Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Papers
(The median citation count of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
ICT4Agroecology part II: outcomes for maize production systems46
Soil hydraulic arrangement and agro-ecological practices in organic rotations: effects on crop performance, soil properties and carbon balance37
Ethnobiological survey to determine the link between health benefits and qualities of Maasai traditional food system in Monduli, Arusha, Tanzania33
From learner to leader: exploring learning, motivations, and roles of regenerative grazing mentors25
Optimizing a traditional practice of soil fertilization for cassava cultivation in the Brazilian Amazonia22
A new list and prioritization of wild plants of socioeconomic interest in Italy: toward a conservation strategy21
Socioeconomic sustainability of agroecological farming: a quantitative analysis of cucurbit crop production in Eastern Central Tanzania19
Ecosystem services from smallholder dairy based integrated farming system vis-a-vis double cropping18
Manure contribution to rural livelihoods at farm and landscape levels: a systemic approach in semi-arid Central Tunisia15
Knowledge of social technologies by rural extension workers in Brazil14
Sustainable intensification through double-cropping and plant-based fertilization: production and plant-soil nitrogen interactions in a 5-year crop rotation of organic vegetables14
Resurrecting sustainable farming in India’s Granary: current practices, challenges and solutions14
Which dimensions of livestock farming systems shape social interactions around a farm? The case of two farms valorizing animal domestic biodiversity14
Adaptive multi-paddock grazing and wellbeing: uptake, management practices and mindset among Canadian beef producers13
What contribution of agroecology to job creation in sub-Saharan Africa? The case of horticulture in the Niayes, Senegal13
Comprehensive impacts of diversified cropping on soil health and sustainability13
The incidence of cultural practices for managing Drosophila suzukii in raspberry farms: a case study from northwestern Patagonia13
Food Systems and climate crisis on the table at the COP 28 negotiations, but substantive change is off the menu thus far11
A review of theoretical frameworks of food system governance, and the search for food system sustainability11
The ‘inner’ dimension of Dutch farmers’ trajectories of change: drivers, triggers and turning points for sustained agroecological practices11
Assessing the contribution of spontaneous vegetation to carbon storage and biodiversity in a vineyard of Argentina10
Can public food procurement drive agroecological transitions? Pathways and barriers to sustainable food procurement in higher education institutions in Spain10
Assessing what food policies lead to on the ground: exploring opportunities and challenges of the MUFPP indicator framework10
Agroecology in the US Heartland10
Spaces of sustainable transformation at territorial level: an analysis of biodistricts and their role for agroecological transitions10
Balancing nature and agriculture10
Agricultural productivism, cosmopolitan plant-breeding, and the severed roots of agroecological thought9
Embedding global sustainable development goals in local agroecology initiatives: experiences from China9
Codesigning sustainable land uses: framing participatory methods for research and development projects9
Women’s associations in Cotopaxi, Ecuador: from rights to agroecological markets9
Exploring the role of a social carrier in advancing agroecology and territorial autonomy8
‘I lost my job suddenly, but I was prepared’: the significance of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Benin City, Nigeria8
Advancing sustainable agriculture for goal 2: zero hunger - a comprehensive overview of practices, policies, and technologies8
Organizing sustainable and fair agri-food systems: exploring the role of north-north alternative food networks in the European Union8
Typology and social network of grassroots initiatives that promote agroecology in Mexico8
Agroecological transitions during COVID-19: evidence from Kerala, India7
Policies and development models for “sustainable” agriculture in Tunisia an “agroecological transition” in question7
Cladosporium cladosporioides for disease control and defense response induction in upland rice grown under an agroecological system7
Changing the paradigm of science with agroecology7
The community contributions of urban farms in Singapore7
Moving Africa from food security to food sovereignty7
Participatory certifications for the sustainability transition of food systems in Costa Rica: barriers and opportunities for scaling out7
Exploring the relationship between tree diversity and carbon storage in aboveground biomass of coffee agroforestry systems in southern Manabí, Ecuador7
“This Feminism is Transformative, Rebellious and Autonomous”: inside struggles to shape the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment7
Agricultural land and water are up for grabs7
Changing the food system narrative7
Agroecology and back-to-land migration in Turkey: asset or obstacle?7
Production autonomy and sustainability. On the conventionalization of Mediterranean organic livestock7
Groundwater overdrafting: a looming crisis7
Campesino a Campesino (peasant to peasant) processes versus conventional extension: a comparative model to examine agroecological scaling7
Participatory action research with wheat landrace producers and community supported agriculture groups; a case from Turkey6
Agroecological transitions to sustainability and biosphere reserves6
Value created for small-scale farmers in an agroecology movement in the Eastern cape region of South Africa: an application of the value creation framework6
Gender, agroecology and local markets at São José de Mipibu in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil6
Subtle agroecologies: farming with the hidden half of nature5
On techno-fixes in the era of crises: genomic interventions in food crops5
Agroecology in a changing climate5
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 5
How much do extension agents and advisors value agroecology in different countries? Contributions to the understanding of their potential role in scaling up agroecology5
Understanding farmer knowledge of soil and soil management: a case study of 13 organic farms in an agricultural landscape of northern California5
The need for ground-up transitions: exploring the knowledge politics of agroecology in Gujarat, India5
Participatory future visions of collaborative agroecological farmer-pastoralist systems in Tanzania5
Evolving local agrifood initiatives within a territorial agrifood system: the case of Prato Province, Italy5
Crop diversification in southwest coastal Bangladesh: insights into farming adaptation4
Organic farmers face persistent barriers to adopting diversification practices in California’s Central Coast4
Sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants: balancing therapeutic benefits with environmental conservation4
Ecological complexity and avoiding pest resurgence: intuitions from mathematical ecology4
Effects of fresh and anaerobically digested algae (G. salicornia) as soil amendments on yield and nutrient concentrations of Pak Choy4
Managing agroforestry transitions in a rapidly changing climate4
Agroecology as a new frame of reference for French agricultural policy? Insights from a lexicometric analysis of policy documents4
Unpacking the agroclimatic challenges and determinants of sweetpotato seed conservation and multiplication strategies by smallholder farmers in Southern Ethiopia4
Agroecological approach in organic greenhouse vegetable systems: weed communities and functional traits dynamics4
Ecosystem services related with Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear cactus): a review of challenges and opportunities4
Moving toward a decolonial and intersectional notion of justice for socio-ecological problems: the urban agroecology of the Buckets Revolution4
Estimating economic benefits of cover cropping on carbon and nitrogen storage on organic farms4
On-farm compost and parsley residues extract use on organic fennel crop to improve agronomic performance and environmental sustainability4
The leafy greens of India - their diversity, pattern of consumption, and overriding implication on food and nutrition security4
‘With agroecology, we can defend ourselves’: examining campesino resilience and economic solidarity during pandemic-era economic shock in Guatemala3
Co-creating a common language for an agroecological transition through local food governance: lessons learned from discussion and practice in Mashue, Los Ríos, Chile3
Can we feed the world without destroying it?3
Towards Sustainable Food Consumption: Emerging Tensions Behind the Plate in a Colombian University Community3
Investigating soil health and resilience in small-scale agroecosystems of Mount-Lebanon3
Exploring the combination of agroecological and conventional farming practices through the hybrid farming concept3
Is transdisciplinarity an achievable ideal? Lessons from our experience3
Why is ecological diversity important?3
Strategies for feeding tilapia in smallholder aquaculture systems: a study of aquaculture feed access and availability in two districts of Northern Province, Zambia3
Looking beyond appearances: facing contradictions to “scale in” agroecology within social movements3
Better performance of organic than conventional tomato varieties in single and mixed cropping3
Key insights of urban agriculture for sustainable urban development3
Exploring crop maturity times as a conservation tool for improving resilience to human-elephant conflict: elephant crop-raiding3
Irrigation and agroecology: a scientific mismatch? A literature review3
Climate impact reduction potential of agroecology: a case study of traditional Andalusian recipes (Spain)3
New leadership for the agroecology movement3
Why is there a food crisis?3
The role of home gardens in empowering minority women and improving food and nutrition insecurity: a case of Mbororo community in Cameroon’s Northwest region3
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Redesign the agroecosystem through biodiversity: revising concepts and integrating visions3
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Global challenges and local beekeeping practices: a case study of the beekeeping group “20 de noviembre” in the municipality of Emiliano Zapata, Chiapas3
Local food system resilience in the context of shocks and crises: vulnerabilities and responses of agroecology-based farmers in Peru, Germany, and the United States3
Understanding farmers’ adoption of diversified crop rotations in South Dakota, USA: an examination of the roles of sense of place and social responsibility3
Exploring opportunities and constraints of a certification scheme for regenerative agricultural practice3
Rethinking alternative food networks: unpacking key attributes and overlapping concepts3
Mainstreaming gender in agroecology: coffee cropping systems in Veracruz, Mexico3
Productive efficiency of multiple cropping systems: further evidence of the effect of planting design2
Rethinking the liberation of China’s seed market: a comparative study of China’s regulatory frameworks with EU and US2
Women in agroecology: inclusion, exclusion, and empowerment in Peru2
Evidence of agroecology’s contribution to mitigation, adaptation, and resilience under climate variability and change in Latin America2
ICT4Agroecology part I: outcomes for cassava production system2
Optimization of hatchability and survivability traits of indigenous duck managed under backyard farming system2
Livestock production systems in wetlands of Argentina: assessing transition toward sustainable agroecological systems-2
Agroecological farmer perceptions and opinions towards pest management and biodiversity in the Argentine Pampa region2
Teaching agroecology: preparing students for navigating uncharted territory2
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis2
Farmer movement oversight of the Mexican Government’s scaled-up fertilizer program2
Agroecology: the science and art of building sustainable agri-food systems. A case study from Costa Rica2
Gathering a bountiful harvest: the impacts of cultural ecosystem service experiences on management practices and agrobiodiversity in urban community gardens2
Transdisciplinary and systemic construction of a framework for assessing the sustainability of alternative food networks in Mexico City2
Ecological-economics of agroecological systems in the Brazilian semiarid region2
How much fossil fuels are there in our food chains?2
The interdependence between collective practices and the green governance of an agroecology network2
Maize experiment in a traditional Zuni agroecosystem: nutrient composition2
Correlates of yield, fecundity and survival of a wild harvested Cyclopia intermedia (honeybush) population2
The challenges for alternative food networks as markets grow2
Local is our future BR2
Incidence of agroecological-based practices in urban vegetable gardens: effect on crop diversity and production levels2
Is there an agroecology movement in the USA?2
Reacting to rural problems or creating cognitive space? Knowledge production and the diffusion of the agroecology movement in Chiang Mai, Thailand1
Agriculture against the wall: barriers and opportunities for agroecological transitions in California’s industrial agricultural landscapes1
Factors affecting the net ecosystem productivity of agroecosystems on mineral soils: a meta-analysis1
Preserving the wildness of crop wild relatives1
Is push-pull climate- and gender-smart for Ethiopia? A review1
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 1
Agroecological transition and amplification in San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca: preliminary findings1
The stories of seed sovereignty1
Underexploited tropical and subtropical vegetable crops for diversification and nutritional security: a review1
The farmer’s lawyer: the North Dakota nine and the fight to save the family farm1
In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness in California1
Integrating irrigation management and soil remediation practices for sustainable agricultural production: advances, challenges, and future directions1
Agroecosystem-based agricultural genetic resources for balanced and diversified food, nutrition, health, business, geographical indication and environment1
How transformative is agroecological knowledge co-creation? Insights from a systematic literature review1
On-farm conservation in Phaseolus lunatus L: an alternative for agricultural biodiversity1
Underutilized food plants and their potential contribution to food security: lessons learned from the local context1
A community-engaged tool for evaluating food sovereignty in Haiti and beyond1
Sustainable management practices do not reduce oil palm yields on smallholder farms on Borneo1
Agroecology from an island perspective1
Understanding farmers’ motivations to produce pulses and promote better agroecological practices1
Pollinating insects form different modules with Malvaceae crops in a global meta-network1
“First we eat and then we sell”: participatory guarantee systems for alternative sustainability certification of Bolivian agri-food products1
Climate change and shifting land-use: Consequences for smallholder agroforestry systems and rural livelihoods in the southwest Ethiopian Highlands1
Philanthropic Funding for Agroecology in Europe – Opening the (black) box of sustainable food system actors1
Women who dig: farming, feminism, and the fight to feed the world1
Celebrating 10 Years of Agroecology1
Genomics of a barley population evolved on-farm under different environmental conditions1
Doing agroecology in the belly of the beast1
Examining value-based framing of agroecology by experts in training centers in Belgium, France, and Spain1
Multidimensional performance of periurban horticulture: assessing agroecological transition and soil health1
Systemic change or input substitution? The impact of the Healthy Soils Program on agroecological transitions within California food systems1
Why and how do farmers’ organizations get involved in the promotion of agroecological techniques? Insights from Burkina Faso1
Perspectives on agroecological transition: the case of Guachetá municipality, Colombia1
The need for a unified agroecosystem concept1
Agroecology-oriented food redistribution amid a pandemic: contested local governance arrangements for sustainable food security1
Sow what you sell: strategies for integrating organic breeding and seed production into value chain partnerships1
Building an agroecological model to understand the effects of agrochemical subsidies on farmer decisions1
Fostering the training of future agroecologists1
Terraces and ancestral knowledge in an Andean agroecosystem: a call for inclusiveness in planetary health action1
Smaller farms or factory farms?: An agroecological perspective1
Agroecological public policies to mitigate climate change: public food procurement for school canteens in the municipality of Ames (Galicia, Spain)1
A scoping review of participatory research methods in agroecology studies conducted in South Asia1
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