder farming systems in Indonesia35
Corrigendum to “Fostering social inclusion in development-oriented digital food system interventions” [Agricultural Systems 2015 (2024) 103882]35
Limited capability of organic farming and conservation tillage to enhance agroecosystem resilience to severe drought35
A simulation of variable rate nitrogen application in winter wheat with soil and sensor information - An economic feasibility study35
Energy scarcity and rising cost: Towards a paradigm shift for livestock35
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Crop productivity and soil inorganic carbon change mediated by enhanced rock weathering in farmland: A comparative field analysis of multi-agroclimatic regions in central China34
Harvesting insights for transformation: Developing and testing a participatory food systems modeling framework in Southern Senegal's poultry system33
A Best-Bet System of Rice Intensification and Poverty Alleviation in Zamfara State, Nigeria: A Mixed Method Analysis33
Stakeholder mapping of precision weeding commercialization ecosystem in California33
Quantifying the spatial water salinity threshold of saline water irrigation by applying distributed WAVES model32
Gender, agricultural risk perceptions, and maize seed systems: A case study of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Uganda32
Functional analysis of technological innovation systems enabling digital transformation: A semi-quantitative multicriteria framework applied in the olive sector32
Benchmarking sustainability performance in UK free-range laying hen flocks32
Root spatial distribution and belowground competition in an apple/ryegrass agroforestry system32
Alfalfa and silage maize intercropping provides comparable productivity and profitability with lower environmental impacts than wheat–maize system in the North China plain32
Digitalisation strategies in the agri-food system: The case of PDO Parmigiano Reggiano31
Exploring adaptive capacities in Mediterranean agriculture: Insights from Central Italy's Ombrone catchment31
Towards circular nitrogen use in the agri-food system at village and county level in China31
Data sharing platforms: How value is created from agricultural data31
Assessing climate vulnerability of historical wheat yield in south-eastern Australia's wheat belt31
Variability of greenhouse gas emissions and economic performances on 10 Piedmontese beef farms in North Italy30
How do diet shifts affect the greenhouse gas balance of agricultural soils? Denmark as a case study30
What drives management decisions and grain yield variability in Mesoamerican maize cropping systems? Evidence from small-scale farmers in southern Mexico30
Improved nutrient management in cereals using Nutrient Expert and machine learning tools: Productivity, profitability and nutrient use efficiency30
Labour productivity: The forgotten yield gap30
Multi-stakeholder multi-objective greenhouse design optimization29
Can trees and their associated organisms still benefit arable crops in the presence of pesticide use?29
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The subsidy-mosaic for agricultural weather insurance in Germany29
Improving canopy transpiration model performance by considering concurrent hot and dry conditions29
Improved life cycle assessment (LCA) methods to account for crop-livestock interactions within agricultural systems28
Soil organic carbon sequestration potential for croplands in Finland over 2021–2040 under the interactive impacts of climate change and agricultural management28
The role of farmers' networks in sourcing planting material and information in a context of agroforestry transition in Madagascar28
Is the system of rice intensification (SRI) pro poor? Labour, class and technological change in West Africa28
Agriculture-livestock-forestry Nexus in Asia: Potential for improving farmers' livelihoods and soil health, and adapting to and mitigating climate change27
An integrated seed health strategy and phytosanitary risk assessment: Potato in the Republic of Georgia27
Computation of soil quality index after fifteen years of long-term tillage and residue management experiment (LT&RE) under rice wheat system27
Does pig production improves cattle farm sustainability in the French massif central? A hierarchical constrained directional benefit-of-the-doubt approach27
Limiting global warming to 2 °C benefits building climate resilience in rice-wheat systems in India through crop calendar management27
Resilience theory and coerced resilience in agriculture27
Adaptation strategies for winter wheat production at farmer fields under a changing climate: Employing crop and multiple global climate models27
A comprehensive spatially-explicit analysis of agricultural landscape multifunctionality using a New Zealand hill country farm case study27
Exploring inclusive innovation: A case study in operationalizing inclusivity in digital agricultural innovations in Kenya26
An empirical analysis of carbon emission efficiency in food production across the Yangtze River basin: Towards sustainable agricultural development and carbon neutrality26
The contribution of strong and weak ties to resilience: The case of small-scale maize farming systems in Mexico26
Can we estimate farm size from field size? An empirical investigation of the field size to farm size relationship26
Advancements in peanut mechanization: Implications for sustainable agriculture26
Legacy effects of crop sequencing on biomass and their variability on farmers' fields in Finland are shaped by weather, farm conditions and rationales for land use26
First things first: Widespread nutrient deficiencies limit yields in smallholder oil palm fields26
Lexical analysis improves the identification of contextual drivers and farm typologies in the assessment of transitions to agroecology through TAPE – A case study from rural Nicaragua26
Optimizing ecosystem function multifunctionality with cover crops for improved agronomic and environmental outcomes in dryland cropping systems26
Local food systems: Reviewing two decades of research25
Corrigendum to “Building and evaluation of a dynamic model for assessing impact of smallholder endowments on food security in agricultural systems in highland areas of central America (SASHACA)” [ Agr25
Relational drivers of the agroecological transition: An analysis of farmer trajectories in the Limagne plain, France25
Cognitive resources to promote exploration in agroecological systems design25
Land suitability modeling integrating geospatial data and artificial intelligence25
Gender transformative innovation: Women's inclusion in livestock vaccine systems in northern Ghana24
Relating agriculture, energy, and water decisions to farm incomes and climate projections using two freeware programs, FEWCalc and DSSAT24
A multi-dimensional approach to assess crop mapping and farmer strategies in drylands of Bamyan, Afghanistan24
Combining expert knowledge and models in participatory workshops with farmers to design sustainable weed management strategies24
Prospects for summer cover crops in southern Australian semi-arid cropping systems24
Perceived effects of COVID-19 restrictions on smallholder farmers: Evidence from seven lower- and middle-income countries23
Harmonizing soil carbon simulation models, emission factors and direct measurements used in LCA of agricultural systems23
Exploring farmer choices in Southern Togo: Utilizing a strategy game to understand decision-making in agricultural practices23
Developing causal loop diagrams for the perusal of soil health in agricultural practices – A case study of rice nursery cultivation practices in India23
Resilience of Swiss summer farms: An interdisciplinary analysis of key challenges and adaptations23
Addressing key issues and knowledge gaps in resilience science for agriculture23
“The end point is a… more appropriate innovation ecosystem” Mission-oriented and responsible innovation in Australian agricultural systems23
Assessing social-ecological connectivity of agricultural landscapes in Spain: Resilience implications amid agricultural intensification trends and urbanization22
Strategizing research and development investments in climate change adaptation for root, tuber and banana crops in the African Great Lakes Region: A spatial prioritisation and targeting framework22
Soil health and grain yield impacts of climate resilient agriculture projects: Evidence from southern Malawi22
Multivariate analysis of economic performance and environmental impacts of multispecies pastured livestock farms using direct marketing22
OSTRICH-CROPGRO multi-objective optimization methodology for calibration of the growing dynamics of a second-generation transgenic soybean tolerant to high temperatures and dry growing conditions21
Improving regional wheat drought risk assessment for insurance application by integrating scenario-driven crop model, machine learning, and satellite data21
Identifying drivers for variability in maize (Zea mays L.) yield in Ghana: A meta-regression approach21
A robust and efficient citrus counting approach for large-scale unstructured orchards21
Sustainable intensification of genetically improved farmed Tilapia (GIFT) in Timor-Leste's farming systems: Challenges and opportunities21
Multi-objective models for crop rotation planning problems21
Model-based decision support for the choice of active spring frost protection measures in apple production21
A biophysical suitability model to identify best areas for the cultivation of potential cash crops: The case of basil in Valle del Cauca21
Understanding differences between static and dynamic nitrogen fertilizer tools using simulation modeling21
Phenological and epidemiological impacts of climate change on peach production21
A framework for assessing the effects of shock events on livestock and environment in sub-Saharan Africa: The COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Kenya21
Agrosilvopastoral systems for improved crop and fodder productivity and soil health in the rainfed environments of South India20
Enabling circularity in grain production systems with novel technologies and policy20
Evaluating the utility of weather generators in crop simulation models for in-season yield forecasting20
Performance of a wheat yield prediction model and factors influencing the performance: A review and meta-analysis20
Farm size limits agriculture's poverty reduction potential in Eastern India even with irrigation-led intensification20
The economic performance of grassland-based milk production using best practices to lower greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions20
Can the advisory system Nutrient Expert® balance productivity, profitability and sustainability for rice production systems in China?19
Climate change and maize productivity in Uganda: Simulating the impacts and alleviation with climate smart agriculture practices19
Information transfer as a tool to improve the resilience of farmers against the effects of climate change: The case of the Peruvian National Agrarian Innovation System19
Field estimates of current and predicted cotton yield loss due to pink bollworm and boll rot in India19
Designing scenarios for upscaling climate-smart agriculture on a small tropical island19
Investigating the links between management practices and economic performances of smallholders' oil palm plots. A case study in Jambi province, Indonesia19
Meanings, materials and competences of area-wide weed management in cropping systems19
Approach for optimizing the water-land-food-energy nexus in agroforestry systems under climate change19
Reducing N2O emissions while maintaining yield in a wheat–maize rotation system modelled by APSIM19
Impact of adoption of climate smart agriculture practices on farmer's income in semi-arid regions of Karnataka19
Oil palm growers' prospects for sustainable oil palm production. A case study from Campeche, Mexico19
SEGAE: An online serious game to learn agroecology19
Crop yield estimation based on assimilation of crop models and remote sensing data: A systematic evaluation19
The importance of proximity dimensions in agricultural knowledge and innovation systems: The case of banana disease management in Rwanda18
Corrigendum to “Impacts of environmental feedbacks on the production of a Central Queensland beef enterprise in a future climate” [Agricultural Systems 214 (2024) 1–13/103838]18
Enhancing off-season maize production through tailored nitrogen management and advanced cultivar selection techniques18
Nitrate leaching and nitrogen balances for integrated willow-poultry organic systems in Denmark18
Revisiting irrigation efficiency before restoring ancient irrigation canals in multi-functional, nature-based water systems18
Soybean performance under moisture limitation in a temperate tree-based intercropping system18
Identifying spatial and temporal dynamics and driving factors of cultivated land fragmentation in Shaanxi province18
Nitrogen uptake and leaching from urine and fertilizer applications during simulated grazing rotations of a perennial grass pasture18
FACE-ing climate change: Propagation of risks and opportunities for cropping systems in mid-high-latitude regions: A case study between U.S. and China corn belts18
Agriculture-livestock-forestry nexus and household income diversification: Experiences from selected villages of West Bengal, India18
Agronomic measures improve crop yield and water and nitrogen use efficiency under brackish water irrigation: A global meta-analysis18
Strategic use of index-based frost insurance to reduce financial risk and improve income stability for wheat producers in Australia18
Organic waste recycling for green and sustainable nitrogen management of fruit production systems in China18
Can citizen science in water-related nature-based solutions deliver transformative participation in agri-food systems? A review18
Field scale SWAT+ modeling of corn and soybean yields for the contiguous United States: National Agroecosystem Model Development18
Projecting trends of arabica coffee yield under climate change: A process-based modelling study at continental scale18
Adoption pathway analysis: Representing the dynamics and diversity of adoption for agricultural practices17
The Crop Generator: Implementing crop rotations to effectively advance eco-hydrological modelling17
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Towards sustainable fruit production: Identifying challenges and optimization strategies17
Relative yield of food and efficiency of land-use in organic agriculture - A regional study17
Spatio-temporal design of strip cropping systems17
Positive deviant strategies implemented by organic multi-species livestock farms in Europe17
Biological nitrogen fixation of legumes crops under organic farming as driven by cropping management: A review17
Data-Driven Agronomic Solutions to Close Wheat Yield Gaps and Achieve Self-Sufficiency in Uzbekistan17
Assessing farm-level agricultural sustainability in India: A comparative study using a mixed-method approach16
Changes in land use of temperate forests associated to avocado production in Mexico: Impacts on soil properties, plant traits and insect-plant interactions16
Long-term changes in soil chemical properties with cropland-to-orchard conversion on the Loess Plateau, China: Regulatory factors and relations with apple yield16
Prospective crop yield and income return based on a retrospective analysis of a long-term rainfed agriculture experiment in Nebraska16
Farmer decision making for hybrid maize seed purchases: Effects of brand loyalty, price discounts and product information16
Can the transition of multiple cropping systems affect the cropland change?16
Integrated assessment of farm-level mitigation measures for gaseous emissions16
Ex-ante priority setting in crop breeding: Towards inclusive innovation for impact16
Shade versus intensification: Trade-off or synergy for profitability in coffee agroforestry systems?16
Collective action, replanting and resilience; Key lessons from 40 years of smallholder oil palm cultivation in the Ophir plantation, Indonesia16
The immediate impact of the first waves of the global COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural systems worldwide: Reflections on the COVID-19 special issue for agricultural systems15
Evaluating environmental and economic trade-offs in cattle feed strategies using multiobjective optimization15
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Building agricultural innovation capacity from the bottom up: Using spillover effects from projects to strengthen agricultural innovation systems15
Climate data induced uncertainties in simulated carbon fluxes under corn and soybean systems15
Can organic rice certification curb the pressure of the agrarian transition in Cambodia? A farming system approach15
Development of ReturN, a manure redistribution optimisation tool: Description and application context15
Matching the model to the available data to predict wheat, barley, or canola yield: A review of recently published models and data15
Marginal climate change abatement costs in Swiss dairy production considering farm heterogeneity and interaction effects15
Understanding the Ivorian market vegetables production: Is the agroecological transition the right strategy?15
Legume choice and planting configuration influence intercrop nutrient and yield gains through complementarity and selection effects in legume-based wheat intercropping systems15
Effectiveness and upscaling potential of climate smart agriculture interventions: Farmers' participatory prioritization and livelihood indicators as its determinants15
Benefits and trade-offs from the diversification of rangeland farms in Northern Queensland, Australia15
Developing integrated rice-animal farming based on climate and farmers choices15
Optimizing water and nitrogen inputs for sustainable wheat yields and minimal environmental impacts15
Characterization of common bean production regions in Brazil using machine learning techniques15
Exploring opportunities to improve crop-livestock integration and production in mixed farms with a serious game: The case of semi-arid Burkina Faso14
Brassica carinata as an off-season crop in the southeastern USA: Determining optimum sowing dates based on climate risks and potential effects on summer crop yield14
Are avocados toast? A framework to analyze decision-making for emerging epidemics, applied to laurel wilt14
Modeling age and yield dynamics in Coffea arabica pruning systems14
Phosphorus availability mediates plant–plant interaction and field productivity in maize-grass pea intercropping system: Field experiment and its global validation14
Work in agriculture: A blind spot in reducing pesticide use on dairy farms?14
Use of atypical plant resources for cattle farming in Western Europe to drive agroecological transition14
How do farm and farmer attributes explain perceived resilience?14
Environmental potential for crop production and tenure regime influence fertilizer application and soil nutrient mining in soybean and maize crops14
A spatially explicit assessment on the carrying capacity of livestock under minimum feed imports and artificial fertilizer use in Dutch agriculture14
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Money doesn't grow on trees – Or does it? How agroforestry system design makes agroforestry more attractive to smallholders in Senegal14
Planting date adjustment and varietal replacement can effectively adapt to climate warming in China southern rice area14
A sustainable approach to narrowing the summer maize yield gap experienced by smallholders in the North China Plain14
Digital revolution for the agroecological transition of food systems: A responsible research and innovation perspective14
Changing pasture management practices on the Greek island of Samothraki: Obstacles and opportunities14
Contribution of large-scale irrigation systems to food security and economic security: Evidence from the Bagré irrigation scheme in Burkina Faso14
Integrated adoption of controlled grazing and multipurpose fodder trees for enhancing tree cover in dryland farming systems14
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Exploring climate-resilient and risk-efficient cropping strategies using a new pond irrigation system: An experimental study in northern Ghana13
New trends in the global digital transformation process of the agri-food sector: An exploratory study based on Twitter13
Good animal welfare by design: An approach to incorporate animal capacities in engineering design13
Climate change is expected to severely impact Protected Designation of Origin olive growing regions over the Iberian Peninsula13
System shift in rice: Processes and pathways of change in rice-based production systems of Southeast Asia13
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Concurrent drought threatens wheat and maize production and will widen crop yield gaps in the future13
Adaptive capacity of farming systems to climate change in Iran: Application of composite index approach13
Fostering social inclusion in development-oriented digital food system interventions13
Sustainability transitions in the making in agroecosystems: Changes in research scope and methods13
Investigating two solutions to balance revenues and N surplus in Swiss winter wheat13
Grass finishing of Criollo cattle can provide an environmentally preferred and cost effective meat supply chain from United States drylands13
Evaluation of land suitability for surface irrigation under changing climate in a tropical setting of Uganda, East Africa13
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Unlocking agricultural mechanisation potential in Indonesia: Barriers, drivers, and pathways for sustainable agri-food systems13
Exploring alternative crop rotations to continuous winter wheat for agricultural intensification in the US central Great Plains13
Translating Ethiopian potato seed networks: Identifying strategic intervention points for managing bacterial wilt and other diseases13
Motivations, goals, and benefits associated with organic grain farming by producers in Iowa, U.S.13
“You have to be resilient”: Producer perspectives to navigating a changing agricultural system in California, USA13
Environmental and economic performance of Dutch dairy farms on peat soil13
Applying assessment methods to diversified farming systems: Simple adjustment or complete overhaul?12
Constraints for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Southeast Kenya12
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Connected cows and cyber chickens? Stocktaking and case studies of digital livestock tools in Kenya and India12
Harmonizing methods to account for soil nitrous oxide emissions in Life Cycle Assessment of agricultural systems12
Evaluation of a regional crop model implementation for sub-national yield assessments in Kenya12
Anticipating social differentiation and unintended consequences in scaling initiatives using GenderUp, a method to support responsible scaling12
Dynamic evaluation of agricultural research for development supports innovation and responsible scaling through high-level inclusion12
Circularity and livestock diversity: Pathways to sustainability in intensive pig farming regions12
Moderation of nitrogen input and integration of legumes via intercropping enable sustainable intensification of wheat-maize double cropping in the North China Plain: A four-year rotation study12
Explaining farming systems spatial patterns: A farm-level choice model based on socioeconomic and biophysical drivers12
Developing sustainable dairy farms in the tropics: From policy to practice12
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