Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Papers
(The median citation count of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems is 0. 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.)
ArticleCitations
New leadership for the agroecology movement56
A scoping review of participatory research methods in agroecology studies conducted in South Asia41
Agroecology in a changing climate36
Soil hydraulic arrangement and agro-ecological practices in organic rotations: effects on crop performance, soil properties and carbon balance32
The interdependence between collective practices and the green governance of an agroecology network24
Productive efficiency of multiple cropping systems: further evidence of the effect of planting design22
Food Town USA: Seven Unlikely Cities That are Changing the Way We Eat21
Different approaches for transformation of agri-food system in times of climate change: agroecology and regenerative agriculture18
From learner to leader: exploring learning, motivations, and roles of regenerative grazing mentors15
Optimizing a traditional practice of soil fertilization for cassava cultivation in the Brazilian Amazonia14
Farmers’ decision processes about biocontrol innovation adoption: dynamics surrounding push-pull technology in Western Kenya14
Academic network-building for agroecology and sustainable agri-food systems in Southeast Asia: critical reflections on a regional initiative13
On techno-fixes in the era of crises: genomic interventions in food crops12
Subtle agroecologies: farming with the hidden half of nature12
Redesigning systems production toward agro-ecological transition: is organic conversion a favorable way in a strong sociotechnical system? The case of ewe’s milk breeders in south of France12
Maize experiment in a traditional Zuni agroecosystem: nutrient composition11
Ethnobiological survey to determine the link between health benefits and qualities of Maasai traditional food system in Monduli, Arusha, Tanzania11
Women in agroecology: inclusion, exclusion, and empowerment in Peru11
An agroecological vision of perennial agriculture10
The need for ground-up transitions: exploring the knowledge politics of agroecology in Gujarat, India10
Identification of soil properties associated with the peasant perception of the suitability of the land for growing organic coffee: the case of traditional agriculture in the “Mixteca Alta” mountains 10
Understanding farmer knowledge of soil and soil management: a case study of 13 organic farms in an agricultural landscape of northern California10
Why is grazing management being overlooked in climate adaptation policy?10
Botanical extracts for insect management: lessons from participatory research in peri-urban horticultural systems of central Argentina10
The integration of food policies in a local administration system: the case of the Milan food policy9
Are we forgetting native seeds?9
Advantages, disadvantages, and reasons for non-adoption of rotational grazing, herbal leys, trees on farms and ley-arable rotations on English livestock farms9
Agroecological public policies to mitigate climate change: public food procurement for school canteens in the municipality of Ames (Galicia, Spain)9
Compromise in the making of urban agroecology: grassroots initiatives and the politics of experimentation in Madrid, Spain9
Value created for small-scale farmers in an agroecology movement in the Eastern cape region of South Africa: an application of the value creation framework8
Coming together for food system transformation8
Local food system resilience in the context of shocks and crises: vulnerabilities and responses of agroecology-based farmers in Peru, Germany, and the United States8
Correlates of yield, fecundity and survival of a wild harvested Cyclopia intermedia (honeybush) population8
Natural horticultural systems in organic farming as a tool for resilience: improvement of economic performance and prevention of soil erosion8
Cross-examination of agroecology and viability in agro-sylvo-pastoral systems in Western Burkina Faso7
ICT4Agroecology part II: outcomes for maize production systems7
Genomics of a barley population evolved on-farm under different environmental conditions7
Intercropping legumes and cereals increases resource use efficiency and crop productivity in low phosphorus soils under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions7
ICT4Agroecology: a participatory research methodology for agroecological field research in Tanzania7
Climate impact reduction potential of agroecology: a case study of traditional Andalusian recipes (Spain)7
Teaching agroecology: preparing students for navigating uncharted territory7
How much do extension agents and advisors value agroecology in different countries? Contributions to the understanding of their potential role in scaling up agroecology7
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis7
“If the Pilcomayo River is lost, the Weenhayek people will be lost ” – governance of fisheries and indigenous institutional diversity in southern Bolivia7
Doing agroecology in the belly of the beast7
Agroecosystem-based agricultural genetic resources for balanced and diversified food, nutrition, health, business, geographical indication and environment7
Gender, agroecology and local markets at São José de Mipibu in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil6
How agroecological farming practices reshape cattle farmers’ working conditions6
A new list and prioritization of wild plants of socioeconomic interest in Italy: toward a conservation strategy6
In situ conservation of agrobiodiversity carried out by traditional family farmers in a mountainous region of Brazil6
Rethinking the liberation of China’s seed market: a comparative study of China’s regulatory frameworks with EU and US6
How much fossil fuels are there in our food chains?6
Socioeconomic sustainability of agroecological farming: a quantitative analysis of cucurbit crop production in Eastern Central Tanzania5
On-farm conservation in Phaseolus lunatus L: an alternative for agricultural biodiversity5
Scaling agroecology for food system transformation in metropolitan areas: Agroecological characterization and role of knowledge in community-supported agriculture farms connected to a food hub in Berl5
Integrating irrigation management and soil remediation practices for sustainable agricultural production: advances, challenges, and future directions5
Effect of olive grove’s understorey management on arthropod diversity5
What goes in and what comes out: a scoping review of regenerative agricultural practices5
Agroecological Living Labs as entry points for transition towards sustainable food systems: a novel framework for the evaluation of living labs at different scales4
Participatory future visions of collaborative agroecological farmer-pastoralist systems in Tanzania4
How to measure agroecology? A rapid appraisal approach based on focus group discussions4
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community in coffee cultivation under different agroforestry management systems in the Maciço de Baturité region, Brazil4
Agroecological approach in organic greenhouse vegetable systems: weed communities and functional traits dynamics4
In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness in California4
Ecosystem services from smallholder dairy based integrated farming system vis-a-vis double cropping4
Agroecology: the science and art of building sustainable agri-food systems. A case study from Costa Rica4
The challenges for alternative food networks as markets grow4
Which dimensions of livestock farming systems shape social interactions around a farm? The case of two farms valorizing animal domestic biodiversity4
On-farm compost and parsley residues extract use on organic fennel crop to improve agronomic performance and environmental sustainability4
Assessing the impact of Gliricidia agroforestry-based interventions on crop nutritional, antinutritional, functional, and mineral compositions in eastern Province, Zambi4
A synergy of participatory design and indigenous knowledge to address rice ( Oryza sativa L.) cultivation challenges of Sadivayal village, Tamil Nadu, India4
Manure contribution to rural livelihoods at farm and landscape levels: a systemic approach in semi-arid Central Tunisia4
Sustainable intensification of palm oil production through cattle integration: a review4
Resurrecting sustainable farming in India’s Granary: current practices, challenges and solutions4
Ecological-economics of agroecological systems in the Brazilian semiarid region4
Estimating economic benefits of cover cropping on carbon and nitrogen storage on organic farms3
What contribution of agroecology to job creation in sub-Saharan Africa? The case of horticulture in the Niayes, Senegal3
Organic farmers face persistent barriers to adopting diversification practices in California’s Central Coast3
Effects of fresh and anaerobically digested algae (G. salicornia) as soil amendments on yield and nutrient concentrations of Pak Choy3
Sustainable intensification through double-cropping and plant-based fertilization: production and plant-soil nitrogen interactions in a 5-year crop rotation of organic vegetables3
Ecosystem services related with Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear cactus): a review of challenges and opportunities3
Optimization of hatchability and survivability traits of indigenous duck managed under backyard farming system3
A tale of two farms: livestock and urban agroecology in California’s Pomona Valley3
Smaller farms or factory farms?: An agroecological perspective3
Women who dig: farming, feminism, and the fight to feed the world3
Effects of intercropping medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) on grapevine cv. Sangiovese berry volatile compounds3
Agroecological pest and disease control: the result of action research in agrarian reform settlement3
Building a global network for agroecology at FAO3
Evolving local agrifood initiatives within a territorial agrifood system: the case of Prato Province, Italy3
The incidence of cultural practices for managing Drosophila suzukii in raspberry farms: a case study from northwestern Patagonia3
Understanding farmers’ choices in climate-smart agriculture: adoption of agroecology principles and impacts on rural livelihoods in semi-arid Tanzania3
Street vending of traditional and indigenous food and the potential contribution to household income, food security and dietary diversity: the case of Gaborone, Botswana3
Knowledge of social technologies by rural extension workers in Brazil3
Adaptive multi-paddock grazing and wellbeing: uptake, management practices and mindset among Canadian beef producers3
Are electric vehicles a threat to agriculture?3
Agroecology at the UN food systems summit3
Who will do the labor in an agroecological transition?3
Sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants: balancing therapeutic benefits with environmental conservation3
Resilience and family farming: overview and insights in scientific research3
Soil governance in Tunisia: analyzing the potentials for agroecology transformations2
Seed exchange networks as important processes for maize diversity conservation and seed access in a highland region of Mexico2
Banni buffalo production system for sustainable livelihoods in salty, tropical desert conditions2
Ecological complexity and avoiding pest resurgence: intuitions from mathematical ecology2
A case study on the opportunity and challenges faced by organic farming in Jiangsu Province2
Assessing the contribution of spontaneous vegetation to carbon storage and biodiversity in a vineyard of Argentina2
Effect of pasture management on bioactive compounds ofLolium multiflorum and Avena strigosafor dairy cows and its effect on milk quality2
Agroecological feminism2
Insecticides may compromise the benefits of tree-crop diversification on arthropod biodiversity in cocoa agroforestry smallholdings2
Sustainable integration of laying hens with crops in organic farming. A review2
Addressing the diversity of visions of ecologization in research and in support to agroecological transitions2
Unpacking the agroclimatic challenges and determinants of sweetpotato seed conservation and multiplication strategies by smallholder farmers in Southern Ethiopia2
Regenerative rangeland management farmers in Spain: enthusiastic among a great diversity in farming conditions2
Nutritional differences in eggs, chicken, and plantain from agroecological, conventional, and commercial systems: a case study in Valle del Cauca, Colombia2
Evidence of agroecology’s contribution to mitigation, adaptation, and resilience under climate variability and change in Latin America2
Actualizations of agroecology among Scottish farmers2
Food system strategies to increase grain legume-cereal intercropping in Europe2
Is there an agroecology movement in the USA?2
Agroecology as a new frame of reference for French agricultural policy? Insights from a lexicometric analysis of policy documents2
Farmer movement oversight of the Mexican Government’s scaled-up fertilizer program2
Comprehensive impacts of diversified cropping on soil health and sustainability2
School cafeterias: can they promote food system sustainability?2
Agronomic qualities of Pennisetum clandestinum in association with Acacia koa for the mitigation of the effects of ranching and promotion of conservation in a silvopastoral context on the island of Ma2
Effect of seasonality on food access in subsistence and cash dependent Maya households in large and small rural communities in Yucatan, Mexico2
Crop diversification and its impact on income diversification and crop income in Bangladesh2
Agroecological farmer perceptions and opinions towards pest management and biodiversity in the Argentine Pampa region1
Managing agroforestry transitions in a rapidly changing climate1
Agroecology-oriented food redistribution amid a pandemic: contested local governance arrangements for sustainable food security1
What is transformative in participatory approaches to territorial agroecological transitions? A systematization of five case studies in Spain1
Transdisciplinary and systemic construction of a framework for assessing the sustainability of alternative food networks in Mexico City1
Farmer-led education on the Colombian Andes: Escuelas Campesinas de Agroecología as a social learning approach for post-conflict reconstruction1
Unlocking food security and livelihoods: the transformative power of agroecology among vulnerable smallholder farmers in Kembata Tembaro, Ethiopia1
Agroecology in the US Heartland1
ICT4Agroecology part I: outcomes for cassava production system1
Taking food out the private sphere? Addressing gender relations in urban food policy1
Underexploited tropical and subtropical vegetable crops for diversification and nutritional security: a review1
The book on agroecological restoration we`ve been waiting for1
A qualitative approach to food loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)1
Exploring crop maturity times as a conservation tool for improving resilience to human-elephant conflict: elephant crop-raiding1
Moving toward a decolonial and intersectional notion of justice for socio-ecological problems: the urban agroecology of the Buckets Revolution1
Crop diversification in southwest coastal Bangladesh: insights into farming adaptation1
The path forward: integrating agroecology into global policy frameworks1
Livestock production systems in wetlands of Argentina: assessing transition toward sustainable agroecological systems-1
Regaining the Agricultural Potential of Sodic Soils and Improved Smallholder Food Security through Integration of Gypsum, Pressmud and Salt Tolerant Varieties1
Building an agroecological model to understand the effects of agrochemical subsidies on farmer decisions1
Local is our future BR1
Contributions of participatory certification to the territorialization of agroecology1
Food system “smoke & mirrors”1
The leafy greens of India - their diversity, pattern of consumption, and overriding implication on food and nutrition security1
Contribution of pollinators to production and reproduction of neglected and underutilized food species in family farming systems in Patagonia1
Agroecology-oriented farmers’ groups. A missing level in the construction of agroecology-based local agri-food systems?1
Agroecology and spirituality: reflections about an unrecognized link1
On-farm pro-environmental diversification: A qualitative analysis of narrative interviews with Western-European farmers1
Incidence of agroecological-based practices in urban vegetable gardens: effect on crop diversity and production levels1
Local and landscape predictors of herbivory on subsistence croplands in Brazilian dry forests1
Beyond equivalency: comparing governance and sustainability of three North American organic standards1
Agroecological management with intra- and interspecific diversification as an alternative to conventional soil nutrient management in family maize farming1
Agroecology in semiarid Chaco forests of Argentina: transdisciplinary analysis of a sustainable peasant farm1
Balancing nature and agriculture1
The ‘inner’ dimension of Dutch farmers’ trajectories of change: drivers, triggers and turning points for sustained agroecological practices1
Inclusive Agroecology: composting in basic education as a tool for integrating people with visual impairments1
“More questions than answers”: Ohio farmers’ perceptions of novel soil health data and their utility for on-farm management1
Gathering a bountiful harvest: the impacts of cultural ecosystem service experiences on management practices and agrobiodiversity in urban community gardens1
Food Systems and climate crisis on the table at the COP 28 negotiations, but substantive change is off the menu thus far1
Family farmers and trees: ecological functions, ecosystem services and food production in agrarian reform settlements in Brazil0
Exploring the relationship between tree diversity and carbon storage in aboveground biomass of coffee agroforestry systems in southern Manabí, Ecuador0
Why and how do farmers’ organizations get involved in the promotion of agroecological techniques? Insights from Burkina Faso0
Agroecological education: perspectives in dispute regarding formal education courses in Brazil0
Is transdisciplinarity an achievable ideal? Lessons from our experience0
Agroecological transitions during COVID-19: evidence from Kerala, India0
Mainstreaming gender in agroecology: coffee cropping systems in Veracruz, Mexico0
Organizing sustainable and fair agri-food systems: exploring the role of north-north alternative food networks in the European Union0
Agroecology from an island perspective0
Reinvention of family farming markets in Brazil: the novelty of digital marketing sites and platforms in times of COVID-190
Why is there a food crisis?0
The community contributions of urban farms in Singapore0
Investigating soil health and resilience in small-scale agroecosystems of Mount-Lebanon0
Regenerating agroecosystems by overcoming human exceptionalism in designing for increased equity of benefits from ecoservices0
Agriculture against the wall: barriers and opportunities for agroecological transitions in California’s industrial agricultural landscapes0
An analytical framework to measure the social return of community-supported agriculture0
Reviewers for Volume 46, 20220
Strengthening the Voices for Agroecology0
Challenges and potential solutions in developing community supported agriculture: a literature review0
Reviewers for Volume 48, 20240
Why is ecological diversity important?0
Feminist agroecology as a pathway for rural Bolivian women’s emancipation and food system transformation0
Life cycle assessment to evaluate the sustainability of urban agriculture: opportunities and challenges0
Combination of observational and functional trait-based approaches in developing a polyculture design tool0
Does an agroecological approach impact the nematode biological and functional diversity in intensive protected production systems?0
Opportunities for enhancing the climate resilience of coffee production through improved crop, soil and water management0
Changing the food system narrative0
The importance of insect pest biocontrol for maize production: an expert survey0
Territorial embeddedness of sustainable agri-food systems: A systematic review0
Gaia contributions to agroecology by James Lovelock [1919-2022]0
Participatory action research with wheat landrace producers and community supported agriculture groups; a case from Turkey0
Adoption challenges, needs for extension programming, and program delivery formats for organic grain producers in the U.S. Corn Belt0
Pollinating insects form different modules with Malvaceae crops in a global meta-network0
Sold down the river: how Robber Barons and Wall Street traders cornered Australia’s water market0
Moving Africa from food security to food sovereignty0
Traditional knowledge complexity and climate change resilience: a case study of natural rainfall indicators of the Lacandon Maya0
Exploring the “works with nature” pillar of food sovereignty: a review of empirical cases in academic literature0
The need for a unified agroecosystem concept0
A data mining approach gives insights of causes related to the ongoing transgene presence in Mexican native maize populations0
Ways forward and ways past: examining the roots of the new Green Revolution in Africa0
Non-market food production can contribute to diverse dimensions of food security according to key informants in northern New England0
Agroecology in the West Balkans: pathway of development and future perspectives0
Inherent suboptimality of monocultural crop breeding0
Sustainable development at the policy-practice nexus: insights from south West Bay, Malakula Island, Vanuatu0
Participatory certifications for the sustainability transition of food systems in Costa Rica: barriers and opportunities for scaling out0
Irrigation and agroecology: a scientific mismatch? A literature review0
America’s Dairy Grassland – Wisconsin milk production that regenerates people and land0
Drivers and barriers to uptake of regenerative agriculture in southeast Queensland: a mental model study0
Agroecological management of crop diseases: a review0
Exploring the combination of agroecological and conventional farming practices through the hybrid farming concept0
Agroecological transitions to sustainability and biosphere reserves0
Introduction of Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) for pest snail management in citrus orchards in Türkiye: ecological, economic, and agricultural perspectives0
A community-engaged tool for evaluating food sovereignty in Haiti and beyond0
What is sustainable protein in food systems?0
Preserving the wildness of crop wild relatives0
“This Feminism is Transformative, Rebellious and Autonomous”: inside struggles to shape the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment0
Campesino a Campesino (peasant to peasant) processes versus conventional extension: a comparative model to examine agroecological scaling0
Essential elements of self-organization illustrated through localized agri-food systems0
Agricultural land and water are up for grabs0
How important is soil for organic certification?0
Transformative change of paddy rice systems for biodiversity: A case study of the crested ibis certified rice system in Sado Island, Japan0
Gender inclusive food systems for sustainable healthy diets in low and middle-income countries0
Understanding farmers’ adoption of diversified crop rotations in South Dakota, USA: an examination of the roles of sense of place and social responsibility0
‘With agroecology, we can defend ourselves’: examining campesino resilience and economic solidarity during pandemic-era economic shock in Guatemala0
Multidimensional performance of agroecology in mixed and agropastoral farming systems of Ethiopia: empirical evidence based on the tool for agroecological performance evaluation (TAPE)0
Tradeoffs of a rising agroecological practice: addressing uncertainty around tarping with participatory action research and mixed methods0
Changing the paradigm of science with agroecology0
Linking biodiversity protection to sustainable food systems0
Climate silence: a comparative study of governmental and non-governmental messaging on soil health in Wisconsin, USA0
Correction0
Production autonomy and sustainability. On the conventionalization of Mediterranean organic livestock0
Seasonality, vegetation structure, and prey location modulate predation rates in the field margins of horticultural farms0
Translating Agroecology into Policy0
Assessing the integration of agroecological principles in smallholder farming systems in North African irrigated plains0
Transitioning the agri-food system. Does closeness mean sustainability? how production and shipping strategies impact socially and environmentally. Comparing Spain, South Africa and U.S. citrus fruit 0
Industrial food system or ‘Global South’ agroecology? A philosophical analysis of the concept ‘sustainable diets’0
Diversity of farmers’ varieties of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in northeastern and southwestern Ethiopia0
Exploring opportunities and constraints of a certification scheme for regenerative agricultural practice0
Groundwater overdrafting: a looming crisis0
Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming0
Rethinking alternative food networks: unpacking key attributes and overlapping concepts0
Cladosporium cladosporioides for disease control and defense response induction in upland rice grown under an agroecological system0
Terraces and ancestral knowledge in an Andean agroecosystem: a call for inclusiveness in planetary health action0
Strategies for feeding tilapia in smallholder aquaculture systems: a study of aquaculture feed access and availability in two districts of Northern Province, Zambia0
Agroecology now! Transformations towards more just and sustainable food systems0
Principles for designing Agroecology-based Local (territorial) Agri-food Systems: a critical revision0
Correction0
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