OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems is 3. 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.)

Article	Citations
ICT4Agroecology part II: outcomes for maize production systems	46
Soil hydraulic arrangement and agro-ecological practices in organic rotations: effects on crop performance, soil properties and carbon balance	37
Ethnobiological survey to determine the link between health benefits and qualities of Maasai traditional food system in Monduli, Arusha, Tanzania	33
From learner to leader: exploring learning, motivations, and roles of regenerative grazing mentors	25
Optimizing a traditional practice of soil fertilization for cassava cultivation in the Brazilian Amazonia	22
A new list and prioritization of wild plants of socioeconomic interest in Italy: toward a conservation strategy	21
Socioeconomic sustainability of agroecological farming: a quantitative analysis of cucurbit crop production in Eastern Central Tanzania	19
Ecosystem services from smallholder dairy based integrated farming system vis-a-vis double cropping	18
Manure contribution to rural livelihoods at farm and landscape levels: a systemic approach in semi-arid Central Tunisia	15
Knowledge of social technologies by rural extension workers in Brazil	14
Sustainable intensification through double-cropping and plant-based fertilization: production and plant-soil nitrogen interactions in a 5-year crop rotation of organic vegetables	14
Resurrecting sustainable farming in India’s Granary: current practices, challenges and solutions	14
Which dimensions of livestock farming systems shape social interactions around a farm? The case of two farms valorizing animal domestic biodiversity	14
Adaptive multi-paddock grazing and wellbeing: uptake, management practices and mindset among Canadian beef producers	13
What contribution of agroecology to job creation in sub-Saharan Africa? The case of horticulture in the Niayes, Senegal	13
Comprehensive impacts of diversified cropping on soil health and sustainability	13
The incidence of cultural practices for managing Drosophila suzukii in raspberry farms: a case study from northwestern Patagonia	13
Food Systems and climate crisis on the table at the COP 28 negotiations, but substantive change is off the menu thus far	11
A review of theoretical frameworks of food system governance, and the search for food system sustainability	11
The ‘inner’ dimension of Dutch farmers’ trajectories of change: drivers, triggers and turning points for sustained agroecological practices	11
Assessing the contribution of spontaneous vegetation to carbon storage and biodiversity in a vineyard of Argentina	10
Can public food procurement drive agroecological transitions? Pathways and barriers to sustainable food procurement in higher education institutions in Spain	10
Assessing what food policies lead to on the ground: exploring opportunities and challenges of the MUFPP indicator framework	10
Agroecology in the US Heartland	10
Spaces of sustainable transformation at territorial level: an analysis of biodistricts and their role for agroecological transitions	10

Balancing nature and agriculture	10
Agricultural productivism, cosmopolitan plant-breeding, and the severed roots of agroecological thought	9
Embedding global sustainable development goals in local agroecology initiatives: experiences from China	9
Codesigning sustainable land uses: framing participatory methods for research and development projects	9
Women’s associations in Cotopaxi, Ecuador: from rights to agroecological markets	9
Advancing sustainable agriculture for goal 2: zero hunger - a comprehensive overview of practices, policies, and technologies	8
Organizing sustainable and fair agri-food systems: exploring the role of north-north alternative food networks in the European Union	8
Typology and social network of grassroots initiatives that promote agroecology in Mexico	8
Exploring the role of a social carrier in advancing agroecology and territorial autonomy	8
‘I lost my job suddenly, but I was prepared’: the significance of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Benin City, Nigeria	8
Agroecological transitions during COVID-19: evidence from Kerala, India	7
Policies and development models for “sustainable” agriculture in Tunisia an “agroecological transition” in question	7
Cladosporium cladosporioides for disease control and defense response induction in upland rice grown under an agroecological system	7
Changing the paradigm of science with agroecology	7
The community contributions of urban farms in Singapore	7
Moving Africa from food security to food sovereignty	7
Participatory certifications for the sustainability transition of food systems in Costa Rica: barriers and opportunities for scaling out	7
Exploring the relationship between tree diversity and carbon storage in aboveground biomass of coffee agroforestry systems in southern Manabí, Ecuador	7
“This Feminism is Transformative, Rebellious and Autonomous”: inside struggles to shape the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment	7
Agricultural land and water are up for grabs	7
Changing the food system narrative	7
Agroecology and back-to-land migration in Turkey: asset or obstacle?	7
Production autonomy and sustainability. On the conventionalization of Mediterranean organic livestock	7
Groundwater overdrafting: a looming crisis	7
Campesino a Campesino (peasant to peasant) processes versus conventional extension: a comparative model to examine agroecological scaling	7
Participatory action research with wheat landrace producers and community supported agriculture groups; a case from Turkey	6
Agroecological transitions to sustainability and biosphere reserves	6
Value created for small-scale farmers in an agroecology movement in the Eastern cape region of South Africa: an application of the value creation framework	6
Gender, agroecology and local markets at São José de Mipibu in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	6
Subtle agroecologies: farming with the hidden half of nature	5
On techno-fixes in the era of crises: genomic interventions in food crops	5
Agroecology in a changing climate	5
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 agroecology	5
Understanding farmer knowledge of soil and soil management: a case study of 13 organic farms in an agricultural landscape of northern California	5
The need for ground-up transitions: exploring the knowledge politics of agroecology in Gujarat, India	5
Participatory future visions of collaborative agroecological farmer-pastoralist systems in Tanzania	5
Evolving local agrifood initiatives within a territorial agrifood system: the case of Prato Province, Italy	5
Sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants: balancing therapeutic benefits with environmental conservation	4
Ecological complexity and avoiding pest resurgence: intuitions from mathematical ecology	4
Effects of fresh and anaerobically digested algae (G. salicornia) as soil amendments on yield and nutrient concentrations of Pak Choy	4
Managing agroforestry transitions in a rapidly changing climate	4
Agroecology as a new frame of reference for French agricultural policy? Insights from a lexicometric analysis of policy documents	4
Unpacking the agroclimatic challenges and determinants of sweetpotato seed conservation and multiplication strategies by smallholder farmers in Southern Ethiopia	4
Agroecological approach in organic greenhouse vegetable systems: weed communities and functional traits dynamics	4
Ecosystem services related with Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear cactus): a review of challenges and opportunities	4
Moving toward a decolonial and intersectional notion of justice for socio-ecological problems: the urban agroecology of the Buckets Revolution	4
Estimating economic benefits of cover cropping on carbon and nitrogen storage on organic farms	4
On-farm compost and parsley residues extract use on organic fennel crop to improve agronomic performance and environmental sustainability	4
The leafy greens of India - their diversity, pattern of consumption, and overriding implication on food and nutrition security	4

Crop diversification in southwest coastal Bangladesh: insights into farming adaptation	4
Organic farmers face persistent barriers to adopting diversification practices in California’s Central Coast	4
‘With agroecology, we can defend ourselves’: examining campesino resilience and economic solidarity during pandemic-era economic shock in Guatemala	3
Exploring the combination of agroecological and conventional farming practices through the hybrid farming concept	3
Co-creating a common language for an agroecological transition through local food governance: lessons learned from discussion and practice in Mashue, Los Ríos, Chile	3
Is transdisciplinarity an achievable ideal? Lessons from our experience	3
Why is ecological diversity important?	3
Can we feed the world without destroying it?	3
Strategies for feeding tilapia in smallholder aquaculture systems: a study of aquaculture feed access and availability in two districts of Northern Province, Zambia	3
Towards Sustainable Food Consumption: Emerging Tensions Behind the Plate in a Colombian University Community	3
Investigating soil health and resilience in small-scale agroecosystems of Mount-Lebanon	3
Looking beyond appearances: facing contradictions to “scale in” agroecology within social movements	3
Climate impact reduction potential of agroecology: a case study of traditional Andalusian recipes (Spain)	3
Better performance of organic than conventional tomato varieties in single and mixed cropping	3
New leadership for the agroecology movement	3
Why is there a food crisis?	3
Key insights of urban agriculture for sustainable urban development	3
Exploring crop maturity times as a conservation tool for improving resilience to human-elephant conflict: elephant crop-raiding	3
Irrigation and agroecology: a scientific mismatch? A literature review	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 region	3
Local food system resilience in the context of shocks and crises: vulnerabilities and responses of agroecology-based farmers in Peru, Germany, and the United States	3
Reviewers for Volume 47, 2023	3
Exploring opportunities and constraints of a certification scheme for regenerative agricultural practice	3
Redesign the agroecosystem through biodiversity: revising concepts and integrating visions	3
Rethinking alternative food networks: unpacking key attributes and overlapping concepts	3
Mainstreaming gender in agroecology: coffee cropping systems in Veracruz, Mexico	3
Reviewers for Volume 48, 2024	3
Global challenges and local beekeeping practices: a case study of the beekeeping group “20 de noviembre” in the municipality of Emiliano Zapata, Chiapas	3
Understanding farmers’ adoption of diversified crop rotations in South Dakota, USA: an examination of the roles of sense of place and social responsibility	3