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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Assessing soil security for sustainable agricultural production in nutmeg agroecosystems in Grenada74
Management and environmental drivers of soilborne pathogens in smallholder systems of western Kenya54
Manure contribution to rural livelihoods at farm and landscape levels: a systemic approach in semi-arid Central Tunisia43
Flower-rich legume crops can benefit biodiversity in cereal-dominated agricultural landscapes when properly managed39
Optimizing a traditional practice of soil fertilization for cassava cultivation in the Brazilian Amazonia30
Soil hydraulic arrangement and agro-ecological practices in organic rotations: effects on crop performance, soil properties and carbon balance29
ICT4Agroecology part II: outcomes for maize production systems27
From learner to leader: exploring learning, motivations, and roles of regenerative grazing mentors25
Ecosystem services from smallholder dairy based integrated farming system vis-a-vis double cropping22
Socioeconomic sustainability of agroecological farming: a quantitative analysis of cucurbit crop production in Eastern Central Tanzania22
Which dimensions of livestock farming systems shape social interactions around a farm? The case of two farms valorizing animal domestic biodiversity18
Ethnobiological survey to determine the link between health benefits and qualities of Maasai traditional food system in Monduli, Arusha, Tanzania18
Sustainable intensification through double-cropping and plant-based fertilization: production and plant-soil nitrogen interactions in a 5-year crop rotation of organic vegetables17
Resurrecting sustainable farming in India’s Granary: current practices, challenges and solutions17
Comprehensive impacts of diversified cropping on soil health and sustainability17
Knowledge of social technologies by rural extension workers in Brazil16
Adaptive multi-paddock grazing and wellbeing: uptake, management practices and mindset among Canadian beef producers16
From diverse foods to hybrid rice: Agroecology’s retreat in an Ifugao village16
Food production and intra-household dietary diversity: evidence from agroecologically diverse rural households in Ethiopia15
Constraints and enablers: agroecological transitions in rural Zimbabwe15
Reviewers for volume 49, 202515
The incidence of cultural practices for managing Drosophila suzukii in raspberry farms: a case study from northwestern Patagonia14
What contribution of agroecology to job creation in sub-Saharan Africa? The case of horticulture in the Niayes, Senegal14
Balancing nature and agriculture13
Agroecology in the US Heartland13
Accidental Shepherd: How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Farm in Norway13
Utilitarian and non-utilitarian value orientations animate consumer and producer participation in agroecological initiatives12
Assessing the contribution of spontaneous vegetation to carbon storage and biodiversity in a vineyard of Argentina12
A deeper dialogue for transformative agroecology can start from within12
Advancing agroecology through networking in Uganda12
A review of theoretical frameworks of food system governance, and the search for food system sustainability12
Food Systems and climate crisis on the table at the COP 28 negotiations, but substantive change is off the menu thus far12
The ‘inner’ dimension of Dutch farmers’ trajectories of change: drivers, triggers and turning points for sustained agroecological practices11
Women’s associations in Cotopaxi, Ecuador: from rights to agroecological markets10
Assessing what food policies lead to on the ground: exploring opportunities and challenges of the MUFPP indicator framework10
Can public food procurement drive agroecological transitions? Pathways and barriers to sustainable food procurement in higher education institutions in Spain10
The political economy of contrasting agroecologies: agrarian movements and agricultural research institutions envisioning alternatives10
Codesigning sustainable land uses: framing participatory methods for research and development projects9
Ecologization and transformation of work at the meso and micro levels of transition: findings from two territorial food projects in France9
Advancing sustainable agriculture for goal 2: zero hunger - a comprehensive overview of practices, policies, and technologies9
Bridging education and employment: a tracer study of BS Agroforestry graduates from the Philippines9
Embedding global sustainable development goals in local agroecology initiatives: experiences from China9
Exploring the role of a social carrier in advancing agroecology and territorial autonomy9
A study on value chain integration of coconut in Odisha9
Typology and social network of grassroots initiatives that promote agroecology in Mexico8
Agroecological transitions during COVID-19: evidence from Kerala, India8
Agroecology and back-to-land migration in Turkey: asset or obstacle?8
Spaces of sustainable transformation at territorial level: an analysis of biodistricts and their role for agroecological transitions8
Organizing sustainable and fair agri-food systems: exploring the role of north-north alternative food networks in the European Union8
Moving Africa from food security to food sovereignty8
‘I lost my job suddenly, but I was prepared’: the significance of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Benin City, Nigeria8
Policies and development models for “sustainable” agriculture in Tunisia an “agroecological transition” in question8
Production autonomy and sustainability. On the conventionalization of Mediterranean organic livestock8
Changing the food system narrative7
Changing the paradigm of science with agroecology7
Cladosporium cladosporioides for disease control and defense response induction in upland rice grown under an agroecological system7
Subtle agroecologies: farming with the hidden half of nature6
Groundwater overdrafting: a looming crisis6
Are we listening to the bees?6
Correction6
Agroecological transitions to sustainability and biosphere reserves6
Transitioning to agroecology promotes mutualistic fungi while reducing antagonists in lettuce roots6
Agricultural land and water are up for grabs6
Participatory action research with wheat landrace producers and community supported agriculture groups; a case from Turkey6
Lock-in and Power in Agrifood Systems: a Literature Review and Analytical Framework6
Campesino a Campesino (peasant to peasant) processes versus conventional extension: a comparative model to examine agroecological scaling6
Exploring the relationship between tree diversity and carbon storage in aboveground biomass of coffee agroforestry systems in southern Manabí, Ecuador6
The community contributions of urban farms in Singapore6
“This Feminism is Transformative, Rebellious and Autonomous”: inside struggles to shape the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment6
Pushing back against power: political economy and agroecology6
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 6
The challenge of science for sustainable agriculture: an Italian early career researchers’ perspective5
Understanding farmer knowledge of soil and soil management: a case study of 13 organic farms in an agricultural landscape of northern California5
What factors motivate the adoption of agroforestry by populations living in protected areas? - the case of quilombola communities in Barra do Turvo, São 5
Agroecology as a new frame of reference for French agricultural policy? Insights from a lexicometric analysis of policy documents5
Organic farmers face persistent barriers to adopting diversification practices in California’s Central Coast5
Agroecology in a changing climate5
Gathering the grassroots: farmer groups as vehicles for political mobilization of small-scale farmers in Uganda5
Gender, agroecology and local markets at São José de Mipibu in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil5
Evolving local agrifood initiatives within a territorial agrifood system: the case of Prato Province, Italy5
Challenges and opportunities for taking transformational steps toward agroecology in North Africa5
Atmospheric accumulation of methane from emissions by cattle and oil and gas production5
The need for ground-up transitions: exploring the knowledge politics of agroecology in Gujarat, India5
On techno-fixes in the era of crises: genomic interventions in food crops5
Value created for small-scale farmers in an agroecology movement in the Eastern cape region of South Africa: an application of the value creation framework5
On-farm compost and parsley residues extract use on organic fennel crop to improve agronomic performance and environmental sustainability5
Ecological complexity and avoiding pest resurgence: intuitions from mathematical ecology5
Participatory future visions of collaborative agroecological farmer-pastoralist systems in Tanzania5
Agroecological approach in organic greenhouse vegetable systems: weed communities and functional traits dynamics4
Redesign the agroecosystem through biodiversity: revising concepts and integrating visions4
Global challenges and local beekeeping practices: a case study of the beekeeping group “20 de noviembre” in the municipality of Emiliano Zapata, Chiapas4
Better performance of organic than conventional tomato varieties in single and mixed cropping4
Agroecosystems in transition: perceptions and motivations for rural settlers of agrarian reform for planting trees4
Moving toward a decolonial and intersectional notion of justice for socio-ecological problems: the urban agroecology of the Buckets Revolution4
Ecosystem services related with Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear cactus): a review of challenges and opportunities4
Managing agroforestry transitions in a rapidly changing climate4
The role of home gardens in empowering minority women and improving food and nutrition insecurity: a case of Mbororo community in Cameroon’s Northwest region4
The leafy greens of India - their diversity, pattern of consumption, and overriding implication on food and nutrition security4
Agroecological transitions of pastoralism: a discussion of key concepts and investigation of current dynamics using a political economy lens4
Exploring crop maturity times as a conservation tool for improving resilience to human-elephant conflict: elephant crop-raiding4
Estimating economic benefits of cover cropping on carbon and nitrogen storage on organic farms4
Soil quality and biological and economic efficiency of intercropping in the Brazilian semi-arid region4
The importance of traditional seeds in agroecology transitions: a case study from Himachal Pradesh in India4
Can we feed the world without destroying it?4
Does cocoa certification influence vegetation cover and tree cover loss? A case study from Sulawesi, Indonesia4
Towards Sustainable Food Consumption: Emerging Tensions Behind the Plate in a Colombian University Community4
Sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants: balancing therapeutic benefits with environmental conservation4
Exploring the combination of agroecological and conventional farming practices through the hybrid farming concept3
Investigating soil health and resilience in small-scale agroecosystems of Mount-Lebanon3
Key narratives around agroecological transitions. A systematic literature review of the current debate3
Irrigation and agroecology: a scientific mismatch? A literature review3
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
Why is ecological diversity important?3
New leadership for the agroecology movement3
Healing people, soils and science through ‘urban soil remediation’ research? A conversation in transdisciplinary agroecology research3
Reviewers for Volume 48, 20243
Hope and action for change. Jane Goodall 1934–20253
Reviewers for Volume 47, 20233
Mainstreaming gender in agroecology: coffee cropping systems in Veracruz, Mexico3
Why is there a food crisis?3
Is transdisciplinarity an achievable ideal? Lessons from our experience3
Women in agroecology: inclusion, exclusion, and empowerment in Peru3
School canteens and public policies for the scaling up of agroecology (The experience of the Eco- School Canteen Programme in the Canary Islands)3
Co-creating a common language for an agroecological transition through local food governance: lessons learned from discussion and practice in Mashue, Los Ríos, Chile3
Unravelling coupled innovation processes between public collective catering and agricultural sectors to support agroecological transition: lessons from an organic potato supply chain3
Food populism: the political language to build agroecology3
Strategies for feeding tilapia in smallholder aquaculture systems: a study of aquaculture feed access and availability in two districts of Northern Province, Zambia3
Rethinking alternative food networks: unpacking key attributes and overlapping concepts3
The interdependence between collective practices and the green governance of an agroecology network3
‘With agroecology, we can defend ourselves’: examining campesino resilience and economic solidarity during pandemic-era economic shock in Guatemala3
Is there an agroecology movement in the USA?2
Local food system resilience in the context of shocks and crises: vulnerabilities and responses of agroecology-based farmers in Peru, Germany, and the United States2
How much fossil fuels are there in our food chains?2
Correlates of yield, fecundity and survival of a wild harvested Cyclopia intermedia (honeybush) population2
Agroecology: the science and art of building sustainable agri-food systems. A case study from Costa Rica2
Incidence of agroecological-based practices in urban vegetable gardens: effect on crop diversity and production levels2
Climate change and shifting land-use: Consequences for smallholder agroforestry systems and rural livelihoods in the southwest Ethiopian Highlands2
Transdisciplinary and systemic construction of a framework for assessing the sustainability of alternative food networks in Mexico City2
Reacting to rural problems or creating cognitive space? Knowledge production and the diffusion of the agroecology movement in Chiang Mai, Thailand2
Building an agroecological model to understand the effects of agrochemical subsidies on farmer decisions2
Setting the stage for the agroecological transformation of food systems2
ICT4Agroecology part I: outcomes for cassava production system2
The challenges for alternative food networks as markets grow2
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis2
Climate impact reduction potential of agroecology: a case study of traditional Andalusian recipes (Spain)2
Optimization of hatchability and survivability traits of indigenous duck managed under backyard farming system2
Interpreting regenerative agriculture2
Farmer movement oversight of the Mexican Government’s scaled-up fertilizer program2
The stories of seed sovereignty2
Agroecological farmer perceptions and opinions towards pest management and biodiversity in the Argentine Pampa region2
Transforming agroecology perceptions: enhancing awareness, knowledge and involvement through a multistakeholder forum2
Evaluating agroforestry systems for sustainable land management and climate resilience in Siddipet District, central agroclimatic zone, Telangana, India2
Gathering a bountiful harvest: the impacts of cultural ecosystem service experiences on management practices and agrobiodiversity in urban community gardens2
The role of political support tools in preserving traditional agricultural landscapes2
Agroecology-oriented food redistribution amid a pandemic: contested local governance arrangements for sustainable food security2
Evidence of agroecology’s contribution to mitigation, adaptation, and resilience under climate variability and change in Latin America2
Productive efficiency of multiple cropping systems: further evidence of the effect of planting design2
Teaching agroecology: preparing students for navigating uncharted territory2
Maize experiment in a traditional Zuni agroecosystem: nutrient composition2
Youth-led community supported agriculture in urban area: practice, challenges, and sustainability2
Implications of biotechnology development for research and agriculture in China: neoliberalism, the state, and science2
Fostering the training of future agroecologists2
Underexploited tropical and subtropical vegetable crops for diversification and nutritional security: a review2
Livestock production systems in wetlands of Argentina: assessing transition toward sustainable agroecological systems-2
Ecological-economics of agroecological systems in the Brazilian semiarid region2
Local is our future BR2
Underutilized food plants and their potential contribution to food security: lessons learned from the local context1
Building a global network for agroecology at FAO1
Agroecological transition and amplification in San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca: preliminary findings1
“First we eat and then we sell”: participatory guarantee systems for alternative sustainability certification of Bolivian agri-food products1
A scoping review of participatory research methods in agroecology studies conducted in South Asia1
A community-engaged tool for evaluating food sovereignty in Haiti and beyond1
Integrating indigenous knowledge and modernity for agroecological resilience in Nagaland1
Can millets help feed us sustainably?1
Climate silence: a comparative study of governmental and non-governmental messaging on soil health in Wisconsin, USA1
The need for a unified agroecosystem concept1
Introducing grain legumes for crop diversification and sustainable food production systems amongst urban small-holder farmers: a food and nutrition security project in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa1
Agroecological transitions in traditional agricultural systems with agroforestry: Outcomes in biodiversity hotspots1
Agriculture against the wall: barriers and opportunities for agroecological transitions in California’s industrial agricultural landscapes1
Defending food sovereignty in Mexico1
Integrated analysis of agroecosystems with citrus orchards in organic, agroforestry, and conventional systems1
Doing agroecology in the belly of the beast1
Beyond equivalency: comparing governance and sustainability of three North American organic standards1
Sustainable intensification of palm oil production through cattle integration: a review1
Multidimensional performance of periurban horticulture: assessing agroecological transition and soil health1
The farmer’s lawyer: the North Dakota nine and the fight to save the family farm1
Food system “smoke & mirrors”1
Sustainable management practices do not reduce oil palm yields on smallholder farms on Borneo1
Factors affecting the net ecosystem productivity of agroecosystems on mineral soils: a meta-analysis1
Philanthropic Funding for Agroecology in Europe – Opening the (black) box of sustainable food system actors1
Celebrating 10 Years of Agroecology1
In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness in California1
Agroecology from an island perspective1
Seasonality, vegetation structure, and prey location modulate predation rates in the field margins of horticultural farms1
Healing Grounds: climate, justice, and the deep roots of regenerative farming1
Effects of intercropping medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) on grapevine cv. Sangiovese berry volatile compounds1
Public policies for the strengthening of urban and peri-urban agriculture in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)1
Designing accreditation systems that enhance the transformative potential of regenerative agriculture: an action-oriented case study on discursive institutionalization1
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community in coffee cultivation under different agroforestry management systems in the Maciço de Baturité region, Brazil1
Why and how do farmers’ organizations get involved in the promotion of agroecological techniques? Insights from Burkina Faso1
Urban and peri-urban agriculture as a strategy for creating more sustainable and resilient urban food systems and facing socio-environmental emergencies1
Agroecological Living Labs as entry points for transition towards sustainable food systems: a novel framework for the evaluation of living labs at different scales1
Terraces and ancestral knowledge in an Andean agroecosystem: a call for inclusiveness in planetary health action1
Flow approaches in agri-food systems research: revealing blind spots to support social-ecological transformation1
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
Analysis of agroecological transition and adoption potential in two contrasting regions of Burkina Faso using comparative participatory assessment tools1
Expressions of civic agriculture in two organic food consumer cooperatives in Rio Grande Do Sul1
How transformative is agroecological knowledge co-creation? Insights from a systematic literature review1
Systemic change or input substitution? The impact of the Healthy Soils Program on agroecological transitions within California food systems1
Understanding farmers’ motivations to produce pulses and promote better agroecological practices1
Integrating irrigation management and soil remediation practices for sustainable agricultural production: advances, challenges, and future directions1
Smaller farms or factory farms?: An agroecological perspective1
A data mining approach gives insights of causes related to the ongoing transgene presence in Mexican native maize populations1
Pollinating insects form different modules with Malvaceae crops in a global meta-network1
Introduction of Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) for pest snail management in citrus orchards in Türkiye: ecological, economic, and agricultural perspectives1
Notes on autonomy as an agroecological principle1
Correction1
Feasibility of using bean crop residues for feeding sheep during dry season shortage: implications for economic and environmental resilience1
The problem with food security assessments and a case for food sovereignty evaluative tools: comparing food security and food sovereignty assessments in Haiti1
Agroecosystem-based agricultural genetic resources for balanced and diversified food, nutrition, health, business, geographical indication and environment1
What is transformative in participatory approaches to territorial agroecological transitions? A systematization of five case studies in Spain1
Crop diversification and its impact on income diversification and crop income in Bangladesh1
Genomics of a barley population evolved on-farm under different environmental conditions1
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 Ma1
Perspectives on agroecological transition: the case of Guachetá municipality, Colombia1
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