Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Article	Citations
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	225
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	138
Salinity effects on rice, rice weeds, and strategies to secure crop productivity and effective weed control. A review	113
STICS crop model and Sentinel-2 images for monitoring rice growth and yield in the Camargue region	98
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	84
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	74
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	70
Designing high-yielding wheat crops under late sowing: a case study in southern China	57
Farming ducks in a maize field: a new and potential crop-livestock system from China	56
Introduction of alternative crops in the Mediterranean to satisfy EU Green Deal goals. A review	55
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	55
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	53
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	46
Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review	45
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	45
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	44
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	44
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	43
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	43
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	42
Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	41
Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	40
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	39
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	34
Current and emerging biodegradable mulch films based on polysaccharide bio-composites. A review	34

Agronomic performance, nitrogen acquisition and water-use efficiency of the perennial grain crop Thinopyrum intermedium in a monoculture and intercropped with alfalfa in Scandinavia	34
Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	34
Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	34
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	33
Long-term active restoration of degraded grasslands enhances vegetation resilience by altering the soil seed bank	31
Alien vs. herbivore: ant-mediated plant defense as an option for biological control of leafcutter ants	31
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation with field aged biochar may enhance water and rice productivity	31
Novel insights into factors associated with yield response and nutrient use efficiency of maize and rice in sub-Saharan Africa. A review	30
An approach for comparing agricultural development to societal visions	29
Agroecological settings and seed recycling account only partially for potato seed degeneration in Ecuador	28
A multifunctional life cycle assessment of durum wheat cropping systems	28
Narrowing maize yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Zambia: what interventions, where, and for whom?	28
Regional estimates of nitrogen budgets for agricultural systems in the East African Community over the last five decades	27
Using perennial plant varieties for use as living mulch for winter cereals. A review	27
Introducing intermediate wheatgrass as a perennial grain crop into farming systems: insights into the decision-making process of pioneer farmers	27
Using the Internet of Things to promote alternate wetting and drying irrigation for rice in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta	26
Soil health metrics reflect yields in long-term cropping system experiments	26
Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation: digital tools for a scalable transformative pathway	26
Genetic progress battles climate variability: drivers of soybean yield gains in China from 2006 to 2020	26
Agri-environment schemes are associated with greater terrestrial invertebrate abundance and richness in upland grasslands	25
Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality	25
The nitrogen fertilizer conundrum: why is yield a poor determinant of crops’ nitrogen fertilizer requirements?	25
Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study	24
Knowns and unknowns of cattle grazing in oil palm plantations. A review	23
Future agricultural systems and the role of digitalization for achieving sustainability goals. A review	23
Intercropping with service crops provides multiple services in temperate arable systems: a review	23
Considering farming management at the landscape scale: descriptors and trends on biodiversity. A review	22
Long-term fertilization with urban and animal wastes enhances soil quality but introduces pharmaceuticals and personal care products	22
Improving the sustainability of cropping systems via diversified planting in arid irrigation areas	22
Lessons learned from farmers’ experience of soil carbon management practices in grazing regimes of Australia	22
A participatory and multi-actor approach to locally support crop diversification based on the case study of camelina in northern France	21
Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review	21
Relay intercropping can efficiently support weed management in cereal-based cropping systems when appropriate legume species are chosen	21
Increasing wheat proteins sustainably by rotation with forage legumes	21
Comparison of models for leaf blotch disease management in wheat based on historical yield and weather data in the Nordic-Baltic region	20
Soil properties resulting in superior maize yields upon climate warming	20
Farmer participatory assessment of soil health from Conservation Agriculture adoption in three regions of East Africa	20
Crop residue return achieves environmental mitigation and enhances grain yield: a global meta-analysis	20
Long-term ley and manure managements have consistent effects on microbial functional profiles and organic C groups across soils from a latitudinal gradient	20
Cabruca agroforestry systems reduce vulnerability of cacao plantations to climate change in southern Bahia	20
Organic management of cattle and pigs in Mediterranean systems: energy efficiency and ecosystem services	19
Crop response to nitrogen-phosphorus colimitation: theory, experimental evidences, mechanisms, and models. A review	19
Cultivar mixtures increase stability and productivity over time through asynchrony and complementarity	19
Modelling the effect of context-specific greenhouse gas and nitrogen emission mitigation options in key European dairy farming systems	19
The use of oil palm empty fruit bunches as a soil amendmentto improve growth and yield of crops. A meta-analysis	19
Combining Milpa and Push-Pull Technology for sustainable food production in smallholder agriculture. A review	19
Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review	19
Improving soil fertility with lime and phosphogypsum enhances soybean yield and physiological characteristics	18
Diversification improves the performance of cereals in European cropping systems	18
Delivering “less but better” meat in practice—a case study of a farm in agroecological transition	18

Farmers’ perception and management of water scarcity in irrigated rice-based systems in dry climatic zones of West Africa	18
Adapting agriculture to climate change: which pathways behind policy initiatives?	17
Yield and fertilizer benefits of maize/grain legume intercropping in China and Africa: A meta-analysis	17
Legume seed system performance in sub-Saharan Africa: barriers, opportunities, and scaling options. A review	17
Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits	17
Effects of Rhizobium inoculum compared with mineral nitrogen fertilizer on nodulation and seed yield of common bean. A meta-analysis	17
Sustainable management practices to improve the water use efficiency of winter wheat in the North China Plain: a meta-analysis	17
Why are the benefits of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers inconsistent in the field? Prerequisite conditions identified from simulation analyses	17
On the effects that motivate pesticide use in perspective of designing a cropping system without pesticides but with mineral fertilizer—a review	17
Rice residue management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains for climate and food security. A review	17
Using botanical resources to select wild forage legumes for domestication in temperate grassland agricultural systems	16
Methodological challenges in assessing the viability of agroecological practices: lessons from a multi-case study in Africa	16
Enhancing ecosystem services through direct-seeded rice in middle Indo-Gangetic Plains: a comparative study of different rice establishment practices	16
Identification and description of relationships between actors involved in crop diversification experiences across Europe	16
How do work challenges interact with health management in dairy farms?	16
Irrigated rice yield plateaus are caused by management factors in Argentina	15
Possibilistic pathways and decision-making for goal achievement in integrated agritourism	15
Versatile crop yield estimator	15
Agronomic practices preventing local outbreaks of rice yellow mottle virus disease revealed by spatial autoregressive analysis	15
Balancing cover crop benefits and economic realities in Mediterranean rice farming	15
A critical assessment of conservation agriculture among smallholders in the Mediterranean region: adoption pathways inspired by agroecological principles	15
Agroforestry supports high bird diversity in European farmland	15
Factors influencing intention to apply spatial approaches to on-farm experimentation: insights from the Australian winegrape sector	14
Straw mulch and nitrogen fertilizer: A viable green solution for enhanced maize benefits and reduced emissions in China	14
A superweed in the making: adaptations of Parthenium hysterophorus to a changing climate. A review	14
Disrupting pest reproduction techniques can replace pesticides in vineyards. A review	14
The socio-economic performance of agroecology. A review	13
Gendered perception of change in prevalence of pests and management in Zimbabwe smallholder irrigation schemes	13
Impact of deficit irrigation on fruit yield and lipid profile of terraced avocado orchards	13
Modeling soil-plant functioning of intercrops using comprehensive and generic formalisms implemented in the STICS model	13
Ecosystem services in conventional farming systems. A review	13
A theoretical framework for tracking farmers’ innovations to support farming system design	13
System nutrient dynamics in orchards: a research roadmap for nutrient management in apple and kiwifruit. A review	13
Sustainable soil management measures: a synthesis of stakeholder recommendations	13
Contribution of cauliflower residues to N nutrition of subsequent lettuce crops grown in rotation in an Italian Alpine environment	12
The reflection of principles and values in worldwide organic agricultural research viewed through a crop diversification lens. A bibliometric review	12
Adaptation rather than adoption: a case study of cropping system change in West Africa	12
Agronomic and genetic assessment of organic wheat performance in England: a field-scale cultivar evaluation with a network of farms	12
Tillage and reseeding effects on soil carbon stocks: evidence from 500 agricultural grasslands in the UK	12
Exploring farmers’ perspectives on agrobiodiversity management: future options for quinoa smallholder organizations in the Peruvian high Andes	12
Acrocomia spp.: neglected crop, ballyhooed multipurpose palm or fit for the bioeconomy? A review	12
Ecological engineering for rice pest suppression in China. A review	11
A yield comparison between small-plot and on-farm foliar fungicide trials in soybean and maize	11
Co-designing innovative plantain cropping systems to support the diversity of agroecological pathways in Guadeloupe	11
Using olive mill waste compost with sprinkler irrigation as a strategy to achieve sustainable rice cropping under Mediterranean conditions	11
Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania	11
Sheltered by trees: long-term yield dynamics in temperate alley cropping agroforestry with changing water availability	11
Cereal species mixtures: an ancient practice with potential for climate resilience. A review	11
Cultivar mixtures increase crop yields and temporal yield stability globally. A meta-analysis	10
Antibiotics residues in pig slurry and manure and its environmental contamination potential. A meta-analysis	10
Framing the future of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture from science-based evidence. A review	10
EU-wide mapping of ‘Protected Designations of Origin’ food products (PDOs) reveals correlations with social-ecological landscape values	10
Alternative methods to synthetic chemical control of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. A systematic review	10
High work satisfaction despite high workload among European organic mixed livestock farmers: a mixed-method approach	10
Current controversies on mechanisms controlling soil carbon storage: implications for interactions with practitioners and policy-makers. A review	10
Dissecting the contribution of weather and management on water table dynamics under present and future climate scenarios in the US Corn Belt	10
Effects and potential of optimized fertilization practices for rice production in China	10
Work organization as a barrier to crop–livestock integration practices: a case study in Guadeloupe	10
Sustainability assessment in innovation design processes: place, role, and conditions of use in agrifood systems. A review	9
Interactions between animal enterprises and marketing strategies shape organic multispecies farming systems	9
Correction: Drivers and constraints of on-farm diversity. A review	9
Pesticide-free agriculture as a new paradigm for research	9
Restored legume acts as a “nurse” to facilitate plant compensatory growth and biomass production in mown grasslands	9
Beneficial soil fungi enhance tomato crop productivity and resistance to the leaf-mining pest Tuta absoluta in agronomic conditions	9
Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process	9
Maize grain yield responses to realistic biochar application rates on smallholder farms in Kenya	9
Understanding the role of value chain formation in the scaling of crop diversification	9
Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19	9
Numerical exploration of the impact of hydrological connectivity on rainfed annual crops in Mediterranean hilly landscapes	9
Combining crop diversification practices can benefit cereal production in temperate climates	9
Positive response to inoculation with indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as modulated by barley genotype	8
Disentangling shade effects for cacao pest and disease regulation in the Peruvian Amazonia	8
Viability of a macauba palm–Brachiaria grass intercropping system as an alternative to agroforestry production	8
Crop diversification in Idaho’s Magic Valley: the present and the imaginary	8
Strategies to improve field establishment of cover crops. A review	8
Emergence of invasive weedy rice in Southeast Asia. A review	8
Re-coupling crop and livestock through spatial analysis and site selection of manure transfer hubs for sustainable agriculture	8
The relationship between elevation, soil temperatures, soil chemical characteristics, and green coffee bean quality and biochemistry in southwest Ethiopia	8
Fertilizer dependency: a new indicator for assessing the sustainability of agrosystems beyond nitrogen use efficiency	8
Linking organizational and technical dimensions to design integrated collective farms: a case study in Camargue, France	8

Deciphering field-based evidences for crop allelopathy in weed regulation. A review	8
Can China get out of soy dilemma? A yield gap analysis of soybean in China	8
How to quantify the impacts of diversification on sustainability? A review of indicators in coffee systems	8
Distribution of pesticides in agroecosystem food webs differ among trophic groups and between annual and perennial crops	8
Interseeding alfalfa into corn silage increases corn N fertilizer demand and increases system yield	8
Intercropping organic melon and cowpea combined with return of crop residues increases yields and soil fertility	7
Single-row exclusion nets: an alternative pest control method with no detectable impact on breeding bird assemblages in orchards bordered by hedgerows	7
Landscape perspectives for agroecological weed management. A review	7
Challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of low-risk plant protection products in sustainable production. A review	7
Economic optimization of sustainable soil management: a Dutch case study	7
Species choice and N fertilization influence yield gains through complementarity and selection effects in cereal-legume intercrops	7
Assessing production gaps at the tree scale: definition and application to mango (Mangifera indica L.) in West Africa	7
Reducing competition in forage maize intercropped with tall fescue through herbicides, plant types, and sowing density	7
How to build a crop model. A review	7
Trait profile of maize varieties preferred by farmers and value chain actors in northern Ghana	7
Targeted timing of hairy vetch cover crop termination with roller crimper can eliminate glyphosate requirements in no-till sunflower	7
Determinants of oilseed rape-service plant intercropping performance variability across a farmers’ fields network in Western Switzerland	7
A participatory ecodesign framework to address both environmental and economic dimensions in viticulture at farm scale	7
Design and multicriteria assessment of low-input cropping systems based on plant diversification in southwestern France	7
The role of conservation agriculture practices in mitigating N2O emissions: A meta-analysis	7
How agricultural techniques mediating bottom-up and top-down regulation foster crop protection against pests. A review	7