OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The choice between organic and inorganic farming: lessons from Pakistan	21
Russia's Role in the Contemporary International Agri-Food Trade System - Edited by Stephen K. Wegren and Frode Nilssen (2022). Palgrave Macmillan. 347pp. ISBN 978-3-030-77450-9. https://doi.org/10.100	18
Toward greater sustainability: how investing in soil health may enhance maize productivity in Southern Africa	15
Organic information: influential authors and organizations in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States organic and sustainable agriculture community	15
Strategies to overcome stagnation in agricultural adoption despite awareness and interest: a case study of conservation agriculture in South Asia	14
Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands	14
Economic trade-offs: analysis of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop use in organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.) high tunnel systems across multiple regions	14
Appraisal of the conversion possibilities of pastoral meat sheep systems to the organic production model	12
U.S. organic agriculture: 30 years after the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. Introduction to themed issue	11
Modern arable and diverse ley farming systems can increase soil organic matter faster than global targets	11
Effects of cover crop, N and residue management on the financial sustainability of processing tomatoes in Southwestern Ontario	11
Cool-season cover crop effects on forage productivity and short-term soil health in a semi-arid environment	10
Comparative analysis of energy use efficiency among Pakistani and Turkish wheat growers	10
Farmer preferences for adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties: evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria	10
Missouri natural resource professionals share key insights for supporting agroforestry practices through cost-share funding available from USDA conservation programs	10
‘They convert, I also convert’: the neighborhood effects and tea farmers' intention to convert to organic farming	10
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	10
Motivating organic farmers to adopt practices that support the pest-suppressive microbiome relies on understanding their beliefs	9
Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania	9
Contextual realities and poverty traps: why South Asian smallholder farmers negatively evaluate conservation agriculture	9
Supporting organic farmers through information and technical assistance	9
Habitat associations and conservation opportunities for priority birds on small, diversified farms in the northeastern USA	8
Alternative methods for terminating green manures in organic grain systems	8
Water scarcity and consumer behavior: an analysis of diet-related water footprint	8
In search of a sustainable alternative for meat production: understanding the purchase intention of meat from transhumance origin	7

Use of biochar and crude glycerin as additives in the composting of slaughterhouse waste in static piles	7
Optimizing organic muskmelon production by integrating mesotunnel row covers, inter-bed weed management, and pollination strategies	7
Effect of zinc and protein content in different barley cultivars: use of controlled release matrices	7
Long-term organic and conventional management affects corn nutrient composition	7
Assessment of Acacia dealbata as green manure and weed control for maize crop	7
Tarping and mulching effects on crop yields, profitability, and soil nutrients in a continuous no-till organic vegetable production system	7
Fungal plant pathogens observed on perennial cereal crops in New York during 2017–2018	6
A scientometric review of the peer-reviewed research on high tunnels in the United States	6
Bee discovery suggests the importance of urban gardens in a changing world	6
The economic performance of soil health practices in potato production systems	6
Performance of organic farming in developing countries: a case of organic tomato value chain in Lebanon	6
Prospects of porous concrete as a plant-growing medium and structural component for green roofs: a review	6
‘Never cry for food’: food security, poverty, and recurring themes in news media regarding rabbit farming in East Africa	6
Perspectives on new technologies built on anaerobic digestion: insights from Idaho	6
No yield advantage of biodynamic compost preparations in a long-term field trial	6
Improving agri-environmental policy design: farmer and administrator insights on voluntary conservation programs	6
Biology and non-chemical management of Spermacoce verticillata and Spermacoce densiflora	5
What would it look like? Visualizing a future US Corn Belt landscape with more table food production	5
First steps toward developing Lewis flax (Linum lewisii Pursh) as an agronomic crop	5
Producers marketing a novel crop: a field-level view of hemp market channels	5
Price promotion of organic foods and consumer demand	5
Farmers’ resilience to climate change through the circular economy and sustainable agriculture: a review from developed and developing countries	5
Consumer preferences for produce grown with reduced pesticides: a choice experiment in Missouri	5
Pro-environmental diversification of pasture-based dairy and beef production in Ireland, the United Kingdom and New Zealand: a scoping review of impacts and challenges	5
Development status and trends in side-deep fertilization of rice	5
Who's near the local food? A regional proximity analysis of short food supply chain types in southern New England	5
Organic agriculture in Argentina's Pampas. A case study on Pampa Orgánica Norte farmers	5
Cover crop management strategies affect weeds and profitability of organic no-till soybean	5
Preliminary findings of northeast organic and conventional dairy farmers' perception of benefits and challenges in feeding algae	5
Integrating pastured meat chickens into organic vegetable production increased nitrogen and microbial biomass with variability in presence of E. coli and Salmonella spp	5
Collaborating to reduce food waste: building collaborative advantage in local food systems	5
Geospatial characteristics of allotment garden provision in Tokyo	4
Offsetting the cost of community-supported agriculture (CSA) for low-income families: perceptions and experiences of CSA farmers and members	4
The value of additional calf–mother contact in milk choice: an analysis of US consumers	4
The effects of farming system and soil management on floristic diversity in sloping olive groves	4
Which schools receive state-level support for local food purchases? Evidence from reimbursement incentive programs in Michigan and Oregon	4
‘Farming with alternative pollinators’ approach supports diverse and abundant pollinator community in melon fields in a semi-arid landscape	4
Evaluating ecosystem services of summer cover crop mixtures for organic cabbage production	4
Moving conservation agriculture from principles to a performance-based production system	4
Use of narratives to communicate organics with commodity grain farmers	4
Feasibility of mechanical rice transplanting in organic Italian rice system	4
Production and use of homemade dry manure-based tea in fertigation systems in North Africa	3
Strip cropping in organically managed vegetable systems: agronomic and environmental effects	3
Understanding the potential of sustainability turn in farming: review of sociotechnical adoption factors of agri-environmental cropping practices	3
Multi-criteria sustainability performance assessment of horticultural crops using DEA and ELECTRE IV methods	3
A critical review of on-farm food loss and waste: future research and policy recommendations	3
Thirty years of organic dairy in the United States: the influences of farms, the market and the organic regulation	3
Introducing cover crops as fallow replacement in the Northern Great Plains: II. Impact on following wheat crops	3
Beyond adoption: the interaction between organic and inorganic fertilizer application, and vegetable productivity in Ghana	3
Considering the management of diversity on livestock farms from the perspective of work	3

What women landowners want to know about conservation	3
Fall-sown small grain cover crops for weed suppression and soil moisture management in an irrigated organic agroecosystem	3
Annual and perennial crop composition impacts on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics at two different depths	3
Effect of varieties and planting dates of bread wheat-lupine intercropping system under additive design in Northwest Ethiopia	3
Potentials and perspectives of food self-sufficiency in urban areas—a case study from Leipzig	3
Toward improving nitrogen use efficiency in rice production: the socio-economic, climatic and technological determinants of briquette urea adoption	2
Influence of organic and cage housing system on egg quality in laying hens	2
Assessing forage research and education needs of organic dairy farms in the United States	2
Stakeholders' perception on the role of extensive livestock farming in the fight against climate change	2
Influence of Trichoderma species on the reduction of heavy metal levels in bean plants irrigated with wastewater: a case study from the Mezquital Valley, Hidalgo, Mexico	2
Blanket NOP rules and regional realities: from the field	2
Pre-harvest food safety and conservation challenges facing US produce growers: results from a national survey	2
Marketing strategies to self-sustainability of autochthonous swine breeds from different EU regions: a mixed approach using the World Café technique and the Analytical Hierarchy Process	2
Occurrence and diversity of poisonous plants in urban community gardens	2
Introducing cover crops as a fallow replacement in the Northern Great Plains: I. Evaluation of cover crop mixes as a forage source for grazing cattle	2
A nonparametric analysis of climate change nexus on agricultural productivity in Africa: implications on food security	2
Intensifying a crop–fallow system: impacts on soil properties, crop yields, and economics	2
Estimation of short- and long-term floor and ceiling prices for manure in a crop and livestock farms exchange	2
Perceptions of genetically modified and bioengineered organisms and corresponding food labels among undergraduate students at Binghamton University	2