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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Strategies to overcome stagnation in agricultural adoption despite awareness and interest: a case study of conservation agriculture in South Asia	27
The choice between organic and inorganic farming: lessons from Pakistan	23
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	19
Organic information: influential authors and organizations in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States organic and sustainable agriculture community	19
Economic trade-offs: analysis of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop use in organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.) high tunnel systems across multiple regions	18
Adoption and nonadoption of minimum tillage potato cultivation resulting from mechanized rice farming in Vietnam	18
Effects of cover crop, N and residue management on the financial sustainability of processing tomatoes in Southwestern Ontario	18
Modern arable and diverse ley farming systems can increase soil organic matter faster than global targets	17
Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands	17
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	14
U.S. organic agriculture: 30 years after the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. Introduction to themed issue	14
Contextual realities and poverty traps: why South Asian smallholder farmers negatively evaluate conservation agriculture	13
‘They convert, I also convert’: the neighborhood effects and tea farmers' intention to convert to organic farming	13
Missouri natural resource professionals share key insights for supporting agroforestry practices through cost-share funding available from USDA conservation programs	13
Farmer preferences for adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties: evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria	13
Cool-season cover crop effects on forage productivity and short-term soil health in a semi-arid environment	13
Motivating organic farmers to adopt practices that support the pest-suppressive microbiome relies on understanding their beliefs	12
Supporting organic farmers through information and technical assistance	12
Water scarcity and consumer behavior: an analysis of diet-related water footprint	10
Habitat associations and conservation opportunities for priority birds on small, diversified farms in the northeastern USA	10
The economic performance of soil health practices in potato production systems – ADDENDUM	10
Assessment of Acacia dealbata as green manure and weed control for maize crop	9
Use of biochar and crude glycerin as additives in the composting of slaughterhouse waste in static piles	9
Effect of zinc and protein content in different barley cultivars: use of controlled release matrices	9
Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania	9

Optimizing organic muskmelon production by integrating mesotunnel row covers, inter-bed weed management, and pollination strategies	9
In search of a sustainable alternative for meat production: understanding the purchase intention of meat from transhumance origin	9
Water use efficiency, lodging, and yield of tef (Eragrostis tef [Zucc.] Trotter) as influenced by carbonized rice husk application timing and soil amendments	8
Perspectives on new technologies built on anaerobic digestion: insights from Idaho	8
Long-term organic and conventional management affects corn nutrient composition	8
Fungal plant pathogens observed on perennial cereal crops in New York during 2017–2018	8
‘Never cry for food’: food security, poverty, and recurring themes in news media regarding rabbit farming in East Africa	8
Prospects of porous concrete as a plant-growing medium and structural component for green roofs: a review	7
Improving agri-environmental policy design: farmer and administrator insights on voluntary conservation programs	7
Performance of organic farming in developing countries: a case of organic tomato value chain in Lebanon	7
Tarping and mulching effects on crop yields, profitability, and soil nutrients in a continuous no-till organic vegetable production system	7
What would it look like? Visualizing a future US Corn Belt landscape with more table food production	7
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	7
The economic performance of soil health practices in potato production systems	7
Bee discovery suggests the importance of urban gardens in a changing world	6
Preliminary findings of northeast organic and conventional dairy farmers' perception of benefits and challenges in feeding algae	6
Cover crop management strategies affect weeds and profitability of organic no-till soybean	6
Integrating pastured meat chickens into organic vegetable production increased nitrogen and microbial biomass with variability in presence of E. coli and Salmonella spp	6
A scientometric review of the peer-reviewed research on high tunnels in the United States	6
No yield advantage of biodynamic compost preparations in a long-term field trial	6
Who's near the local food? A regional proximity analysis of short food supply chain types in southern New England	5
Consumer preferences for produce grown with reduced pesticides: a choice experiment in Missouri	5
Producers marketing a novel crop: a field-level view of hemp market channels	5
First steps toward developing Lewis flax (Linum lewisii Pursh) as an agronomic crop	5
Development status and trends in side-deep fertilization of rice	5
Collaborating to reduce food waste: building collaborative advantage in local food systems	5
Balancing row cover pest and pollination management in organic cucurbit production	5
Farmers’ resilience to climate change through the circular economy and sustainable agriculture: a review from developed and developing countries	4
Developing scientific equity for biodiversity research: a thematic analysis of ecological change impacts on ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico	4
Plant facilitation in rooftop agriculture: disentangling plant interactions for sustainable crop production on extensive green roofs	4
‘Farming with alternative pollinators’ approach supports diverse and abundant pollinator community in melon fields in a semi-arid landscape	4
Which schools receive state-level support for local food purchases? Evidence from reimbursement incentive programs in Michigan and Oregon	4
Moving conservation agriculture from principles to a performance-based production system	4
The effects of farming system and soil management on floristic diversity in sloping olive groves	4
Use of narratives to communicate organics with commodity grain farmers	4
Geospatial characteristics of allotment garden provision in Tokyo	4
Factors influencing the economic sustainability and viability of soil-based urban and peri-urban agricultural enterprises in OECD countries: a scoping review	4
A comparative analysis of the water and carbon footprints of hybrid, plant-based, and animal-based burgers	4
Influence of biochar derived from lignin-rich feedstocks on soil properties and crop yield: the Case of Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomatoes)	4
Feasibility of mechanical rice transplanting in organic Italian rice system	3
Anaerobic co-digestion of jackfruit waste with cow dung and poultry droppings: evaluating the biogas production and agricultural re-use potential of the digestates	3
Fall-sown small grain cover crops for weed suppression and soil moisture management in an irrigated organic agroecosystem	3
Thirty years of organic dairy in the United States: the influences of farms, the market and the organic regulation	3
Annual and perennial crop composition impacts on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics at two different depths	3
The value of additional calf–mother contact in milk choice: an analysis of US consumers	3
Evaluating ecosystem services of summer cover crop mixtures for organic cabbage production	3
A critical review of on-farm food loss and waste: future research and policy recommendations	3
Strip cropping in organically managed vegetable systems: agronomic and environmental effects	3
Long-term cover crop impacts on soil health indicators and processing tomato yield and quality in a temperate humid climate	3
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	3

Multi-criteria sustainability performance assessment of horticultural crops using DEA and ELECTRE IV methods	3
Considering the management of diversity on livestock farms from the perspective of work	3
What women landowners want to know about conservation	3
Production and use of homemade dry manure-based tea in fertigation systems in North Africa	3
Understanding the potential of sustainability turn in farming: review of sociotechnical adoption factors of agri-environmental cropping practices	3
Effect of varieties and planting dates of bread wheat-lupine intercropping system under additive design in Northwest Ethiopia	3
How to increase consumer demand for GHG-mitigating ingredients? A case study of green restaurants in Taiwan	2
A nonparametric analysis of climate change nexus on agricultural productivity in Africa: implications on food security	2
System-wide nexus analyses: water distribution rules, agricultural productivity and livelihoods in flood-based livelihood systems	2
Bridging behavioral theories and government initiatives: understanding the drivers of biopesticide adoption among farmers in India	2
Estimation of short- and long-term floor and ceiling prices for manure in a crop and livestock farms exchange	2
Blanket NOP rules and regional realities: from the field	2
Toward improving nitrogen use efficiency in rice production: the socio-economic, climatic and technological determinants of briquette urea adoption	2
Moving conservation agriculture from principles to a performance-based production system – CORRIGENDUM	2
Assessing forage research and education needs of organic dairy farms in the United States	2
Occurrence and diversity of poisonous plants in urban community gardens	2
Influence of organic and cage housing system on egg quality in laying hens	2
Perceptions of genetically modified and bioengineered organisms and corresponding food labels among undergraduate students at Binghamton University	2
Pre-harvest food safety and conservation challenges facing US produce growers: results from a national survey	2
Intensifying a crop–fallow system: impacts on soil properties, crop yields, and economics	2
Stakeholder opinions of seaweed supplements for dairy cows	2
Stakeholders' perception on the role of extensive livestock farming in the fight against climate change	2