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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

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