OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Opportunities and limitations to social learning for sustainability: empirical insights from a participatory approach to community-based resource management in the Philippines	44
Challenges of the Participatory Guarantee System of the network of agroecological markets of Bogota-Region, as a strategy for certification and promotion of agroecology	33
Laws and regulations enabling and restricting Africa’s vegetable seed sector	32
Effects of land recuperation on farmers’ social capital: a Chinese field analysis	23
Theory, Practice and Challenges of Agroecology in India	21
Amping up soil carbon: soil carbon stocks in California rangelands under adaptive multi-paddock and conventional grazing management	21
Evaluation of sustainability in strawberry crops production under greenhouse and open-field systems in the Andes	20
Does zero tillage save or increase production costs? Evidence from smallholders in Kyrgyzstan	20
Assessing the sustainability of agricultural production - a cross-sectoral comparison of the blackberry, tomato and tree tomato sectors in Ecuador	19
Competing fields in sustainable agriculture: on farmer-expert understandings of good farming, good farmers and organic farming	18
Impact of human capital on technical efficiency in sustainable food crop production: a meta-analysis	17
Food systems in transition: conceptualizing sustainable food entrepreneurship	17
Assessment of influencing factors and mechanisms to engage the private sector in promoting conservation agriculture production systems in Cambodia	16
Drivers and barriers to adoption of regenerative agriculture: cases studies on lessons learned from organic	15
A decade of maize yield gap studies in sub-Saharan Africa: how are farm-level factors considered?	15
Biofertilization increases soil organic carbon concentrations: results of a meta-analysis	15
Optimizing sustainability of land resource utilization: a comprehensive analysis of practices in the Tarim Basin, China	15
Improving agricultural sustainability through farm mergers: an energy efficiency perspective	14
Effects of vegetable commercialization on household food security: a generalized propensity score matching approach	14
Barriers to the adoption of multiple agricultural innovations: insights from Bt cotton, wheat seeds, herbicides and no-tillage in Pakistan	13
Approaches to participation and knowledge equity in agricultural climate impacts modelling: a systematic literature review	13
How channels of knowledge acquisition affect farmers’ adoption of green agricultural technologies: evidence from Hubei province, China	13
Does adoption of cocoa hand pollination (CHP) improve welfare of farmers? Evidence from smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana	13
When local customs meet the market: an analysis of coffee value chain in Tebat Benawa customary community, Indonesia	12
Adoption of sustainable agricultural technologies for vegetable production in rural Tanzania: trade-offs, complementarities and diffusion	12

The benefits and challenges of participating in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) initiatives following institutional formalization in Chile	11
Sustainable farmer-to-farmer extension – the experiences of private service providers in Zambia	11
An optimization model minimizing costs of fertilizer application in Flemish horticulture	11
Effect of agricultural extension services in the post-reform era since the mid-2000s on pesticide use in China: evidence from rice production	11
Measuring sustainability performance of rice cultivation in Thailand using Sustainable Rice Platform indicators	11
Bringing evidence to bear for negotiating tradeoffs in sustainable agricultural intensification using a structured stakeholder engagement process	11
Potential impact of scaling adaptation strategies for drought stress: a case of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Tanzania	10
Trajectories of cropping system intensification under changing environment in south-west coastal Bangladesh	10
Constraints to agricultural finance in underdeveloped and developing countries: a systematic literature review	10
Innovation systems for controlled-environment food production in urban contexts: a dynamic case study analysis of combined plant, fish and insect production in Berlin	10
Does the digital economy exhibit multiplier effects? A case study on the optimization of agricultural production structure in rural digital economy	10
Edible weeds and food and nutrition security in the face of the herbicide revolution. A case study from Zambia	10
Does mixing livestock farming enterprises improve farm and product sustainability?	9
Coming to terms with tropical ecology: technology transfer during the early Green Revolution	9
Two enabling factors for farmer-driven pollinator protection in low- and middle-income countries	9
Placing community supported agriculture in local food systems	9
Multidimensional and multiscale assessment of agroecological transitions. A review	9
Sustainable performance of French bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivation, a livelihood component in Eastern Himalayan Region	9
The effects of quality certification on agricultural low-carbon production behavior: evidence from Chinese rice farmers	9
Evaluating the economic effect of sustainable agricultural practices on small-scale farmers in the Eastern Cape Province: a propensity score matching analysis	9
The coffee value chain and its transition to sustainability in Brazil and Colombia from innovation system approach	9
Opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture in Botswana	8
Tackling local environmental challenges with livelihoods strategies: insights from small-scale farmers in the vulnerable region of Ghana	8
Do attributes of happy seeder technology influence its adoption speed? An investigation using duration analysis in Northern India	8
Eco-efficiency and technical efficiency of different integrated farming systems in eastern India	8
The association of farmers’ cognition, intention and behaviour towards sustainable intensification of cultivated land use in Shandong Province, China	8
Visible and hidden economic values of the Maya milpa system in Yucatan, Mexico	8
Cosmetic pesticide use: quantifying use and its policy implications in California, USA	8
Post-harvest losses of Malt Barley at the farm level in Debark district, North Gondar zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia	8
The effect of land tenure across food security outcomes among smallholder farmers using a flexible conditional difference-in-difference approach	7
Farmers’ intention towards intercropping adoption: the role of socioeconomic and behavioural drivers	7
Urea-ka: replacing inorganic nitrogen fertilizer with Azolla pinnata maintains rice yields with reduced input costs in the Senegal River Valley	7
The impact of farm size on sustainability of beef cattle farms: A case study of the Samsun province, Turkey	7
Food loss and waste in community-supported agriculture in the region of Leipzig, Germany	7
Creole goats in Latin America and the Caribbean: a priceless resource to ensure the well-being of rural communities	7
Current policies for promoting neglected and underutilized crop species in Burkina Faso and Niger	7
Measuring household legume cultivation intensity in sub-Saharan Africa	7
Seeds of resilience: the contribution of commons-based plant breeding and seed production to the social-ecological resilience of the agricultural sector	7
Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda	7
Organizational innovations and access to sustainable finance in agriculture: the case of Shea farmers in Ghana	7
Impacts of non-agricultural livelihood transformation of smallholder farmers on agricultural system in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	7
The battle of crops: unveiling the shift from grain to non-grain use of farmland in China?	6
The politics of defining maladaptation: enduring contestations over three (mal)adaptive water projects in France, Spain and South Africa	6
Agro-food quality certification, agricultural organizations, and farm performance: evidence from vegetable farmers in China	6
Making decisions about agroecological innovations: perspectives from members of farmers’ organizations in Burkina Faso	6
Spatiotemporal analysis of rainfall and temperature variability and trends for climate resilient maize farming system in major agroecology zones of northwest Ethiopia	6
The introduction of legume-based crop rotations: an impact assessment on cereal cropping farms in Finland	6
Cambodian rice farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) regarding insect pest management and pesticide use	6
Which urban agriculture conditions enable or constrain sustainable food production?	6
How does internet use promote joint adoption of sustainable agricultural practices? Evidence from rice farmers in China	6

Agriculture extensification and associated socio-ecological trade-offs in smallholder farming systems of Zambia	6
Bridging the gap in agricultural innovation research: a systematic review of push–pull biocontrol technology in sub-Saharan Africa	6
Production efficiency and effect of sustainable land management practices on the yield of oranges in northwest Vietnam	6
Influence of perceived value of rural labour in China on the labourers’ willingness to return to their hometown: the moderating effect of social support	6
Analysis of the determinants of sustainable agricultural technologies adoption in tea production in China: a systematic review	6
Drivers and barriers in farmers’ adoption of vermicomposting as keys for sustainable agricultural waste management	6
Shading in family coffee farms as an environmental incentive promoter for ecosystem services in Tolima, Colombia	5
Social dimensions of multifunctional agriculture in Europe - towards an interdisciplinary framework	5
Assessing the effectiveness of cover crops on ecosystem services: a review of the benefits, challenges, and trade-offs	5
The design and implementation of a distributed agricultural service system for smallholder farmers in China	5
Risk sharing, benefit distribution and cooperation longevity: sustainable development of dairy farmer cooperatives in China	5
Diverse crops and input subsidies: a village-scale analysis in Mali	5
Integrated emergy and economic evaluation of different planting systems in China: implications for coordinating poverty alleviation and rural revitalization	5
Sustainability awareness in the Portuguese wine industry: a grounded theory approach	5
Development of an integrated assessment framework for agroforestry technologies: assessing sustainability, barriers, and impacts in the semi-arid region of Dodoma, Tanzania	5
Sustainable intensification technologies and farm performance: evidence from smallholder sorghum farmers in Nigeria	5
Farmers’ willingness to pay towards the sustainability of plant clinics: evidence from Bangladesh, Rwanda and Zambia	5
The welfare enhancing effects of agricultural innovation platforms and soil monitoring tools on farming household outcomes in southeastern Africa	5
A wide environmental analysis of beekeeping systems through life cycle assessment: key contributing activities and influence of operation scale	5
Bringing sustainable agricultural intensification practices and technologies to scale through campaign-based extension approaches: lessons from Africa Soil Health Consortium	4
Dissemination of climate-smart agriculture practices in the Upper West Region of Ghana: insights from local stakeholders and institutions	4
Influence of fertilizer rates, planting density and light transmittance on yield and quality of P. cyrtonema	4
Transformative trends: commercial platforms revolutionizing rice farming in Nigeria's agricultural value chain	4
Looking into the future of organic tea production and sustainable farming: a systematic review	4
Indicator-based analysis of organic farming in Romania. Regional spatial patterns	4
Farmers’ adaptation to climate change and crop yield: a case of Amuru and Apac districts of Northern Uganda	4
Impact of participatory guarantee systems on sustainability outcomes: the case of vegetable farming in Vietnam	4
Assessment of agricultural sustainability performance in Dali Prefecture, China using the DPSIR Model	4
Evaluation of the dairy sustainability assessment tool (DSAT) for dairy systems in East Africa	4
Causes and solutions for fruit and vegetable waste: a participatory approach with Romanian farmers for sustainable agriculture	4
Necessity as a driver in bending agricultural gender norms in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia	4
Understanding farmer cooperatives’ intention to adopt digital technology: mediating effect of perceived ease of use and moderating effects of internet usage and training	4
Explaining shifts in adaptive water management using a gendered multi-level perspective (MLP): a case study from the Nile Delta of Egypt	4
Adaptive cycle and outcome response of farmers’ livelihoods under the background of rural transformation: a case study from the arid northwest region of China	4
Impact of digital inclusive finance on the innovative activities of new agricultural operating entities: evidence from China	4
The use of pre-crop values to improve farm performance: the case of dairy farms in southwest Finland	4
Production efficiency and the role of collective actions among irrigated rice farms in Northern Thailand.	4
Conserving agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya	4
Unknotting typologies in smallholder farmers investing in seed potato production in South-Western Uganda	3
Green pesticide practices and sustainability: empirical insights into agricultural services in China	3
Barriers to sustainable intensification: overlooked disconnects between agricultural extension and farmer practice in maize-legume cropping systems in Tanzania	3
Agricultural practices in onion crops and their impact on water quality in Risaralda, Colombia	3
National farm assurance scheme demonstrates welfare outcome improvements for sustainable intensification of dairy production	3
Defining interpretative communities towards climate change: Examining growers of common bean in Latin America	3
Is feeding the Indian dairy cow sustainable? A tentative multiscalar answer	3
Understanding the constraints and reasons to adopt natural farming - a study on rice growing farmers of Andhra Pradesh, India	3
Beyond diffusion to sustained adoption of innovation: A case of smallholder poultry development in sub-Saharan Africa	3
How agroecological rice intensification can assist in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals	3
Rising labour costs and the future of rubber intercropping in China	3
Sustainable rice production in Myanmar impacts on food security and livelihood changes	3
Growing maize landraces in industrialized countries: from the search for seeds to the emergence of new practices and values	3
Farm gate profitability of organic and conventional farming systems in the tropics	3
Projecting the effect of crop yield increases, dietary change and different price scenarios on land use under two different state security regimes	3
Does the adoption of Internet digital technologies improve farmers’ fertilizer management performance? An empirical analysis based on the China Rural Revitalization Survey	3
Transition towards sustainable yak farming in Bhutan: stakeholders’ viewpoints and recommendations for future steps	3
No bats, no gain: educational intervention increases farmers perception of ecosystem services	3
Vegetable cultivation as a diversification option for fruit farmers in the Goulburn Valley, Australia	3