OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Agroforestry Systems is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Agroforestry contributions to smallholder farmer food security in Indonesia	73
Agroforestry and the environment	55
Spatial and temporal trends in soil N-mineralization rates under the agroforestry systems in Bhabhar belt of Kumaun Himalaya, India	44
Microclimate and soil and water loss in shaded and unshaded agroforestry coffee systems	29
Apple-based agroforestry systems for biomass production and carbon sequestration: implication for food security and climate change contemplates in temperate region of Northern Himalaya, India	25
Agroforestry for sustainable production and resilient landscapes	21
Traditional oases in Northern Africa as multifunctional agroforestry systems: a systematic literature review of the provided Ecosystem Services and of the main vulnerabilities	20
Grazing in silvopastoral systems: multiple solutions for diversified benefits	20
Potential of field edge rainwater harvesting, biomass transfer and integrated nutrient management in improving sorghum productivity in semi-arid regions: a review	18
Potential economic impact of carbon sequestration in coffee agroforestry systems	17
Allelopathic effects of leachates of Juglans regia L., Populus tremula L. and juglone on germination of temperate zone cultivated medicinal and aromatic plants	17
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) shows higher mycorrhizal colonization when planted in agroforestry than in monoculture	17
Virtual pruning of 3D trees as a tool for managing shading effects in agroforestry systems	17
Provisioning ecosystem services related with oak (Quercus) systems: a review of challenges and opportunities	16
Crop productivity and tree growth in intercropped agroforestry systems in semi-arid and sub-humid regions of Ethiopia	16
Litter decomposition of six tree species on indigenous agroforestry farms in south-eastern Ethiopia in relation to litterfall carbon inputs and modelled soil respiration	16
Nutritional potential of underutilized edible plant species in coffee agroforestry systems of Yayu, southwestern Ethiopia	15
Detection and characterization of agroforestry systems in the Colombian Andes using sentinel-2 imagery	15
Land suitability evaluation for multiple crop agroforestry planning using GIS and multi-criteria decision analysis: A case study in Fiji	15
Using a multi-stakeholder approach to increase value for traditional agroforestry systems: the case of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Kilifi, Kenya	14
Remediation of acid soils and soil property amelioration via Acacia decurrens-based agroforestry system	14
Soil carbon of hedgerows and ‘ghost’ hedgerows	14
Impacts of traditional agroforestry practices, altitudinal gradients and households’ wealth status on perennial plants species composition, diversity, and structure in south-central Ethiopia	14
Litterfall seasonal dynamics and leaf-litter turnover in cocoa agroforests established on past forest lands or savannah	14
Seasonal dynamics on nutritive value, chemical estimates and in vitro dry matter degradability of some woody species found in rangelands of South Africa	14

Biomass, carbon stocks estimation and predictive modeling in mango based land uses on degraded lands in Indian Sub-Himalayas	13
Agroforestry improves food security and reduces income variability in semi-arid tropics of central India	13
Moderate shading did not affect barley yield in temperate silvoarable agroforestry systems	13
The effect of different levels of tree cover on milk production in dual-purpose livestock systems in the humid tropics of the Colombian Amazon region	13
The role of shade tree pruning in cocoa agroforestry systems: agronomic and economic benefits	12
Scaling up of jujube-based agroforestry practice and management innovations for improving efficiency and profitability of land uses in Bangladesh	12
Effects of improved pigeonpea fallows on biological and physical soil properties and their relationship with maize yield	12
Ethnic homestead forests of North-East India revealed as diverse land-use systems	12
Determinants of adoption of integrated systems by cattle farmers in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil	12
Potential of Alnus acuminata based agroforestry for carbon sequestration and other ecosystem services in Rwanda	11
The nutritive value of different Mediterranean browse species used as animal feeds under oak silvopastoral systems in Northern Portugal	11
Economic outcomes of rubber-based agroforestry systems: a systematic review and narrative synthesis	11
Micro-nutrient pools and their mobility in relation to land-use system in a cold high altitude Himalayan mountainous region	11
Potential of Gliricidia sepium (jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. and Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth. in silvopastoral systems intercropped with signalgrass [Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R.D. Webster]	11
Biomass and soil carbon stocks of Rhamnus prinoides based agroforestry practice with varied density in the drylands of Northern Ethiopia	11
Thinning forests or planting fields? Producer preferences for establishing silvopasture	11
Valuation of fuelwood from agroforestry systems: a methodological perspective	11
The persistence of wild edible plants in agroforestry systems: the case of wild asparagus in southern Extremadura (Spain)	11
Arthropod diversity of cocoa farms under two management systems in the Eastern and Central regions of Ghana	11
Characteristics of shade trees used under Arabica coffee agroforestry systems in Mount Elgon Region, Eastern Uganda	11
Contribution of cacao agroforestry versus mono-cropping systems for enhanced sustainability. A review with a focus on yield	10
Eucalyptus benthamii Maiden et Cambage growth and wood density in integrated crop-livestock systems	10
Comparative assessment of soil health indicators in response to woodland and silvopasture land use systems	10
On the structural complexity of central European agroforestry systems: a quantitative assessment using terrestrial laser scanning in single-scan mode	10
Analyzing influencing factors to scale up agroforestry systems in Colombia: A comparative ex-ante assessment of cacao farming and cattle ranching in two regions	10
Managing insect services and disservices in cocoa agroforestry systems	10
Hydraulic lift: processes, methods, and practical implications for society	10
Formation of factors influencing cotton yield in jujube–cotton intercropping systems in Xinjiang, China	10
Short-term effects of agroforestry systems on soil health in Southeastern Brazil	10
Evaluating tree growth factors into species-specific functional soil maps for improved agroforestry system efficiency	9
Fuelwood species diversity and consumption pattern in the homegardens from foothills of Indian Eastern Himalayas	9
Financial analysis of a complex agroforestry system for environmental restoration purpose in the Brazilian Rainforest	9
Modelling the yield and profitability of intercropped walnut systems in Croatia	9
Mapping the spatial distribution of aboveground biomass of tea agroforestry systems using random forest algorithm in Barak valley, Northeast India	9
Free-ranging livestock and a diverse landscape structure increase bat foraging in mountainous landscapes	9
‘Can homegardens assist in enhancing the domestic food security?’ A study in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri lanka	8
Soil organic carbon enhancement in diverse temperate riparian buffer systems in comparison with adjacent agricultural soils	8
Conversion of open pasture to hardwood silvopasture enhanced soil health of an ultisol	8
Modelling greenhouse gas emissions of cacao production in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire	8
Coconut-gliricidia mixed cropping systems improve soil nutrients in dry and wet regions of Sri Lanka	8
Shade effects on the hybrid Mavuno brachiariagrass (Urochloa spp.) as potential grass in agroforestry systems	8
Herbage accumulation, canopy structure and tiller morphology of marandu palisadegrass growing in open pasture and in silvopasture	8
Tree density effects on soil, herbage mass and nutritive value of understory Megathyrsus maximus in a seasonally dry tropical silvopasture in Panama	8
Determinants of farmers’ decisions to adopt agroforestry practices: insights from the Mid-hills of Western Nepal	8
Local farmers shape ecosystem service provisioning in West African cocoa agroforests	8
Productivity of pigeon pea, cowpea and maize under sole cropping, legume–legume and legume–cereal intercrops on Alfisols in Central Malawi	8
The effect of agroforestry farming on wood quality and timber industry and its supportation by Horizon 2020	8
Screening of forest tree leaves from North Eastern Himalayan region as feed additives for modulating in vitro rumen fermentation and methanogenesis from total mixed ration	8
Importance of environmental factors on plantings of wild-simulated American Ginseng	8
Changes in forest structure modify understory and livestock occurrence along the natural cycle and different management strategies in Nothofagus antarctica forests	8

Agroforestry systems recover tree carbon stock faster than natural succession in Eastern Amazon, Brazil	8
Effects of integrated nutrient management on performance of bhringraj (Eclipta prostrata L.) and soil fertility under the Grewia optiva Drummond. canopy in a mid-hill agroecosystem of north western Hi	8
Economics of agroforestry land use system, Upper Blue Nile Basin, northwest Ethiopia	8
Forage nutritive value of Marandu palisade grass under clipping in a silvopastoral system	8
Tree diversity and composition in Mexican traditional smallholder cocoa agroforestry systems	7
Impact of reduced light intensity on wheat yield and quality: Implications for agroforestry systems	7
Intercrop of olive trees with cereals and legumes in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece	7
Integrated multi-enterprise agricultural system for sustaining livelihood, energy use and resource recycling: a case study from semi-arid tropics of central India	7
Evaluating the efficiency of wind protection by windbreaks based on remote sensing and geographic information systems	7
Is livestock producers’ interest in silvopasture related to their operational perspectives or characteristics?	7
Silvopastoral and conventional management of extensive livestock and the diversity of bats in fragments of tropical dry forest in Córdoba, Colombia	7
Socio-ecological determinants of species composition of crops in homegardens of southern Ethiopia	7
Optimization of onion planting time and variety under Populus deltoides-based agroforestry system in North-Western India	7
Feeding a growing population without deforestation: agroforestry system partnerships and mechanisms	7
Litter production and nutrient deposition from native woody species in the Brazilian semi-arid region	7
Agroforestry practices and factors influencing their adoption by communities in the drylands of Eastern Kenya	7
Assessment of the efficacy of various mulch materials on improving the growth and yield of ginger (Zingiber officinale) under bamboo-based agroforestry system in NW-Himalaya	7
From shifting rice cultivation (tavy) to agroforestry systems: a century of changing land use on the East Coast of Madagascar	6
Diversity in the chemical composition and digestibility of leaves from fifty woody species in temperate areas	6
Remote sensing and machine learning applications for aboveground biomass estimation in agroforestry systems: a review	6
Farmers’ perception on the benefits and constraints of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration and determinants of its adoption in the southern groundnut basin of Senegal	6
Temporal aspects of agroforestry adoption: SARE case study	6
Impacts of different grazing approaches on woodland ecosystem properties	6
Enteric methane mitigation and fermentation kinetics of forage species from Southern Mexico: in vitro screening	6
Characterization of wood from Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum Huber × Ducke trees from a multi-stratified agroforestry system established in the Amazon rainforest	6
Collaborative agroforestry to mitigate wildfires in Extremadura, Spain: land manager motivations and perceptions of outcomes, benefits, and policy needs	6
Producers, production, marketing, and sales of non-timber forest products in the United States: a review and synthesis	6
Development of poplar-based alley crop system for fodder production and soil improvements in semi-arid tropics	6
Fodder value and physiological aspects of rainfed smooth vetch affected by biofertilizers and supplementary irrigation in an agri-silviculture system	6
Introduction to the special issue “scaling up of agroforestry innovations: enhancing food, nutrition and income security”	6
Do different densities of tree cover affect pasture biomass and soil microbial communities?	6
Floristic diversity, and conservation status of large cardamom based traditional agroforestry system along an altitudinal gradient in the Darjeeling Himalaya, India	6
Intra-specific patterns of δ13C, growth and wood density variation at sites of contrasting precipitation with implications for modelling carbon sequestration of tropical tree species	6
Economics of intercropping loblolly pine and oilseed crops for bio-jet fuel production in the Southern United States	6
Willows rapidly affect microclimatic conditions and forage yield in two temperate short-rotation agroforestry systems	6
Impacts of indigenous agroforestry practices and elevation gradient on ecosystem carbon stocks in smallholdings’ farming system in South-Central Ethiopia	5
Combined effect of trees and soil fertility management practices on millet yields in the Sahel	5
Initial growth and survival of Eucalyptus spp. and Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth. in silvopastoral systems and their impact on herbage accumulation of Urochloa decumbens Stapf R. D. Webster	5
Simplification of the structure and diversity of cocoa agroforests does not increase yield nor influence frosty pod rot in El Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico	5
Agroforestry can improve soil fertility and aggregate-associated carbon in highland soils in the Brazilian northeast	5
Determining effect of tree on wheat growth and yield parameters at three tree-base distances in wheat/Jand (Prosopis cineraria) agroforestry systems	5
Stakeholders’ engagement platform to identify sustainable pathways for the development of multi-functional agroforestry in Guadeloupe, French West Indies	5
Changes in soil properties and plant biodiversity after 12 years of rehabilitating livestock farms in the Hyrcanian Forests	5
In a nutshell: exploring single tree parameters and above-ground carbon sequestration potential of common walnut (Juglans regia L.) in agroforestry systems	5
Combining silvopastoral systems with forest conservation: The caíva system in the Araucaria Forest, Southern Brazil	5
Water use efficiencies, economic tradeoffs, and portfolio optimizations of diversification farm systems in a desert oasis of Northwest China	5
Two years old peach trees intercropped with a grass mixture can grow through a lithic discontinuity to access water the grass cannot	5
Litter decomposition and nutrient release in different land use located in Valle del Cauca (Colombia)	5
Farmers’ willingness to adopt silvopastoral systems: investigating cattle producers’ compensation claims and attitudes using a contingent valuation approach	5
Abundance and richness of invertebrates in shade-grown versus sun-exposed coffee home gardens in Indonesia	5
Effect of alley cropping on soil, maize and mungbean grown under different maize spatial arrangements and mungbean spacings in south east Nigeria	5
Prospects and problems: considerations for smallholder cattle grazing in oil palm plantations in South Kalimantan, Indonesia	5
Traditional agroforestry systems: a methodological proposal for its analysis, intervention, and development	5
Can larch-Aralia elata agroforestry systems improve the soil chemical and microbial properties of larch plantations?	5
Effect of tree form on wheat yield via changing microenvironment in almond–wheat intercropping	5
Certification of açaí agroforestry increases the conservation potential of the Amazonian tree flora	5
ShadeMotion: tree shade patterns in coffee and cocoa agroforestry systems	5
Tree species diversity in relation to site quality and home gardens types of North-East India	5
Soil fertility in oil palm agroforestry systems in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil	5
Carbon storage and sequestration rates in Leucaena leucocephala-based silvopasture in Southern Mexico	5
Preliminary estimation of above-ground carbon storage in cocoa agroforests of Bengamisa-Yangambi forest landscape (Democratic Republic of Congo)	5
Assessment of the ground coverage ratio of agrivoltaic systems as a proxy for potential crop productivity	5
Foliage pests of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) in Malawi: susceptibility of different provenances	5
Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India?	5
Cacao, copoazu and macambo: Exploring Theobroma diversity in smallholder agroforestry systems of the Peruvian Amazon	5