OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Outlook on Agriculture is 7. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Regenerative Agriculture: An agronomic perspective	186
Impact of COVID-19 on the Indian agricultural system: A 10-point strategy for post-pandemic recovery	46
Fixing our global agricultural system to prevent the next COVID-19	36
“Breaking through the 40% adoption ceiling: Mind the seed system gaps.” A perspective on seed systems research for development in One CGIAR	36
Is it possible to attain the same soil organic matter content in arable agricultural soils as under natural vegetation?	20
Sustainable rice production in the Mekong River Delta: Factors influencing farmers’ adoption of the integrated technology package “One Must Do, Five Reductions” (1M5R)	18
Why farmers use so many different maize varieties in West Kenya	17
Not only the seed matters: Farmers’ perceptions of sources for banana planting materials in Uganda	17
Gender inclusivity through maize breeding in Africa: A review of the issues and options for future engagement	16
Potential returns to yam research investment in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond	16
Putting diverse farming households’ preferences and needs at the centre of seed system development	16
Basket of options: Unpacking the concept	15
The global rice agriculture towards 2050: An inter-continental perspective	15
Soil biodiversity and nature-mimicry in agriculture; the power of metaphor?	14
Divergent understandings of agroecology in the era of the African Green Revolution	13
Progress Towards Perennial Grains for Prairies and Plains	13
Options for diversifying agricultural systems to reduce pesticide use: Can we learn from nature?	12
Effect of varietal attributes on the adoption of an orange-fleshed sweetpotato variety in Upper East and Northern Ghana	12
Mimicking nature to reduce agricultural impact on water cycles: A set of mimetrics	12
What is the real productivity of organic farming systems?	11
Seed value chain development in the Global South: Key issues and new directions for public breeding programs	11
Grain legume seed systems for smallholder farmers: Perspectives on successful innovations	11
Assessing technological change in agri-food systems of the Global South: A review of adoption-impact studies in wheat	10
The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa	10
Confronting genetic gains with markets: Retrospective lessons from New Rice for Africa (NERICA) in Uganda	10

Herbicides and Zero Tillage in South Asia: Are we creating a gendered problem?	10
Rural development and transformation of the rice sector in Myanmar: Introduction of best management practices for sustainable rice agriculture	9
Challenges and opportunities toward sustainable consumption and value addition of cashew apples in Tanzania	9
Female farmers in Greece: Looking beyond the statistics and into cultural–social characteristics	8
What factors influence the likelihood of rural farmer participation in digital agricultural services? experience from smallholder digitalization in Northern Ghana	8
Revisiting strategies to incorporate gender-responsiveness into maize breeding in southern Africa	8
Social networks and farming resilience	8
Food security issues in the former Yugoslav countries	8
A call to focus on farmer intuition for improved management decision-making	7
Perils of production with perennial polycultures	7
Factors facilitating sustainable scientific partnerships between developed and developing countries	7
Tailoring rice varieties to consumer preferences induced by cultural and colonial heritage: Lessons from New Rice for Africa (NERICA) in The Gambia	7
Unplanned but well prepared: A reinterpreted success story of international agricultural research, and its implications	7
Irrigation Advisory Services: Farmers preferences and willingness to pay for innovation	7
The key to the development of agricultural cooperatives in Romania from the perspective of those who run them	7
Characterizing cassava farmer typologies and their seed sourcing practices to explore opportunities for economically sustainable seed business models in Rwanda	7