OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Agronomy for Sustainable Development is 18. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	255
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	175
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	119
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	98
Ecologically based agriculture benefits earthworms in Argentina’s large-scale systems: farm-level strategies matter	69
Salinity effects on rice, rice weeds, and strategies to secure crop productivity and effective weed control. A review	68
Designing high-yielding wheat crops under late sowing: a case study in southern China	67
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	64
Farming ducks in a maize field: a new and potential crop-livestock system from China	62
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	61
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	59
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	57
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	57
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	55
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	51
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	47
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	46
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	45
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	43
Optimizing planting density for enhanced maize yield and resource use efficiency in China. A meta-analysis	40
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	40
Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	39
Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	38
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	38
Agronomic performance, nitrogen acquisition and water-use efficiency of the perennial grain crop Thinopyrum intermedium in a monoculture and intercropped with alfalfa in Scandinavia	38

Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	37
Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	36
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	35
A multifunctional life cycle assessment of durum wheat cropping systems	35
Alien vs. herbivore: ant-mediated plant defense as an option for biological control of leafcutter ants	35
Long-term active restoration of degraded grasslands enhances vegetation resilience by altering the soil seed bank	34
Narrowing maize yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Zambia: what interventions, where, and for whom?	34
An approach for comparing agricultural development to societal visions	33
Novel insights into factors associated with yield response and nutrient use efficiency of maize and rice in sub-Saharan Africa. A review	32
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation with field aged biochar may enhance water and rice productivity	32
Regional estimates of nitrogen budgets for agricultural systems in the East African Community over the last five decades	31
Agroecological settings and seed recycling account only partially for potato seed degeneration in Ecuador	31
Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation: digital tools for a scalable transformative pathway	30
Genetic progress battles climate variability: drivers of soybean yield gains in China from 2006 to 2020	30
Future agricultural systems and the role of digitalization for achieving sustainability goals. A review	30
Introducing intermediate wheatgrass as a perennial grain crop into farming systems: insights into the decision-making process of pioneer farmers	30
Soil health metrics reflect yields in long-term cropping system experiments	29
Agri-environment schemes are associated with greater terrestrial invertebrate abundance and richness in upland grasslands	29
Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study	29
Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality	29
Knowns and unknowns of cattle grazing in oil palm plantations. A review	28
Using perennial plant varieties for use as living mulch for winter cereals. A review	28
Intercropping with service crops provides multiple services in temperate arable systems: a review	28
The nitrogen fertilizer conundrum: why is yield a poor determinant of crops’ nitrogen fertilizer requirements?	28
A participatory and multi-actor approach to locally support crop diversification based on the case study of camelina in northern France	27
Soil properties resulting in superior maize yields upon climate warming	27
Long-term fertilization with urban and animal wastes enhances soil quality but introduces pharmaceuticals and personal care products	27
Considering farming management at the landscape scale: descriptors and trends on biodiversity. A review	27
Lessons learned from farmers’ experience of soil carbon management practices in grazing regimes of Australia	25
Improving the sustainability of cropping systems via diversified planting in arid irrigation areas	25
Increasing wheat proteins sustainably by rotation with forage legumes	25
Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review	25
Relay intercropping can efficiently support weed management in cereal-based cropping systems when appropriate legume species are chosen	24
Crop residue return achieves environmental mitigation and enhances grain yield: a global meta-analysis	24
Cabruca agroforestry systems reduce vulnerability of cacao plantations to climate change in southern Bahia	24
Farmer participatory assessment of soil health from Conservation Agriculture adoption in three regions of East Africa	23
Modelling the impact of nitrification inhibition in a fallow-based West African corn cropping system	23
Combining Milpa and Push-Pull Technology for sustainable food production in smallholder agriculture. A review	23
Long-term ley and manure managements have consistent effects on microbial functional profiles and organic C groups across soils from a latitudinal gradient	23
Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review	23
Organic management of cattle and pigs in Mediterranean systems: energy efficiency and ecosystem services	22
Crop response to nitrogen-phosphorus colimitation: theory, experimental evidences, mechanisms, and models. A review	22
Delivering “less but better” meat in practice—a case study of a farm in agroecological transition	21
Modelling the effect of context-specific greenhouse gas and nitrogen emission mitigation options in key European dairy farming systems	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
Cultivar mixtures increase stability and productivity over time through asynchrony and complementarity	21
Diversification improves the performance of cereals in European cropping systems	20
Adapting agriculture to climate change: which pathways behind policy initiatives?	20
Legume seed system performance in sub-Saharan Africa: barriers, opportunities, and scaling options. A review	19

A functional ecology approach to define a conceptual and participatory method for designing species mixtures: a case study on nitrogen cycling and weed control	19
Effects of Rhizobium inoculum compared with mineral nitrogen fertilizer on nodulation and seed yield of common bean. A meta-analysis	19
Improving soil fertility with lime and phosphogypsum enhances soybean yield and physiological characteristics	19
Why are the benefits of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers inconsistent in the field? Prerequisite conditions identified from simulation analyses	19
Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits	19
Sustainable management practices to improve the water use efficiency of winter wheat in the North China Plain: a meta-analysis	18
Yield and fertilizer benefits of maize/grain legume intercropping in China and Africa: A meta-analysis	18
Farmers’ perception and management of water scarcity in irrigated rice-based systems in dry climatic zones of West Africa	18
On the effects that motivate pesticide use in perspective of designing a cropping system without pesticides but with mineral fertilizer—a review	18
Rice residue management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains for climate and food security. A review	18