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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Back matter	16
Long-term organic and conventional management affects corn nutrient composition	16
The influence of the seasons: how the agricultural calendar impacts farmer perceptions of cover crops	15
Functionally diverse cover crops support ecological weed management in orchard cropping systems	13
System-wide nexus analyses: water distribution rules, agricultural productivity and livelihoods in flood-based livelihood systems	13
Challenges from the field: experiences of first-year hemp farmers in Nebraska	13
On-farm experiments on cultivation of grain legumes for food – outcomes from a farmer–researcher collaboration	12
Multi-criteria sustainability performance assessment of horticultural crops using DEA and ELECTRE IV methods	11
Occurrence and diversity of poisonous plants in urban community gardens	10
Intensifying a crop–fallow system: impacts on soil properties, crop yields, and economics	10
Farmers' preferences for sustainable intensification attributes in sorghum-based cropping systems: evidence from Mali	10
Organic information: influential authors and organizations in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States organic and sustainable agriculture community	10
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	10
Perceptions of genetically modified and bioengineered organisms and corresponding food labels among undergraduate students at Binghamton University	9
Productive function of urban gardening: estimate of the yield and nutritional value of social gardens in Prato (Italy)	9
The international trade of U.S. organic agri-food products: export opportunities, import competition and policy impacts	8
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	8
Stakeholders' perception on the role of extensive livestock farming in the fight against climate change	8
Fall-sown small grain cover crops for weed suppression and soil moisture management in an irrigated organic agroecosystem	8
Feasibility of mechanical rice transplanting in organic Italian rice system	8
Leverage points for increased grain legume consumption: a Swedish case study	8
Feeding straw to suckler cows spared land but did not decrease the climate impact of beef	7
What's eating North America's edible insect industry? An examination of psychological, cultural and regulatory barriers	7
The choice between organic and inorganic farming: lessons from Pakistan	7
Strategies to overcome stagnation in agricultural adoption despite awareness and interest: a case study of conservation agriculture in South Asia	7

Toward greater sustainability: how investing in soil health may enhance maize productivity in Southern Africa	6
Optimizing organic muskmelon production by integrating mesotunnel row covers, inter-bed weed management, and pollination strategies	6
Farm productivity and social sustainability in formalized value chain governance: the case of the potato industry in Pakistan	6
Evaluating ecosystem services of summer cover crop mixtures for organic cabbage production	6
Characterizing food systems to better understand their vulnerabilities: a case study in Québec and São Paulo	6
Financial feasibility of selling frozen produce in local and regional markets	6
Considering the management of diversity on livestock farms from the perspective of work	6
Assessment of Acacia dealbata as green manure and weed control for maize crop	6
Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands – CORRIGENDUM	6
Economic analysis of organic cropping systems under different tillage intensities and crop rotations	6
The economic performance of soil health practices in potato production systems	5
Economic trade-offs: analysis of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop use in organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.) high tunnel systems across multiple regions	5
Effects of cover crop, N and residue management on the financial sustainability of processing tomatoes in Southwestern Ontario	5
Fungal plant pathogens observed on perennial cereal crops in New York during 2017–2018	5
Food System Transformations: Social Movements, Local Economies, Collaborative Networks edited by Cordula Kropp, Irene Antoni-Komar and Colin Sage. Routledge, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-367-67422-9	5
Cover crop effects on the growth of perennial weeds in two long-term organic crop rotations	5
The compliance of French purchasing behaviors with a healthy and sustainable diet: a 1-yr follow-up of regular customers in hypermarkets	5
The use of an impeller mowing conditioner during haymaking had no effects on feeding behavior, feed intake or performance of organic dairy cows	5
Appraisal of the conversion possibilities of pastoral meat sheep systems to the organic production model	5
Producer preferences for drought management strategies in the arid west	4
Identifying the influential factors, benefits and challenges of hydroponic shipping container farm businesses: a snapshot of farmers' perceptions	4
Perspectives on organic transition from transitioning farmers and farmers who decided not to transition	4
Using three consecutive years of farmer survey data to identify prevailing conservation practices in four Midwestern US states	4
Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands	4
‘Never cry for food’: food security, poverty, and recurring themes in news media regarding rabbit farming in East Africa	4
Inconsistent effects of species diversity and N fertilization on soil microbes and carbon storage in perennial bioenergy cropping systems	4
Heir presence? The impact of offspring gender composition on long-term agricultural investment behavior	4
What are farmers' perceptions about farmland landbirds? A Galapagos Islands perspective	4
The role of biotechnology and biofuels in US Corn Belt cropping system changes	4
Potentials and perspectives of food self-sufficiency in urban areas—a case study from Leipzig	4
Welfare impacts of conservation agriculture adoption on smallholder maize farmers in South Africa	4
Tarping and mulching effects on crop yields, profitability, and soil nutrients in a continuous no-till organic vegetable production system	4
Understanding sustained adoption of conservation agriculture among smallholder farmers: insights from a sentinel site in Malawi	4
Bee discovery suggests the importance of urban gardens in a changing world	3
Performance of organic farming in developing countries: a case of organic tomato value chain in Lebanon	3
Effect of varieties and planting dates of bread wheat-lupine intercropping system under additive design in Northwest Ethiopia	3
U.S. organic agriculture: 30 years after the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. Introduction to themed issue	3
A critical review of on-farm food loss and waste: future research and policy recommendations	3
Effect of self-reported attitudes toward organic foods in consumer preferences and willingness to pay	3
What would it look like? Visualizing a future US Corn Belt landscape with more table food production	3
Preliminary findings of northeast organic and conventional dairy farmers' perception of benefits and challenges in feeding algae	3
Oral histories of three pioneers in organic agriculture research	3
First steps toward developing Lewis flax (Linum lewisii Pursh) as an agronomic crop	3
Pollination practices and grower perceptions of managed bumble bees (Bombus spp.) as pollinators of cranberry in Quebec and Wisconsin	3
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	3
The impact of livestock farm size on manure disposal modes: sell, give away or self-use	3
Locally available compost application in organic farms: 2-year effect on biological soil properties	3
Modern arable and diverse ley farming systems can increase soil organic matter faster than global targets	3
Spring-planted cover crops for weed control in soybean	2
Varying tillage promotes weed diversity, while a perennial alfalfa–grass mixture promotes weed control in an organic tillage system experiment in Germany	2

Cover crop management strategies affect weeds and profitability of organic no-till soybean	2
Introducing cover crops as fallow replacement in the Northern Great Plains: II. Impact on following wheat crops	2
Perceptions of geographical indication labels as quality indicators inside and outside the labels’ area of influence: the case of spring fruits	2
‘They convert, I also convert’: the neighborhood effects and tea farmers' intention to convert to organic farming	2
Multistakeholder initiatives and their prospects for sustainability: the farmer perspective	2
Strip cropping in organically managed vegetable systems: agronomic and environmental effects	2
Prospects of porous concrete as a plant-growing medium and structural component for green roofs: a review	2
Thirty years of organic dairy in the United States: the influences of farms, the market and the organic regulation	2
Near-term impact of climate variability on yam rot incidence over a humid tropical region: projections in CORDEX-Africa scenarios	2
A scientometric review of the peer-reviewed research on high tunnels in the United States	2
Oh my darling clementine: heterogeneous preferences for sustainable citrus fruits	2
Improving agri-environmental policy design: farmer and administrator insights on voluntary conservation programs	2
Does grazing winter cereal rye in Iowa, USA, make it profitable?	2
Cool-season cover crop effects on forage productivity and short-term soil health in a semi-arid environment	2
Integrating pastured meat chickens into organic vegetable production increased nitrogen and microbial biomass with variability in presence of E. coli and Salmonella spp	2
The potential for using wood mulch for agricultural production	2
Cover crop effects on the growth of perennial weeds in two long-term organic crop rotations – CORRIGENDUM	2
No yield advantage of biodynamic compost preparations in a long-term field trial	2
Exploring multifunctionality of summer cover crops for organic vegetable farms in the Upper Midwest	2
What women landowners want to know about conservation	2