OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
‘Sharing the space’ in the agricultural knowledge and innovation system: multi-actor innovation partnerships with farmers and foresters in Europe	36
Digital and virtual spaces as sites of extension and advisory services research: social media, gaming, and digitally integrated and augmented advice	32
On-farm demonstration: enabling peer-to-peer learning	29
Are farmers ready to use phone-based digital tools for agronomic advice? Ex-ante user readiness assessment using the case of Rwandan banana farmers	26
Understanding impacts and barriers to adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices in North-Western Nigerian drylands	22
Introducing ‘microAKIS’: a farmer-centric approach to understanding the contribution of advice to agricultural innovation	20
The use and abuse of the ‘model farmer’ approach in agricultural extension in Ethiopia	20
Amplifying the Theory of Planned behavior with connectedness to water to inform impactful water conservation program planning and evaluation	17
Social network analysis of spreading and exchanging information on Twitter: the case of an agricultural research and education centre in Mexico	17
Knowledge production and communication in on-farm demonstrations: putting farmer participatory research and extension into practice	12
Disentangling critical success factors and principles of on-farm agricultural demonstration events	12
Towards agriculture as career: predicting students’ participation in the agricultural sector using an extended model of the theory of planned behavior	12
Exploring farmers’ decisions to engage in grass measurement on dairy farms in Ireland	11
Operationalizing the agricultural innovation system concept in a developing country context – examining the case of the MiDA programme in Ghana	11
Gender, place, and agricultural extension: a mixed-methods approach to understand farmer needs in Liberia	11
The role of farmers’ microAKIS at different stages of uptake of digital technology	10
Leading issues in implementation of farmer field schools: a global survey	10
Power to the facilitated agricultural dialogue: an analysis of on-farm demonstrations as transformative learning spaces	9
Collaborative governance dynamics in innovation platforms: case of Malawi’s District Stakeholder Panel	9
How do rural extension agents learn? Argentine practitioners’ sources of learning and knowledge	9
Participatory versus traditional agricultural advisory models for training farmers in conservation agriculture: a comparative analysis from Kenya	8
Agricultural interactive knowledge models: researchers’ perceptions about farmers’ knowledges and information sources in Spain	8
Youth motivations to study agriculture in tertiary institutions	8
Inclusivity of on-farm demonstration: gender, age, and geographic location	8
Farmers’ networks and the quest for reliable advice: innovating in Greece	8

Exploring the role of smartphone apps for livestock farmers: data management, extension and informed decision making	8
Using improved understanding of research and extension professionals’ attitudes and beliefs to inform design of AIS approaches	8
Co-resourcing and actors’ practices as catalysts for agricultural innovation	7
(Dis)continuity and advisory challenges in farmer-led retro-innovation: biological pest control and direct marketing in Latvia	7
How to assess agricultural innovation systems in a transformation perspective: a Delphi consensus study	7
Videos and podcasts for delivering agricultural extension: achieving credibility, relevance, legitimacy and accessibility	7
Knowledge sharing in practice: a game-based methodology to increase farmers’ engagement in a common vision for a cheese PDO union	7
Emerging advisory service agri-enterprises: a dual perspective on technical and business performance	7
Adult learning theory principles in knowledge exchange networks among maple syrup producers and beekeepers in Maine	7
Developing agri-food value chains: learning networks between exploration and exploitation	6
Supporting farmer wellbeing: exploring a potential role for advisors	6
Accounting for spillovers in assessing the effectiveness of video messages to improve potato seed quality: evidence from Uganda	6
Analysing the performance of agricultural extension managers: a case study from Uganda	6
Effectiveness of on-farm demonstration events in the EU: role of structural characteristics	6
Situating demonstrations within contemporary agricultural advisory contexts: analysis of demonstration programmes in Europe	6
Exploring microAKIS: farmer-centric evidence on the role of advice in agricultural innovation in Europe	6
Digital innovations in the Czech Republic: developing the inner circle of the Triggering Change Model	6
Advisors perceptions of their role in supporting farm succession and inheritance	6
Agricultural literacy in the context of agricultural education in South Korea: using hierarchical linear modeling	6
How could social media support farmers concerned with sustainability issues?	5
Agricultural technical education, interpersonal trust, and pesticide use by vegetable farmers in China	5
Translating the transformative learning approach into practice: the case of a training of trainers’ pilot in client-centred extension approach	5
To what extent is the diversity of Farmer Field Schools reflected in their assessment? A literature review	5
Developing and validating a competence framework for improving the productivity of smallholder farmers: a case study from Ethiopia	4
The development and validation of an empirical scale to inform community diagnostics and change	4
Entrepreneurial resilience of small and medium-sized businesses among rural women in Iran	4
Examining the relationship between farmers’ characteristics and access to agricultural extension: Empirical evidence from northern Uganda	4
Exploring smallholder farmers’ climate adaptation decision-making in mountainous areas of Central Vietnam: implications for extension services	4
Overcoming barriers in agri-business development: two education programs for entrepreneurs in the Swedish agricultural sector	4
Issues-360^TM: an analysis of transformational learning in a controversial issues engagement initiative	4
Diffusion of agricultural knowledge in Southern Ethiopia: finding the real opinion leaders through network analysis	4
Modified listening group method as a knowledge-sharing and learning mechanism in agricultural communities in the Philippines	4
Advisor understanding of their roles in the advisory system: a comparison of governance structures in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and New Zealand	4
Subjective norms influence advisors’ reluctance to discuss farm health and safety	4
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on some academic aspects of veterinary students of India	4
Facilitating learning for innovation in a climate-stressed context: insights from flash flood-affected rice farming in Bangladesh	4
From the researched to co-researchers: including excluded participants in community-led research on urban agriculture in Cape Town	4
Getting your article published in the Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension: how to avoid a desk-rejection	3
(Un)willingness to contribute financially towards advice surrounding diffuse water pollution: the perspectives of farmers and advisors	3
Entwining indigenous knowledge and science knowledge for sustainable agricultural extension: exploring the strengths and challenges	3
Nutrition education competencies of agricultural extension workers in Uganda	3
Does privatizing advisory services guarantee better services? Evidence from advisory services pertaining to cocoa certification in Côte d’Ivoire	3
Endogenous learning and innovation in African smallholder agriculture: lessons from Guinea-Bissau	3
Burnout syndrome and remote learning strategies during the pandemic of COVID-19: a longitudinal study of Agrarian Sciences students	3
A tool for measuring ecological literacy: coupled human-ecosystem interactions	3
Learning through design using collaborative Intervention Mapping with acceptability evaluation: the case of a group-based farm safety intervention	3
Disentangling the experiential learning process of coffee farmers in Uganda’s innovation platforms	3
Innovation support services: an evidence-based exploration of their strategic roles in the Italian AKIS	3
Communicative interventions for preventing the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak: insights from Iran’s rural and farming communities	3
Reflexive monitoring in action: setting up a monitoring system for learning effectiveness in agroecological farm innovation	3

Institutional continuity and hidden changes in farm advisory services provision: evidence from farmers’ microAKIS observations in France	3
Social integration mechanisms to strengthen absorptive capacity in agricultural advisory service organisations	2
Advisory support and learning on non-technical aspects of farming: a key topic for extension and education research	2
Taking a snapshot of Extension and Advisory Systems performance and outcomes: insights on a semi-quantitative evaluation approach	2
Creating self-reliance and sustainable livelihoods amongst small-scale sugarcane farmers	2
International comparison of extension agent objectives and construction of a typology	2
Preparing agricultural leaders: an assessment of agricultural students’ perceived importance and development of employability skills	2
Could the influence of monitor farm programmes on practice change be BETTER? Lessons from sheep farmers and advisors in Ireland	2
To what extent can local-led innovation platforms tackle complex agricultural development challenges? Insights from Madagascar	2
Agricultural education and extension in a time of COVID	2
Makers vs. takers: perceived challenges to food production among agriculturalists in the United States	2
Unraveling relevant factors for effective on farm demonstration: the crucial role of relevance for participants and structural set up	2
Farmer-centered and structural perspectives on innovation and scaling: a study on sustainable agriculture and nutrition in East Africa	2
Analysis of the impact of the regional innovation system of protected agriculture in Hidalgo, Mexico	2
Moderated mediating effects of 4-H experience on adolescents’ agricultural career variables	2
The influence of privatised agricultural extension on downward accountability to smallholder tea farmers	2
Analysis of the factors influencing the adoption of digital extension services: evidence from the RiceAdvice application in Nigeria	2
Farmers’ innovativeness and positive affirmation as main drivers of adoption of soil fertility management practices – evidence across sites in Africa	2
Designing for agricultural digital knowledge exchange: applying a user-centred design approach to understand the needs of users	2