OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems is 5. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Organic information: influential authors and organizations in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States organic and sustainable agriculture community	17
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	16
The choice between organic and inorganic farming: lessons from Pakistan	14
Appraisal of the conversion possibilities of pastoral meat sheep systems to the organic production model	13
Toward greater sustainability: how investing in soil health may enhance maize productivity in Southern Africa	13
Strategies to overcome stagnation in agricultural adoption despite awareness and interest: a case study of conservation agriculture in South Asia	13
Effects of cover crop, N and residue management on the financial sustainability of processing tomatoes in Southwestern Ontario	12
Economic trade-offs: analysis of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop use in organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.) high tunnel systems across multiple regions	11
U.S. organic agriculture: 30 years after the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. Introduction to themed issue	10
Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands	10
‘They convert, I also convert’: the neighborhood effects and tea farmers' intention to convert to organic farming	10
Modern arable and diverse ley farming systems can increase soil organic matter faster than global targets	10
Contextual realities and poverty traps: why South Asian smallholder farmers negatively evaluate conservation agriculture	9
Motivating organic farmers to adopt practices that support the pest-suppressive microbiome relies on understanding their beliefs	9
Farmer preferences for adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties: evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria	9
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	9
Missouri natural resource professionals share key insights for supporting agroforestry practices through cost-share funding available from USDA conservation programs	9
Comparative analysis of energy use efficiency among Pakistani and Turkish wheat growers	9
Cool-season cover crop effects on forage productivity and short-term soil health in a semi-arid environment	9
Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania	8
Habitat associations and conservation opportunities for priority birds on small, diversified farms in the northeastern USA	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
Supporting organic farmers through information and technical assistance	7
Effect of zinc and protein content in different barley cultivars: use of controlled release matrices	7

Alternative methods for terminating green manures in organic grain systems	7
Tarping and mulching effects on crop yields, profitability, and soil nutrients in a continuous no-till organic vegetable production system	6
Long-term organic and conventional management affects corn nutrient composition	6
Assessment of Acacia dealbata as green manure and weed control for maize crop	6
What would it look like? Visualizing a future US Corn Belt landscape with more table food production	6
Use of biochar and crude glycerin as additives in the composting of slaughterhouse waste in static piles	6
Fungal plant pathogens observed on perennial cereal crops in New York during 2017–2018	6
Perspectives on new technologies built on anaerobic digestion: insights from Idaho	6
Bee discovery suggests the importance of urban gardens in a changing world	6
Optimizing organic muskmelon production by integrating mesotunnel row covers, inter-bed weed management, and pollination strategies	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
‘Never cry for food’: food security, poverty, and recurring themes in news media regarding rabbit farming in East Africa	6
No yield advantage of biodynamic compost preparations in a long-term field trial	5
Preliminary findings of northeast organic and conventional dairy farmers' perception of benefits and challenges in feeding algae	5
Producers marketing a novel crop: a field-level view of hemp market channels	5
Cover crop management strategies affect weeds and profitability of organic no-till soybean	5
Prospects of porous concrete as a plant-growing medium and structural component for green roofs: a review	5
Consumer preferences for produce grown with reduced pesticides: a choice experiment in Missouri	5
Development status and trends in side-deep fertilization of rice	5
A scientometric review of the peer-reviewed research on high tunnels in the United States	5
Improving agri-environmental policy design: farmer and administrator insights on voluntary conservation programs	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
Who's near the local food? A regional proximity analysis of short food supply chain types in southern New England	5
First steps toward developing Lewis flax (Linum lewisii Pursh) as an agronomic crop	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