OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Food Security is 9. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Contrasting responses of spatiotemporal patterns of cropland to climate change in Northeast China	561
Richard Strange 1938 – 2023	295
In This Issue of Food Security—August 2021	258
Cultivating prosperity in Rwanda: the impact of high-yield biofortified bean seeds on farmers’ yield and income	137
The effect of immigration policy regime change on state-level participation rates of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children in the United States	125
Pest risk information, agricultural outcomes and food security: evidence from Ghana	89
Food accessibility of different socioeconomic groups in sub-Saharan African cities: a mixed-method analysis in Kampala, Uganda	83
Role of interactive radio programming in advancing women’s and youth’s empowerment and dietary diversity: Mixed method evidence from Malawi	82
Food insecurity among parents of young children in the United States and Australia: focusing on etiology and outcomes	74
Changes in per capita wheat production in China in the context of climate change and population growth	68
The role of minor cereals in food and nutrition security in Bangladesh: constraints to sustainable production	60
Application of item response theory modelling to measure an aggregate food security access score	59
Evaluation of crises suitability of food systems: a comparison of alternative protein sources	51
Are agricultural extension systems ready to scale up ecological intensification in East Africa? A literature review with particular attention to the Push-Pull Technology (PPT)	47
Correction to: Changes in school feeding operations during the COVID‑19 pandemic: evidence from 139 countries	46
A method for estimating physical and economic food access at high spatial resolution	42
Nutrition fragility in isolation: Food insecurity in Small Island Developing States	37
Social and ethnic-racial inequities in the occurrence of food deserts in a Brazilian state capital	37
Maize-grain zinc and iron concentrations as influenced by agronomic management and biophysical factors: a meta-analysis	35
Book Review: Food Security Issues in Asia	34
Intra-household inequality in food expenditures and diet quality in the Philippines	34
Does yield gap still matter? Evidence from rice production in China	33
The decreasing area of hybrid rice production in China: causes and potential effects on Chinese rice self-sufficiency	33
Stories of change in nutrition in Burkina Faso 1992–2018: a micro-level perspective	32
Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana: a focus on stunting and anemia among children under-five years (2009 – 2018)	31

Food systems and structural and rural transformation: a quantitative synthesis for low and middle-income countries	28
Prevalence and determinants of children self-reports of food insecurity: evidence from a Portuguese population-based birth cohort	27
Effect of Nigeria’s e-voucher input subsidy program on fertilizer use, rice production, and household income	26
Low-cost soybean input bundles impact women farmers’ subsistence livelihood traps: evidence from Ghana	26
Agricultural commercialisation and food consumption: pathways and trade-offs across four African contexts	25
A broken market: can increased access to broken rice decrease food insecurity in Haiti?	25
Assessment of wheat grain quality in China during harvest and storage using a mycobiome approach	24
The nutritional feed gap: Seasonal variations in ruminant nutrition and knowledge gaps in relation to food security in Southern Africa	23
Contribution of traditional fermented foods to food systems transformation: value addition and inclusive entrepreneurship	21
Coping Behaviours and the concept of Time Poverty: a review of perceived social and health outcomes of food insecurity on women and children	21
Global honeybee health decline factors and potential conservation techniques	21
The feasibility of implementing food-based dietary guidelines and food graphics in Ethiopia	20
Vendor capacity and incentives to supply safer food: a perspective from urban Ethiopia	20
Drivers and stressors of resilience to food insecurity: evidence from 35 countries	19
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural production, livelihoods, and food security in India: baseline results of a phone survey	18
Determining the sound signatures of insect pests in stored rice grain using an inexpensive acoustic system	18
When washing is not enough: a cross-disciplinary analysis of hygiene and handling practices among vegetable traders in Nigeria	18
Competition for human edible feed resources in aquaculture - looking at tilapia farming	18
The Social Construction of Food Security: The Israeli Case	18
Biodiversity in agricultural and food systems of jhum landscape in the West Garo Hills, North-eastern India	17
Food deserts and food swamps in a Brazilian metropolis: comparison of methods to evaluate the community food environment in Belo Horizonte	16
Tensions and coalitions: A new trade agreement affects the policy space for nutrition in Vietnam	16
The fight against food shortages and surpluses: perspectives of a practitioner by John McClintock	15
Stories of change in nutrition: lessons from a new generation of studies from Africa, Asia and Europe	15
Correction to: Global honeybee health decline factors and potential conservation techniques	15
Fish consumption pathways and food security in an Indonesian fishing community	15
Applying the ‘Candidacy’ Model to understand access to key nutrition, food & health services in LMIC contexts: a qualitative study in Odisha, India	14
Maize storage losses, climate, and climate change in Zambia	14
Institutional and farm-level challenges limiting the diffusion of new varieties from public and CGIAR centers: The case of wheat in Morocco	13
Correction to: Broken promises: a rights-based analysis of marginalised livelihoods and experiences of food insecurity in large-scale land investments in Tanzania	13
Analysis of banana and cocoa export commodities in food system transformation, with special reference to certification schemes as drivers of change	13
The effect of extreme weather events on child nutrition and health	13
Food insecurity and disasters: predicting disparities in total and first-time food pantry visits during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
How does agricultural transformation affect the household food self-sufficiency of smallholders in the upper Mekong region, Southwest China?	13
Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations	13
Fruit and vegetable processing and consumption: Knowledge, attitude, and practices among rural women in East Africa	13
Local tastes and global flavors: food choice in the context of the nutrition transition in South India	13
Impacts of changes in climate extremes on maize yields over Mainland China	13
Group-based approaches to nutrition-sensitive agriculture: insights from a post-project sustainability study in Côte d’Ivoire	13
Keijiro Otsuka and Shenggen Fan, eds: Agricultural development: new perspectives in a changing world	13
The effects of safety certification and nutrition messaging on the demand for nutritionally enhanced food in urban Ethiopia	13
Conflict and nutrition: endogenous dietary responses in Nepal	13
Correction to: Food choice responses to changes in the price of a staple crop: a discrete choice experiment of maize in rural Malawi	12
Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) in farmer field schools on food security and adaptation to climate change: pilot testing of a framework in Malawi	12
Determinants of smallholder farmers’ maize grain storage protection practices and understanding of the nutritional aspects of grain postharvest losses	12
Impact of adoption of better management practices and nutrition-sensitive training on the productivity, livelihoods and food security of small-scale aquaculture producers in Myanmar	12
Food systems transformation, animal-source foods consumption, inequality, and nutrition in Myanmar	12
Changes in school feeding operations during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 139 countries	11
A new framework on climate-induced food-security risk for small-scale fishing communities in Tanzania	11
Broken promises: a rights-based analysis of marginalised livelihoods and experiences of food insecurity in large-scale land investments in Tanzania	11

How is food safety regulation implemented? The key role of meso-institutions assessed through a cross-country comparison	11
How cities source their food: spatial interactions in West African urban food supply	11
Increased farmer willingness to pay for quality cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) planting materials: evidence from experimental auctions in Cambodia and Lao PDR	11
Exploring resilience concepts and strategies within regional food systems: a systematic literature review	11
COVID-19 pandemic and agriculture in Romania: effects on agricultural systems, compliance with restrictions and relations with authorities	10
The geography of agricultural input markets in rural Tanzania	10
Exploring the adoption of food safety measures in smallholder dairy systems in Ethiopia: implications for food safety and public health	10
Potential response of Mexican consumers to a Ban on genetically modified Maize imports	10
Required informational barriers to accessing groceries from food banks	10
Salinity and food security in southwest coastal Bangladesh: impacts on household food production and strategies for adaptation	10
The effectiveness of food system policies to improve nutrition, nutrition-related inequalities and environmental sustainability: a scoping review	10
Changing rice cropping patterns and their impact on food security in southern China	10
Cheap chicken in Africa: Would import restrictions be pro-poor?	9
Understanding household and food system determinants of chicken and egg consumption in India	9
New Senior Editor for agronomy, agricultural systems modelling, and climate change appointed at food security	9
A systematic literature review on coping mechanisms and food security during pandemics	9
Food systems thinking unpacked: a scoping review on industrial diets among adolescents in Ghana	9
Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods	9
It is beautiful: the uncommon knowledge of Elinor Ostrom. Erik Nordman (2021) The uncommon knowledge of Elinor Ostrom. Essential lessons for collective action	9
Exploring climate change adaptation practices and household food security in the Middle Eastern context: a case of small family farms in Central Bekaa, Lebanon	9
Welfare impacts of improved groundnut varieties adoption and food security implications in the semi-arid areas of West Africa	9