OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability is 10. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Edible weeds and food and nutrition security in the face of the herbicide revolution. A case study from Zambia	48
Evaluation of sustainability in strawberry crops production under greenhouse and open-field systems in the Andes	44
When local customs meet the market: an analysis of coffee value chain in Tebat Benawa customary community, Indonesia	43
Opportunities and limitations to social learning for sustainability: empirical insights from a participatory approach to community-based resource management in the Philippines	28
Innovation systems for controlled-environment food production in urban contexts: a dynamic case study analysis of combined plant, fish and insect production in Berlin	22
Laws and regulations enabling and restricting Africa’s vegetable seed sector	21
The politics of defining maladaptation: enduring contestations over three (mal)adaptive water projects in France, Spain and South Africa	19
Bridging the gap in agricultural innovation research: a systematic review of push–pull biocontrol technology in sub-Saharan Africa	19
Making decisions about agroecological innovations: perspectives from members of farmers’ organizations in Burkina Faso	19
The impact of farm size on sustainability of beef cattle farms: A case study of the Samsun province, Turkey	17
Food loss and waste in community-supported agriculture in the region of Leipzig, Germany	17
Necessity as a driver in bending agricultural gender norms in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia	16
Organizational innovations and access to sustainable finance in agriculture: the case of Shea farmers in Ghana	16
Assessing the effectiveness of cover crops on ecosystem services: a review of the benefits, challenges, and trade-offs	16
Green or roasted coffee? How a collective of organic producers challenges the quality construction by overseeing quality attributes, relational approaches and knowledge	16
Farmers’ profiles and attitudes towards the implementation of rainwater harvesting systems in intensive agriculture	16
Impact of weather index crop insurance on smallholder farmers’ multidimensional food security: evidence from Ethiopia	16
Assessment of socioeconomic and ecological impacts on integrated rice cultivation in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Changes in crop mix and the effects on agricultural carbon emissions in China	15
Farmers’ knowledge and practices on pollination and insecticide use in cocoa farming in Ghana	14
Saffron growing in Italy: a sustainable secondary activity for farms in hilly and sub-mountain areas	14
The implementation process of agriculture adaptation instruments to climate change. The invisibilization of European climate policy goals in French West indies’ banana Chain	14
The role of responsive heterogeneity in sub-Saharan smallholder farming sustainability: socio-economic and biophysical determinants of mineral and organic fertilizers used in South Western Burkina Fas	14
Smallholder coffee farmers’ perceptions of climate variability and the adoption intensity of climate-smart agriculture technologies in Uganda	14
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	14

Local climate change policy and rural development in Colombia’s post-peace agreements context	14
Spatial-temporal patterns of cultivated land expansion and intensification in Africa from 2000 to 2020	13
Motivations for women’s participation in urban agriculture: a multivariate probit model analysis	13
Farmer experiences with goat raising in Lao PDR: implications for improving husbandry and sustaining viable systems	13
Environmental impact of agricultural sprayers used in Japanese rice farming	12
Trajectories of cropping system intensification under changing environment in south-west coastal Bangladesh	12
Mediterranean farmers’ understandings of ‘good soil management’ and ‘good farmer’ identity in the context of conservation agriculture	12
An optimization model minimizing costs of fertilizer application in Flemish horticulture	12
Revealing the import dilemma and attributing factors to Indonesia’s inability to achieve soybean self-sufficiency: a bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review	12
A systematic review on the impact of incentives on the adoption of conservation agriculture: new guidelines for policymakers and researchers	12
Effects of land recuperation on farmers’ social capital: a Chinese field analysis	12
Cambodian rice farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) regarding insect pest management and pesticide use	11
Measuring sustainability performance of rice cultivation in Thailand using Sustainable Rice Platform indicators	11
Multidimensional and multiscale assessment of agroecological transitions. A review	11
How channels of knowledge acquisition affect farmers’ adoption of green agricultural technologies: evidence from Hubei province, China	11
Eco-efficiency and technical efficiency of different integrated farming systems in eastern India	11
Potential impact of scaling adaptation strategies for drought stress: a case of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Tanzania	11
Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda	10
Sustainable performance of French bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivation, a livelihood component in Eastern Himalayan Region	10
The welfare enhancing effects of agricultural innovation platforms and soil monitoring tools on farming household outcomes in southeastern Africa	10
Integrated emergy and economic evaluation of different planting systems in China: implications for coordinating poverty alleviation and rural revitalization	10
Spatiotemporal analysis of rainfall and temperature variability and trends for climate resilient maize farming system in major agroecology zones of northwest Ethiopia	10
The association of farmers’ cognition, intention and behaviour towards sustainable intensification of cultivated land use in Shandong Province, China	10
Impact of participatory guarantee systems on sustainability outcomes: the case of vegetable farming in Vietnam	10
Sustainable intensification technologies and farm performance: evidence from smallholder sorghum farmers in Nigeria	10
Indicator-based analysis of organic farming in Romania. Regional spatial patterns	10
Understanding herders’ risk perceptions and preferences for climate change adaptations: an empirical study of pre and post disaster	10