Agricultural Systems

Papers
(The TQCC of Agricultural Systems is 13. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The CIRKULÆR model – A national and regional static flow model of agricultural production, environmental and climatic impacts226
Optimizing cropland management to mitigate climate-induced nitrogen leakage risk in Chinese ecosystems203
Pathways towards Net Zero emissions in grain cropping farms108
Assessing extensive pasture-based beef production in South Africa under future climate change conditions106
Reducing national water degradation: Development and application of a manureshed-identification framework102
Integrating an abandoned farmland simulation model (AFSM) using system dynamics and CLUE-S for sustainable agriculture99
Editorial Board99
The relative productivity of organic agriculture must be considered in the full food-system context. A comment on Connor (2022)98
Evaluating the economic and environmental benefits of rice-soybean diversification in South Korea84
Assessing the global potential for transition from single to multiple cropping81
What determines the acceptance of Climate Smart Technologies? The influence of farmers' behavioral drivers in connection with the policy environment76
Enhancing farmers' agency is a more effective extension paradigm: The case of soil health management in Africa75
Modelling the impacts of cover crops on soil C stocks and N dynamics using Daisy: Model evaluation and scenario analysis73
Long-term balanced organic and synthetic nitrogen fertilization can realize sustainable crop production68
Digitalising agriculture with the internet of things: Insights from Canadian collaborators66
Projected climate effects on soil workability and trafficability determine the feasibility of converting permanent grassland to arable land62
Sustainable management of sweet potatoes: A review on practices, strategies, and opportunities in nutrition-sensitive agriculture, energy security, and quality of life56
Cover crops and intercropping help reduce nitrate and pesticide leaching in low-input systems55
Assessment of food-feed competition for producing milk in cow dairy farms54
Frost shocks negatively impact the supply of high-stem juicing apples in Switzerland53
Precision farming: what do Italian farmers really think? An application of the Q methodology52
The dairy production system in the north of Sweden under possible future food scenarios51
Alternative practices to pesticide use in the Guadeloupe banana belt: Do biophysical constraints limit agroecological transitions?50
Review of APSIM's soil nitrogen modelling capability for agricultural systems analyses50
Editorial Board49
Nutrient use efficiency of intensive dairy farms in China – Current situation and analyses of options for improvement49
Spatial arrangement of action-oriented versus hybrid agri-environmental schemes: implications for the optimisation of grassland ecosystem services48
A scheme for distribution of genetically improved oil palm plants well suited to local conditions46
Marginal lands between recovery and valorization. An inclusive definition to support bio-energy supply chains. The Southern Italy contexts case study46
Strategies to advance the agroecological transition: Insights from a case study of sheep–crop integration in southwestern France45
Risk monitoring of pine wilt disease based on semi-dynamic spatial prediction in South Korea44
Limited capability of organic farming and conservation tillage to enhance agroecosystem resilience to severe drought44
Editorial Board44
Linking types of East Javanese rice farming systems to farmers' perceptions of complex rice systems43
Prospects of rehabilitation of ancient irrigation systems in India – A case study from coastal saline zone of West Bengal42
Optimization of manure recycling and fertilizer use to meet crop nutrient demands and reduce nutrient losses, a case study in Quzhou, China42
Managing trade-offs between economic, environmental, and animal welfare performance in French suckler cattle farms through feeding practices41
Shortening harvest interval, reaping benefits? A study on harvest practices in oil palm smallholder farming systems in Indonesia40
Modelling cow longevity policies: Impacts on GHG emissions of the Swiss agricultural sector40
Spatially optimized forage cultivation reconciles livestock production and wildlife conservation in Alpine grasslands40
Integrative adaptation strategies for stabilizing wheat productivity with rising temperatures in China39
Improving livelihood through crop-livestock integration: Insights from a farm trajectory model39
How opportunity and cognition improve family farms' low-carbon production behavior: Evidence from China39
Climate-resilient optimization of spatially targeted conservation practices for cost-effective rice paddy management38
Export-attributed carbon footprint of cotton production in arid China: A life cycle and driver analysis38
Energy scarcity and rising cost: Towards a paradigm shift for livestock38
Potential for land and water management adaptations in Mediterranean croplands under climate change36
Selected shade tree species improved cocoa yields in low-input agroforestry systems in Ghana36
Conserving cropland resilience space in alpine agro-pastoral ecotones: A quantitative study of Qinghai Province36
Assessing pollinator abundance and services to enhance agricultural sustainability and crop yield optimization in the Qilian Mountains36
Transition from chemical fertilizers to sustainable swards: What determines farmers' adoption decisions for clover and multi-species swards?36
A framework for the assessment of farm diversification options in broadacre agriculture36
From smart farming to wise agricultural systems: A conceptual framework for systems-oriented sustainable digital transformation in agriculture36
Optimizing the sowing window for direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.) considering high yield and methane emissions in Central China36
Analysis of perceived robustness, adaptability and transformability of Spanish extensive livestock farms under alternative challenging scenarios36
Legumes and livestock in no-till crop rotations: Effects on nitrous oxide emissions, carbon sequestration, yield, and wheat protein content36
Synergistic management enhances ecosystem services through optimized specialty agro-pastoralism in the context of food security36
Crop productivity and soil inorganic carbon change mediated by enhanced rock weathering in farmland: A comparative field analysis of multi-agroclimatic regions in central China35
Benchmarking sustainability performance in UK free-range laying hen flocks35
Navigating challenges in native plant-based food value chains within the global food system: A systematic literature review35
Stakeholder mapping of precision weeding commercialization ecosystem in California35
Exploring adaptive capacities in Mediterranean agriculture: Insights from Central Italy's Ombrone catchment35
Digitalisation strategies in the agri-food system: The case of PDO Parmigiano Reggiano35
Root spatial distribution and belowground competition in an apple/ryegrass agroforestry system35
Harvesting insights for transformation: Developing and testing a participatory food systems modeling framework in Southern Senegal's poultry system35
Corrigendum to “Fostering social inclusion in development-oriented digital food system interventions” [Agricultural Systems 2015 (2024) 103882]35
Assessing climate risk and adaptive strategies for forage production in Brazilian pasture-based livestock under future climate scenarios34
Analyzing the disruption of agricultural systems by conflict: A case study of sunflower production in eastern Ukraine34
A comparative study of the legal and regulatory dimension of seed sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa using regulatory systems maps: The case of Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda34
Quantifying the spatial water salinity threshold of saline water irrigation by applying distributed WAVES model33
Challenges and opportunities in using biowaste for sustainable hydroponic netted melon (Cucumis melo L.) cultivation33
A Best-Bet System of Rice Intensification and Poverty Alleviation in Zamfara State, Nigeria: A Mixed Method Analysis33
Trajectories of change for farmers to integrate agri-environmental practices: A longitudinal study of adoption dynamics33
Gender, agricultural risk perceptions, and maize seed systems: A case study of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Uganda33
Can trees and their associated organisms still benefit arable crops in the presence of pesticide use?33
Towards circular nitrogen use in the agri-food system at village and county level in China33
Functional analysis of technological innovation systems enabling digital transformation: A semi-quantitative multicriteria framework applied in the olive sector33
Multi-stakeholder multi-objective greenhouse design optimization32
Optimizing ecosystem function multifunctionality with cover crops for improved agronomic and environmental outcomes in dryland cropping systems32
Improved life cycle assessment (LCA) methods to account for crop-livestock interactions within agricultural systems32
Editorial Board32
The role of farmers' networks in sourcing planting material and information in a context of agroforestry transition in Madagascar31
Does pig production improves cattle farm sustainability in the French massif central? A hierarchical constrained directional benefit-of-the-doubt approach30
Computation of soil quality index after fifteen years of long-term tillage and residue management experiment (LT&RE) under rice wheat system30
A comprehensive spatially-explicit analysis of agricultural landscape multifunctionality using a New Zealand hill country farm case study30
Agriculture-livestock-forestry Nexus in Asia: Potential for improving farmers' livelihoods and soil health, and adapting to and mitigating climate change30
First things first: Widespread nutrient deficiencies limit yields in smallholder oil palm fields30
Soil organic carbon sequestration potential for croplands in Finland over 2021–2040 under the interactive impacts of climate change and agricultural management30
Limiting global warming to 2 °C benefits building climate resilience in rice-wheat systems in India through crop calendar management30
Advancements in peanut mechanization: Implications for sustainable agriculture29
Improving canopy transpiration model performance by considering concurrent hot and dry conditions29
Willing or unable? The cognitive–resource mismatch behind farmers' adaptive behavior under agricultural disasters29
The subsidy-mosaic for agricultural weather insurance in Germany29
How do diet shifts affect the greenhouse gas balance of agricultural soils? Denmark as a case study28
Adaptation strategies for winter wheat production at farmer fields under a changing climate: Employing crop and multiple global climate models28
Resilience theory and coerced resilience in agriculture28
Performances of conventional and organic livestock development scenarios in France through nitrogen flow analysis28
Generational renewal and sustainability pathways: Exploring diversification and resilience in agricultural systems27
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 Nicaragua27
Exploring inclusive innovation: A case study in operationalizing inclusivity in digital agricultural innovations in Kenya27
How to reduce agricultural pesticide risks? An evaluation of policy mixes considering stakeholder preferences and uncertain consequences27
Develop a modelling framework to identify and optimize the dominant factors that limit cropland productivity26
Can we estimate farm size from field size? An empirical investigation of the field size to farm size relationship26
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
Mitigating environmental footprints via cooperation between the enterprise and specialized livestock farms in pig production26
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
Phenological and epidemiological impacts of climate change on peach production25
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
Labour productivity: The forgotten yield gap25
Carbon neutrality and beef production in the marginal areas: A case study of Podolian cattle system25
Combining expert knowledge and models in participatory workshops with farmers to design sustainable weed management strategies24
“The end point is a… more appropriate innovation ecosystem” Mission-oriented and responsible innovation in Australian agricultural systems24
Global dynamics of climate smart agricultural practices and technologies: Recent advancements, challenges and potential future pathways - A review24
Land suitability modeling integrating geospatial data and artificial intelligence24
Identifying drivers for variability in maize (Zea mays L.) yield in Ghana: A meta-regression approach24
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 framework23
Editorial Board23
Addressing key issues and knowledge gaps in resilience science for agriculture23
Quantifying the mitigation potential of greenhouse gas emissions from paddy fields under optimal irrigation and carbon management in the Lake Tai region23
Exploring farmer choices in Southern Togo: Utilizing a strategy game to understand decision-making in agricultural practices23
Prospects for summer cover crops in southern Australian semi-arid cropping systems23
Integrated assessment reveals plowing/no-tillage rotation as the trade-off considering crop yield and environmental performance in the Loess Plateau23
Developing causal loop diagrams for the perusal of soil health in agricultural practices – A case study of rice nursery cultivation practices in India23
Model-based decision support for the choice of active spring frost protection measures in apple production23
A multi-dimensional approach to assess crop mapping and farmer strategies in drylands of Bamyan, Afghanistan22
Multi-objective models for crop rotation planning problems22
Resilience of Swiss summer farms: An interdisciplinary analysis of key challenges and adaptations22
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Gender transformative innovation: Women's inclusion in livestock vaccine systems in northern Ghana22
Herder cooperatives vs. independent herders in Inner Mongolia: A comparative analysis of multi-dimensional efficiency22
Assessing social-ecological connectivity of agricultural landscapes in Spain: Resilience implications amid agricultural intensification trends and urbanization22
Multivariate analysis of economic performance and environmental impacts of multispecies pastured livestock farms using direct marketing22
Synergistic optimization of field management measures for yield increase and emission reduction of Panax notoginseng based on DNDC model and NSGA-III21
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
Household vegetable agro-biodiversity in northern Vietnam requires diversity in seed sources21
An integrated meteorological adaptive simulation-optimization framework for real-time irrigation scheduling considering perfect weather forecasts21
Harmonizing soil carbon simulation models, emission factors and direct measurements used in LCA of agricultural systems21
Can the advisory system Nutrient Expert® balance productivity, profitability and sustainability for rice production systems in China?21
Evaluating the utility of weather generators in crop simulation models for in-season yield forecasting21
Designing scenarios for upscaling climate-smart agriculture on a small tropical island21
A biophysical suitability model to identify best areas for the cultivation of potential cash crops: The case of basil in Valle del Cauca21
Meanings, materials and competences of area-wide weed management in cropping systems20
Agroforestry and smallholder farmers' welfare in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis20
Agrosilvopastoral systems for improved crop and fodder productivity and soil health in the rainfed environments of South India20
The economic performance of grassland-based milk production using best practices to lower greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions20
Impact of adoption of climate smart agriculture practices on farmer's income in semi-arid regions of Karnataka20
Farm size limits agriculture's poverty reduction potential in Eastern India even with irrigation-led intensification20
Territorial insights into agri-food system circularity: energy and nitrogen flows of two livestock production regions in Brittany (France)20
Assessment of climate resilience index: Insight from Murrah buffalo-based livestock production system of Western India20
Prioritizing climate-smart agricultural technologies for coastal Bangladesh: A multicriteria assessment19
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
Enhancing off-season maize production through tailored nitrogen management and advanced cultivar selection techniques19
Delivering nutrient management impact through farmer-centric research: a systematic review of innovation systems in African smallholder systems19
Sustainable intensification of genetically improved farmed Tilapia (GIFT) in Timor-Leste's farming systems: Challenges and opportunities19
Climate change and maize productivity in Uganda: Simulating the impacts and alleviation with climate smart agriculture practices19
Oil palm growers' prospects for sustainable oil palm production. A case study from Campeche, Mexico19
Integrating agroecological suitability of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) with biodiversity and land-use constraints in Peru19
Crop yield estimation based on assimilation of crop models and remote sensing data: A systematic evaluation19
A robust and efficient citrus counting approach for large-scale unstructured orchards19
Nitrate leaching and nitrogen balances for integrated willow-poultry organic systems in Denmark18
The importance of proximity dimensions in agricultural knowledge and innovation systems: The case of banana disease management in Rwanda18
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
Positive deviant strategies implemented by organic multi-species livestock farms in Europe18
Organic waste recycling for green and sustainable nitrogen management of fruit production systems in China18
Modeling two-dimensional soil water–heat–salt transport and cotton growth under strip-film mulched drip irrigation18
Toward climate-resilient agriculture in Iran: Modeling quinoa viability under future climate scenarios18
Responses of African food systems to climate change: A systematic review of concepts, methods, and evidence18
Field estimates of current and predicted cotton yield loss due to pink bollworm and boll rot in India18
Revisiting irrigation efficiency before restoring ancient irrigation canals in multi-functional, nature-based water systems18
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
Agronomic measures improve crop yield and water and nitrogen use efficiency under brackish water irrigation: A global meta-analysis18
Developing scalable farm typologies to guide sustainable intensification in the fragile agroecosystems of the Indian Sundarbans18
Spatio-temporal design of strip cropping systems18
Modeling nitrogen dynamics across contrasting yield zones to close yield gaps in a commercial maize system18
Agriculture-livestock-forestry nexus and household income diversification: Experiences from selected villages of West Bengal, India18
Strategic use of index-based frost insurance to reduce financial risk and improve income stability for wheat producers in Australia18
Can citizen science in water-related nature-based solutions deliver transformative participation in agri-food systems? A review18
Projecting trends of arabica coffee yield under climate change: A process-based modelling study at continental scale18
Is the potential stability of forage resources under climate variability linked to transhumance patterns? An approach for sheep farming systems based on vegetation agroecological properties18
Agroecological performances of low pesticide used grapevine systems adapted to six diverse regional contexts in France18
Improving soil quality enables reductions in nitrogen application rate in China's rice production systems17
Comprehensive assessment of the agronomic, environmental and economic benefits of localized fertilizer placement in China's intensive cereal production systems17
Can organic rice certification curb the pressure of the agrarian transition in Cambodia? A farming system approach17
Soybean performance under moisture limitation in a temperate tree-based intercropping system17
Biological nitrogen fixation of legumes crops under organic farming as driven by cropping management: A review17
Towards sustainable fruit production: Identifying challenges and optimization strategies17
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Evaluating projections of the costs of pesticide regulation: Evidence from California's chlorpyrifos withdrawal17
Identifying spatial and temporal dynamics and driving factors of cultivated land fragmentation in Shaanxi province17
Field scale SWAT+ modeling of corn and soybean yields for the contiguous United States: National Agroecosystem Model Development17
Nitrogen uptake and leaching from urine and fertilizer applications during simulated grazing rotations of a perennial grass pasture17
Marginal climate change abatement costs in Swiss dairy production considering farm heterogeneity and interaction effects16
Shade versus intensification: Trade-off or synergy for profitability in coffee agroforestry systems?16
Integrated assessment of farm-level mitigation measures for gaseous emissions16
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 systems16
Quantifying crop-livestock integration for the green transition of herbivorous livestock farmers: Development of a novel index and its application in Northwest China16
Ex-ante priority setting in crop breeding: Towards inclusive innovation for impact16
Developing integrated rice-animal farming based on climate and farmers choices16
Behavioral interventions in informal seed systems to nudge sustainable demand for quality seed of sweetpotato16
Legume choice and planting configuration influence intercrop nutrient and yield gains through complementarity and selection effects in legume-based wheat intercropping systems16
Matching the model to the available data to predict wheat, barley, or canola yield: A review of recently published models and data16
Relative yield of food and efficiency of land-use in organic agriculture - A regional study16
Impacts of sustainable cattle farming on the 2030 agenda: A global review16
Effectiveness and upscaling potential of climate smart agriculture interventions: Farmers' participatory prioritization and livelihood indicators as its determinants16
Assessing farm-level agricultural sustainability in India: A comparative study using a mixed-method approach16
Development of ReturN, a manure redistribution optimisation tool: Description and application context16
Can the transition of multiple cropping systems affect the cropland change?16
System optimization practices for profitable and agro-ecologically sustainable agriculture in North-Western Indo-Gangetic Plains16
Collective action, replanting and resilience; Key lessons from 40 years of smallholder oil palm cultivation in the Ophir plantation, Indonesia15
Long-term changes in soil chemical properties with cropland-to-orchard conversion on the Loess Plateau, China: Regulatory factors and relations with apple yield15
Farmer decision making for hybrid maize seed purchases: Effects of brand loyalty, price discounts and product information15
Money doesn't grow on trees – Or does it? How agroforestry system design makes agroforestry more attractive to smallholders in Senegal15
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Changes in land use of temperate forests associated to avocado production in Mexico: Impacts on soil properties, plant traits and insect-plant interactions15
AI-powered Pheno-Farm Server: Making adaptive farming decisions15
Changing pasture management practices on the Greek island of Samothraki: Obstacles and opportunities15
Exploring opportunities to improve crop-livestock integration and production in mixed farms with a serious game: The case of semi-arid Burkina Faso15
Data-Driven Agronomic Solutions to Close Wheat Yield Gaps and Achieve Self-Sufficiency in Uzbekistan15
Benefits and trade-offs from the diversification of rangeland farms in Northern Queensland, Australia15
Environmental potential for crop production and tenure regime influence fertilizer application and soil nutrient mining in soybean and maize crops15
Contribution of large-scale irrigation systems to food security and economic security: Evidence from the Bagré irrigation scheme in Burkina Faso15
Exploring alternative crop rotations to continuous winter wheat for agricultural intensification in the US central Great Plains14
A sustainable approach to narrowing the summer maize yield gap experienced by smallholders in the North China Plain14
Revealing the diversity of collective experimentation in agriculture: Constructing idealtypes from French case studies14
Implications of agroecological transition on performance and soil carbon inputs in farms from highly productive cashew zones of Benin14
Understanding the Ivorian market vegetables production: Is the agroecological transition the right strategy?14
Modeling age and yield dynamics in Coffea arabica pruning systems14
Building agricultural innovation capacity from the bottom up: Using spillover effects from projects to strengthen agricultural innovation systems14
Are avocados toast? A framework to analyze decision-making for emerging epidemics, applied to laurel wilt14
Concurrent drought threatens wheat and maize production and will widen crop yield gaps in the future14
How do farm and farmer attributes explain perceived resilience?14
Unlocking agricultural mechanisation potential in Indonesia: Barriers, drivers, and pathways for sustainable agri-food systems14
Digital revolution for the agroecological transition of food systems: A responsible research and innovation perspective14
Phosphorus availability mediates plant–plant interaction and field productivity in maize-grass pea intercropping system: Field experiment and its global validation14
Farmers' preferences for adoption of service plants in biological control and implications for agricultural system design14
Decision support for managing an invasive pathogen through efficient clean seed systems: Cassava mosaic disease in Southeast Asia14
Integrated adoption of controlled grazing and multipurpose fodder trees for enhancing tree cover in dryland farming systems14
Optimizing water and nitrogen inputs for sustainable wheat yields and minimal environmental impacts14
Adaptive capacity of farming systems to climate change in Iran: Application of composite index approach14
Characterization of common bean production regions in Brazil using machine learning techniques14
Investigating two solutions to balance revenues and N surplus in Swiss winter wheat13
Comprehensive review of optimization and surrogate models for agricultural water resources and reservoir water management13
Translating Ethiopian potato seed networks: Identifying strategic intervention points for managing bacterial wilt and other diseases13
A meta-analysis on the impact of trees on yield of intercrops in alley-cropping systems of temperate climates13
“You have to be resilient”: Producer perspectives to navigating a changing agricultural system in California, USA13
Large-scale estimation of carrying capacities in agricultural Crown lands of Manitoba, Canada using land cover datasets13
Climate change is expected to severely impact Protected Designation of Origin olive growing regions over the Iberian Peninsula13
Agrivoltaic systems: Trade-offs on microclimate, physiology, yield and canopy thermal-spectral maps13
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