Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Article	Citations
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	242
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	153
Introduction of alternative crops in the Mediterranean to satisfy EU Green Deal goals. A review	124
Salinity effects on rice, rice weeds, and strategies to secure crop productivity and effective weed control. A review	103
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	83
Farming ducks in a maize field: a new and potential crop-livestock system from China	75
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	63
Designing high-yielding wheat crops under late sowing: a case study in southern China	60
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	58
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	58
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	54
Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review	52
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	52
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	51
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	50
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	49
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	49
Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	48
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	48
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	46
Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	41
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	41
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	38
Engaging, collaborating, and driving change within a multi-stakeholder platform through a step-by-step approach of innovation design applied to African dairy value chains	36
Optimizing planting density for enhanced maize yield and resource use efficiency in China. A meta-analysis	36

Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	36
Agronomic performance, nitrogen acquisition and water-use efficiency of the perennial grain crop Thinopyrum intermedium in a monoculture and intercropped with alfalfa in Scandinavia	35
Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	35
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	33
Alien vs. herbivore: ant-mediated plant defense as an option for biological control of leafcutter ants	33
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation with field aged biochar may enhance water and rice productivity	32
A multifunctional life cycle assessment of durum wheat cropping systems	32
An approach for comparing agricultural development to societal visions	32
Novel insights into factors associated with yield response and nutrient use efficiency of maize and rice in sub-Saharan Africa. A review	31
Agroecological settings and seed recycling account only partially for potato seed degeneration in Ecuador	30
Narrowing maize yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Zambia: what interventions, where, and for whom?	30
Introducing intermediate wheatgrass as a perennial grain crop into farming systems: insights into the decision-making process of pioneer farmers	30
Long-term active restoration of degraded grasslands enhances vegetation resilience by altering the soil seed bank	30
Future agricultural systems and the role of digitalization for achieving sustainability goals. A review	29
Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality	29
The nitrogen fertilizer conundrum: why is yield a poor determinant of crops’ nitrogen fertilizer requirements?	29
Soil health metrics reflect yields in long-term cropping system experiments	29
Genetic progress battles climate variability: drivers of soybean yield gains in China from 2006 to 2020	28
Using perennial plant varieties for use as living mulch for winter cereals. A review	27
Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation: digital tools for a scalable transformative pathway	27
Regional estimates of nitrogen budgets for agricultural systems in the East African Community over the last five decades	27
Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study	26
Intercropping with service crops provides multiple services in temperate arable systems: a review	25
Lessons learned from farmers’ experience of soil carbon management practices in grazing regimes of Australia	24
Agri-environment schemes are associated with greater terrestrial invertebrate abundance and richness in upland grasslands	24
Long-term fertilization with urban and animal wastes enhances soil quality but introduces pharmaceuticals and personal care products	24
A participatory and multi-actor approach to locally support crop diversification based on the case study of camelina in northern France	23
Increasing wheat proteins sustainably by rotation with forage legumes	23
Considering farming management at the landscape scale: descriptors and trends on biodiversity. A review	23
Relay intercropping can efficiently support weed management in cereal-based cropping systems when appropriate legume species are chosen	23
Improving the sustainability of cropping systems via diversified planting in arid irrigation areas	22
Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review	22
Soil properties resulting in superior maize yields upon climate warming	22
Crop residue return achieves environmental mitigation and enhances grain yield: a global meta-analysis	22
Cabruca agroforestry systems reduce vulnerability of cacao plantations to climate change in southern Bahia	22
Knowns and unknowns of cattle grazing in oil palm plantations. A review	22
Crop response to nitrogen-phosphorus colimitation: theory, experimental evidences, mechanisms, and models. A review	21
Modelling the impact of nitrification inhibition in a fallow-based West African corn cropping system	21
Organic management of cattle and pigs in Mediterranean systems: energy efficiency and ecosystem services	21
Cultivar mixtures increase stability and productivity over time through asynchrony and complementarity	21
Comparison of models for leaf blotch disease management in wheat based on historical yield and weather data in the Nordic-Baltic region	21
The use of oil palm empty fruit bunches as a soil amendmentto improve growth and yield of crops. A meta-analysis	21
Long-term ley and manure managements have consistent effects on microbial functional profiles and organic C groups across soils from a latitudinal gradient	20
Improving soil fertility with lime and phosphogypsum enhances soybean yield and physiological characteristics	20
Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review	20
Combining Milpa and Push-Pull Technology for sustainable food production in smallholder agriculture. A review	20
Farmer participatory assessment of soil health from Conservation Agriculture adoption in three regions of East Africa	20
Modelling the effect of context-specific greenhouse gas and nitrogen emission mitigation options in key European dairy farming systems	20
Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits	20
Legume seed system performance in sub-Saharan Africa: barriers, opportunities, and scaling options. A review	19

Delivering “less but better” meat in practice—a case study of a farm in agroecological transition	19
Effects of Rhizobium inoculum compared with mineral nitrogen fertilizer on nodulation and seed yield of common bean. A meta-analysis	19
Why are the benefits of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers inconsistent in the field? Prerequisite conditions identified from simulation analyses	18
Yield and fertilizer benefits of maize/grain legume intercropping in China and Africa: A meta-analysis	18
Adapting agriculture to climate change: which pathways behind policy initiatives?	18
Farmers’ perception and management of water scarcity in irrigated rice-based systems in dry climatic zones of West Africa	18
Diversification improves the performance of cereals in European cropping systems	18
On the effects that motivate pesticide use in perspective of designing a cropping system without pesticides but with mineral fertilizer—a review	18
Sustainable management practices to improve the water use efficiency of winter wheat in the North China Plain: a meta-analysis	17
Using botanical resources to select wild forage legumes for domestication in temperate grassland agricultural systems	17
Rice residue management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains for climate and food security. A review	17
Enhancing ecosystem services through direct-seeded rice in middle Indo-Gangetic Plains: a comparative study of different rice establishment practices	16
How do work challenges interact with health management in dairy farms?	16
Identification and description of relationships between actors involved in crop diversification experiences across Europe	16
Methodological challenges in assessing the viability of agroecological practices: lessons from a multi-case study in Africa	16
Balancing cover crop benefits and economic realities in Mediterranean rice farming	16
Irrigated rice yield plateaus are caused by management factors in Argentina	16
A critical assessment of conservation agriculture among smallholders in the Mediterranean region: adoption pathways inspired by agroecological principles	16
Versatile crop yield estimator	16
The socio-economic performance of agroecology. A review	15
Possibilistic pathways and decision-making for goal achievement in integrated agritourism	15
Modeling soil-plant functioning of intercrops using comprehensive and generic formalisms implemented in the STICS model	15
Impact of deficit irrigation on fruit yield and lipid profile of terraced avocado orchards	15
Agroforestry supports high bird diversity in European farmland	15
Disrupting pest reproduction techniques can replace pesticides in vineyards. A review	15
Straw mulch and nitrogen fertilizer: A viable green solution for enhanced maize benefits and reduced emissions in China	15
Factors influencing intention to apply spatial approaches to on-farm experimentation: insights from the Australian winegrape sector	15
Agronomic practices preventing local outbreaks of rice yellow mottle virus disease revealed by spatial autoregressive analysis	15
A theoretical framework for tracking farmers’ innovations to support farming system design	14
Gendered perception of change in prevalence of pests and management in Zimbabwe smallholder irrigation schemes	14
Contribution of cauliflower residues to N nutrition of subsequent lettuce crops grown in rotation in an Italian Alpine environment	14
System nutrient dynamics in orchards: a research roadmap for nutrient management in apple and kiwifruit. A review	14
Sustainable soil management measures: a synthesis of stakeholder recommendations	14
Tillage and reseeding effects on soil carbon stocks: evidence from 500 agricultural grasslands in the UK	14
Ecosystem services in conventional farming systems. A review	14
Using olive mill waste compost with sprinkler irrigation as a strategy to achieve sustainable rice cropping under Mediterranean conditions	13
Acrocomia spp.: neglected crop, ballyhooed multipurpose palm or fit for the bioeconomy? A review	13
A yield comparison between small-plot and on-farm foliar fungicide trials in soybean and maize	13
Exploring farmers’ perspectives on agrobiodiversity management: future options for quinoa smallholder organizations in the Peruvian high Andes	13
Sheltered by trees: long-term yield dynamics in temperate alley cropping agroforestry with changing water availability	13
Adaptation rather than adoption: a case study of cropping system change in West Africa	12
Cereal species mixtures: an ancient practice with potential for climate resilience. A review	12
The reflection of principles and values in worldwide organic agricultural research viewed through a crop diversification lens. A bibliometric review	12
Co-designing innovative plantain cropping systems to support the diversity of agroecological pathways in Guadeloupe	11
Alternative methods to synthetic chemical control of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. A systematic review	11
Dissecting the contribution of weather and management on water table dynamics under present and future climate scenarios in the US Corn Belt	11
Work organization as a barrier to crop–livestock integration practices: a case study in Guadeloupe	11
High work satisfaction despite high workload among European organic mixed livestock farmers: a mixed-method approach	11
Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania	11
Ecological engineering for rice pest suppression in China. A review	11
EU-wide mapping of ‘Protected Designations of Origin’ food products (PDOs) reveals correlations with social-ecological landscape values	11
Current controversies on mechanisms controlling soil carbon storage: implications for interactions with practitioners and policy-makers. A review	11
Correction: Drivers and constraints of on-farm diversity. A review	10
Cultivar mixtures increase crop yields and temporal yield stability globally. A meta-analysis	10
Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19	10
Sustainability assessment in innovation design processes: place, role, and conditions of use in agrifood systems. A review	10
Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process	10
Interactions between animal enterprises and marketing strategies shape organic multispecies farming systems	10
Effects and potential of optimized fertilization practices for rice production in China	10
Beneficial soil fungi enhance tomato crop productivity and resistance to the leaf-mining pest Tuta absoluta in agronomic conditions	10
Framing the future of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture from science-based evidence. A review	10
Numerical exploration of the impact of hydrological connectivity on rainfed annual crops in Mediterranean hilly landscapes	10
Antibiotics residues in pig slurry and manure and its environmental contamination potential. A meta-analysis	10
Restored legume acts as a “nurse” to facilitate plant compensatory growth and biomass production in mown grasslands	10
Understanding the role of value chain formation in the scaling of crop diversification	10
Pesticide-free agriculture as a new paradigm for research	10
Fertilizer dependency: a new indicator for assessing the sustainability of agrosystems beyond nitrogen use efficiency	9
The relationship between elevation, soil temperatures, soil chemical characteristics, and green coffee bean quality and biochemistry in southwest Ethiopia	9
Linking organizational and technical dimensions to design integrated collective farms: a case study in Camargue, France	9
Disentangling shade effects for cacao pest and disease regulation in the Peruvian Amazonia	9
Re-coupling crop and livestock through spatial analysis and site selection of manure transfer hubs for sustainable agriculture	9
Distribution of pesticides in agroecosystem food webs differ among trophic groups and between annual and perennial crops	9
Maize grain yield responses to realistic biochar application rates on smallholder farms in Kenya	9
Strategies to improve field establishment of cover crops. A review	9
Deciphering field-based evidences for crop allelopathy in weed regulation. A review	9
Intercropping organic melon and cowpea combined with return of crop residues increases yields and soil fertility	9
Yield gaps in soybean: causes and pathways for increasing yield in smallholder farming from Northeast China	9
How to quantify the impacts of diversification on sustainability? A review of indicators in coffee systems	9
Crop diversification in Idaho’s Magic Valley: the present and the imaginary	9
Interseeding alfalfa into corn silage increases corn N fertilizer demand and increases system yield	9

Emergence of invasive weedy rice in Southeast Asia. A review	9
Positive response to inoculation with indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as modulated by barley genotype	9
Design and multicriteria assessment of low-input cropping systems based on plant diversification in southwestern France	8
Challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of low-risk plant protection products in sustainable production. A review	8
Species choice and N fertilization influence yield gains through complementarity and selection effects in cereal-legume intercrops	8
Single-row exclusion nets: an alternative pest control method with no detectable impact on breeding bird assemblages in orchards bordered by hedgerows	8
Correction: Agroecology supports sustainable development in Africa. A review	8
Can China get out of soy dilemma? A yield gap analysis of soybean in China	8
Assessing production gaps at the tree scale: definition and application to mango (Mangifera indica L.) in West Africa	8
Economic optimization of sustainable soil management: a Dutch case study	8
Determinants of oilseed rape-service plant intercropping performance variability across a farmers’ fields network in Western Switzerland	8
Applying green manure and zeolite and reducing N fertilization in maize mitigates N2O emission while maintaining yield	8