Agricultural Systems

Papers
(The TQCC of Agricultural Systems is 14. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Optimizing cropland management to mitigate climate-induced nitrogen leakage risk in Chinese ecosystems271
Reducing national water degradation: Development and application of a manureshed-identification framework214
Editorial Board120
Evaluating the economic and environmental benefits of rice-soybean diversification in South Korea119
Alternative practices to pesticide use in the Guadeloupe banana belt: Do biophysical constraints limit agroecological transitions?116
Frost shocks negatively impact the supply of high-stem juicing apples in Switzerland114
The dairy production system in the north of Sweden under possible future food scenarios108
Assessing the global potential for transition from single to multiple cropping100
Modelling the impacts of cover crops on soil C stocks and N dynamics using Daisy: Model evaluation and scenario analysis93
Assessing extensive pasture-based beef production in South Africa under future climate change conditions89
The CIRKULÆR model – A national and regional static flow model of agricultural production, environmental and climatic impacts88
Projected climate effects on soil workability and trafficability determine the feasibility of converting permanent grassland to arable land87
Digitalising agriculture with the internet of things: Insights from Canadian collaborators82
Cover crops and intercropping help reduce nitrate and pesticide leaching in low-input systems76
Precision farming: what do Italian farmers really think? An application of the Q methodology74
Assessment of food-feed competition for producing milk in cow dairy farms63
Enhancing farmers' agency is a more effective extension paradigm: The case of soil health management in Africa62
Pathways towards Net Zero emissions in grain cropping farms60
Integrating an abandoned farmland simulation model (AFSM) using system dynamics and CLUE-S for sustainable agriculture59
Long-term balanced organic and synthetic nitrogen fertilization can realize sustainable crop production56
From under-barn to outdoor swine manure storage: Modelling the effect of frequent under-barn pit emptying on methane emissions in a cold climate56
Strategies to reduce N waste through crop and livestock reconnection56
Organic and conventional farming systems: Effects on fruit quality and nutritional attributes of apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) - A review55
Estimating carbon footprints and economic trade-offs in Mongolia's cashmere value chain: An integrated system dynamics approach55
Sustainable management of sweet potatoes: A review on practices, strategies, and opportunities in nutrition-sensitive agriculture, energy security, and quality of life54
What determines the acceptance of Climate Smart Technologies? The influence of farmers' behavioral drivers in connection with the policy environment53
Review of APSIM's soil nitrogen modelling capability for agricultural systems analyses53
Editorial Board52
Nutrient use efficiency of intensive dairy farms in China – Current situation and analyses of options for improvement52
Spatial arrangement of action-oriented versus hybrid agri-environmental schemes: implications for the optimisation of grassland ecosystem services50
Strategies to advance the agroecological transition: Insights from a case study of sheep–crop integration in southwestern France49
Prospects of rehabilitation of ancient irrigation systems in India – A case study from coastal saline zone of West Bengal48
Optimization of manure recycling and fertilizer use to meet crop nutrient demands and reduce nutrient losses, a case study in Quzhou, China48
Editorial Board48
Improving livelihood through crop-livestock integration: Insights from a farm trajectory model47
Integrative adaptation strategies for stabilizing wheat productivity with rising temperatures in China47
Synergistic management enhances ecosystem services through optimized specialty agro-pastoralism in the context of food security47
Managing trade-offs between economic, environmental, and animal welfare performance in French suckler cattle farms through feeding practices47
Transition from chemical fertilizers to sustainable swards: What determines farmers' adoption decisions for clover and multi-species swards?47
Export-attributed carbon footprint of cotton production in arid China: A life cycle and driver analysis46
Climate-resilient optimization of spatially targeted conservation practices for cost-effective rice paddy management46
Modelling cow longevity policies: Impacts on GHG emissions of the Swiss agricultural sector45
Linking types of East Javanese rice farming systems to farmers' perceptions of complex rice systems44
Risk monitoring of pine wilt disease based on semi-dynamic spatial prediction in South Korea43
Assessing pollinator abundance and services to enhance agricultural sustainability and crop yield optimization in the Qilian Mountains42
Marginal lands between recovery and valorization. An inclusive definition to support bio-energy supply chains. The Southern Italy contexts case study41
A framework for the assessment of farm diversification options in broadacre agriculture41
Conserving cropland resilience space in alpine agro-pastoral ecotones: A quantitative study of Qinghai Province41
Limited capability of organic farming and conservation tillage to enhance agroecosystem resilience to severe drought41
A scheme for distribution of genetically improved oil palm plants well suited to local conditions40
Spatially optimized forage cultivation reconciles livestock production and wildlife conservation in Alpine grasslands40
How opportunity and cognition improve family farms' low-carbon production behavior: Evidence from China40
Potential for land and water management adaptations in Mediterranean croplands under climate change40
Shortening harvest interval, reaping benefits? A study on harvest practices in oil palm smallholder farming systems in Indonesia39
Energy scarcity and rising cost: Towards a paradigm shift for livestock39
Analysis of perceived robustness, adaptability and transformability of Spanish extensive livestock farms under alternative challenging scenarios39
Optimizing the sowing window for direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.) considering high yield and methane emissions in Central China39
Selected shade tree species improved cocoa yields in low-input agroforestry systems in Ghana38
Crop productivity and soil inorganic carbon change mediated by enhanced rock weathering in farmland: A comparative field analysis of multi-agroclimatic regions in central China38
From smart farming to wise agricultural systems: A conceptual framework for systems-oriented sustainable digital transformation in agriculture38
Stakeholder mapping of precision weeding commercialization ecosystem in California38
Legumes and livestock in no-till crop rotations: Effects on nitrous oxide emissions, carbon sequestration, yield, and wheat protein content38
Exploring adaptive capacities in Mediterranean agriculture: Insights from Central Italy's Ombrone catchment37
The impact of scale operations on optimizing crop distribution in fragmented lands37
Benchmarking sustainability performance in UK free-range laying hen flocks37
Gender, agricultural risk perceptions, and maize seed systems: A case study of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Uganda37
Challenges and opportunities in using biowaste for sustainable hydroponic netted melon (Cucumis melo L.) cultivation37
Optimization of field water and nitrogen management in summer maize systems in Northwest China based on an APSIM–HYDRUS coupled modeling framework37
Digitalisation strategies in the agri-food system: The case of PDO Parmigiano Reggiano36
Corrigendum to “Fostering social inclusion in development-oriented digital food system interventions” [Agricultural Systems 2015 (2024) 103882]36
Assessing climate risk and adaptive strategies for forage production in Brazilian pasture-based livestock under future climate scenarios36
Navigating challenges in native plant-based food value chains within the global food system: A systematic literature review36
Trajectories of change for farmers to integrate agri-environmental practices: A longitudinal study of adoption dynamics36
A Best-Bet System of Rice Intensification and Poverty Alleviation in Zamfara State, Nigeria: A Mixed Method Analysis36
Quantifying the spatial water salinity threshold of saline water irrigation by applying distributed WAVES model35
Analyzing the disruption of agricultural systems by conflict: A case study of sunflower production in eastern Ukraine35
Towards circular nitrogen use in the agri-food system at village and county level in China35
Harvesting insights for transformation: Developing and testing a participatory food systems modeling framework in Southern Senegal's poultry system35
Root spatial distribution and belowground competition in an apple/ryegrass agroforestry system34
A comparative study of the legal and regulatory dimension of seed sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa using regulatory systems maps: The case of Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda34
Functional analysis of technological innovation systems enabling digital transformation: A semi-quantitative multicriteria framework applied in the olive sector34
Improved life cycle assessment (LCA) methods to account for crop-livestock interactions within agricultural systems33
Editorial Board33
Agriculture-livestock-forestry Nexus in Asia: Potential for improving farmers' livelihoods and soil health, and adapting to and mitigating climate change33
Can trees and their associated organisms still benefit arable crops in the presence of pesticide use?33
How do diet shifts affect the greenhouse gas balance of agricultural soils? Denmark as a case study32
Can we estimate farm size from field size? An empirical investigation of the field size to farm size relationship32
Develop a modelling framework to identify and optimize the dominant factors that limit cropland productivity32
Willing or unable? The cognitive–resource mismatch behind farmers' adaptive behavior under agricultural disasters31
Legacy effects of crop sequencing on biomass and their variability on farmers' fields in Finland are shaped by weather, farm conditions and rationales for land use31
Improving canopy transpiration model performance by considering concurrent hot and dry conditions31
Performances of conventional and organic livestock development scenarios in France through nitrogen flow analysis31
Computation of soil quality index after fifteen years of long-term tillage and residue management experiment (LT&RE) under rice wheat system31
Multi-stakeholder multi-objective greenhouse design optimization31
The subsidy-mosaic for agricultural weather insurance in Germany30
The contribution of strong and weak ties to resilience: The case of small-scale maize farming systems in Mexico30
Generational renewal and sustainability pathways: Exploring diversification and resilience in agricultural systems29
Optimizing ecosystem function multifunctionality with cover crops for improved agronomic and environmental outcomes in dryland cropping systems29
Labour productivity: The forgotten yield gap29
Exploring inclusive innovation: A case study in operationalizing inclusivity in digital agricultural innovations in Kenya28
Mitigating environmental footprints via cooperation between the enterprise and specialized livestock farms in pig production28
Does pig production improves cattle farm sustainability in the French massif central? A hierarchical constrained directional benefit-of-the-doubt approach28
How to reduce agricultural pesticide risks? An evaluation of policy mixes considering stakeholder preferences and uncertain consequences28
Limiting global warming to 2 °C benefits building climate resilience in rice-wheat systems in India through crop calendar management28
Advancements in peanut mechanization: Implications for sustainable agriculture28
The role of farmers' networks in sourcing planting material and information in a context of agroforestry transition in Madagascar27
Adaptation strategies for winter wheat production at farmer fields under a changing climate: Employing crop and multiple global climate models27
First things first: Widespread nutrient deficiencies limit yields in smallholder oil palm fields27
Lexical analysis improves the identification of contextual drivers and farm typologies in the assessment of transitions to agroecology through TAPE – A case study from rural Nicaragua27
Resilience theory and coerced resilience in agriculture27
Quantifying the mitigation potential of greenhouse gas emissions from paddy fields under optimal irrigation and carbon management in the Lake Tai region26
An empirical analysis of carbon emission efficiency in food production across the Yangtze River basin: Towards sustainable agricultural development and carbon neutrality26
A comprehensive spatially-explicit analysis of agricultural landscape multifunctionality using a New Zealand hill country farm case study26
Corrigendum to “Building and evaluation of a dynamic model for assessing impact of smallholder endowments on food security in agricultural systems in highland areas of central America (SASHACA)” [ Agr26
Editorial Board26
Soil organic carbon sequestration potential for croplands in Finland over 2021–2040 under the interactive impacts of climate change and agricultural management26
Herder cooperatives vs. independent herders in Inner Mongolia: A comparative analysis of multi-dimensional efficiency25
Resilience of Swiss summer farms: An interdisciplinary analysis of key challenges and adaptations25
Integrated assessment reveals plowing/no-tillage rotation as the trade-off considering crop yield and environmental performance in the Loess Plateau25
Model-based decision support for the choice of active spring frost protection measures in apple production25
Global dynamics of climate smart agricultural practices and technologies: Recent advancements, challenges and potential future pathways - A review25
Gender transformative innovation: Women's inclusion in livestock vaccine systems in northern Ghana25
Editorial Board25
Exploring farmer choices in Southern Togo: Utilizing a strategy game to understand decision-making in agricultural practices25
Multivariate analysis of economic performance and environmental impacts of multispecies pastured livestock farms using direct marketing25
Identifying drivers for variability in maize (Zea mays L.) yield in Ghana: A meta-regression approach25
Smart sensors, fragile trust: Governance of digital soil-testing tools in smallholder agriculture in Kenya24
Harmonizing soil carbon simulation models, emission factors and direct measurements used in LCA of agricultural systems24
A multi-dimensional approach to assess crop mapping and farmer strategies in drylands of Bamyan, Afghanistan24
Multi-objective models for crop rotation planning problems24
Pesticide residues in organic vs. conventional rice systems: Management recommendations for Vietnam's Mekong Delta24
Carbon neutrality and beef production in the marginal areas: A case study of Podolian cattle system24
Addressing key issues and knowledge gaps in resilience science for agriculture23
Assessing social-ecological connectivity of agricultural landscapes in Spain: Resilience implications amid agricultural intensification trends and urbanization23
Delivering nutrient management impact through farmer-centric research: a systematic review of innovation systems in African smallholder systems23
Developing causal loop diagrams for the perusal of soil health in agricultural practices – A case study of rice nursery cultivation practices in India23
Emissions accounting for agriculture: Next frontiers23
Phenological and epidemiological impacts of climate change on peach production23
Strategizing research and development investments in climate change adaptation for root, tuber and banana crops in the African Great Lakes Region: A spatial prioritisation and targeting framework23
Land suitability modeling integrating geospatial data and artificial intelligence23
Combining expert knowledge and models in participatory workshops with farmers to design sustainable weed management strategies23
“The end point is a… more appropriate innovation ecosystem” Mission-oriented and responsible innovation in Australian agricultural systems23
Prioritizing climate-smart agricultural technologies for coastal Bangladesh: A multicriteria assessment22
Household vegetable agro-biodiversity in northern Vietnam requires diversity in seed sources22
A biophysical suitability model to identify best areas for the cultivation of potential cash crops: The case of basil in Valle del Cauca22
OSTRICH-CROPGRO multi-objective optimization methodology for calibration of the growing dynamics of a second-generation transgenic soybean tolerant to high temperatures and dry growing conditions22
Oil palm growers' prospects for sustainable oil palm production. A case study from Campeche, Mexico22
Synergistic optimization of field management measures for yield increase and emission reduction of Panax notoginseng based on DNDC model and NSGA-III22
An integrated meteorological adaptive simulation-optimization framework for real-time irrigation scheduling considering perfect weather forecasts22
Integrating agroecological suitability of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) with biodiversity and land-use constraints in Peru21
Sustainability trade-offs in diversified cropping systems: Productivity, profitability, energy efficiency, ecosystem service value and environmental impacts21
Assessment of climate resilience index: Insight from Murrah buffalo-based livestock production system of Western India21
Can the advisory system Nutrient Expert® balance productivity, profitability and sustainability for rice production systems in China?21
Agroforestry and smallholder farmers' welfare in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis21
Territorial insights into agri-food system circularity: energy and nitrogen flows of two livestock production regions in Brittany (France)21
The economic performance of grassland-based milk production using best practices to lower greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions21
A robust and efficient citrus counting approach for large-scale unstructured orchards21
A threat to food security in Mexico: Climate-driven expansion of maize devastating pest and its economic impact21
Meanings, materials and competences of area-wide weed management in cropping systems21
Agrosilvopastoral systems for improved crop and fodder productivity and soil health in the rainfed environments of South India21
Impact of adoption of climate smart agriculture practices on farmer's income in semi-arid regions of Karnataka20
Corrigendum to “Impacts of environmental feedbacks on the production of a Central Queensland beef enterprise in a future climate” [Agricultural Systems 214 (2024) 1–13/103838]20
Organic waste recycling for green and sustainable nitrogen management of fruit production systems in China20
Farm size limits agriculture's poverty reduction potential in Eastern India even with irrigation-led intensification20
Crop yield estimation based on assimilation of crop models and remote sensing data: A systematic evaluation20
FACE-ing climate change: Propagation of risks and opportunities for cropping systems in mid-high-latitude regions: A case study between U.S. and China corn belts20
Agriculture-livestock-forestry nexus and household income diversification: Experiences from selected villages of West Bengal, India20
Evaluating the utility of weather generators in crop simulation models for in-season yield forecasting20
Sustainable intensification of genetically improved farmed Tilapia (GIFT) in Timor-Leste's farming systems: Challenges and opportunities20
Evaluating projections of the costs of pesticide regulation: Evidence from California's chlorpyrifos withdrawal20
The importance of proximity dimensions in agricultural knowledge and innovation systems: The case of banana disease management in Rwanda20
Responses of African food systems to climate change: A systematic review of concepts, methods, and evidence19
Enhancing off-season maize production through tailored nitrogen management and advanced cultivar selection techniques19
Toward climate-resilient agriculture in Iran: Modeling quinoa viability under future climate scenarios19
Is the potential stability of forage resources under climate variability linked to transhumance patterns? An approach for sheep farming systems based on vegetation agroecological properties19
Field estimates of current and predicted cotton yield loss due to pink bollworm and boll rot in India19
Nitrate leaching and nitrogen balances for integrated willow-poultry organic systems in Denmark19
Spatio-temporal design of strip cropping systems19
Revisiting irrigation efficiency before restoring ancient irrigation canals in multi-functional, nature-based water systems19
Can citizen science in water-related nature-based solutions deliver transformative participation in agri-food systems? A review19
Agroecological performances of low pesticide used grapevine systems adapted to six diverse regional contexts in France19
Comprehensive assessment of the agronomic, environmental and economic benefits of localized fertilizer placement in China's intensive cereal production systems19
Nitrogen uptake and leaching from urine and fertilizer applications during simulated grazing rotations of a perennial grass pasture19
Identifying spatial and temporal dynamics and driving factors of cultivated land fragmentation in Shaanxi province19
Multi-scale drivers of wild bee communities in vineyard agroecosystems19
Strategic use of index-based frost insurance to reduce financial risk and improve income stability for wheat producers in Australia19
Developing scalable farm typologies to guide sustainable intensification in the fragile agroecosystems of the Indian Sundarbans19
Modeling nitrogen dynamics across contrasting yield zones to close yield gaps in a commercial maize system19
Positive deviant strategies implemented by organic multi-species livestock farms in Europe19
How do irrigation modes affect the water-land-energy‑carbon-food nexus for potatoes in the Yellow River Basin?18
Soybean performance under moisture limitation in a temperate tree-based intercropping system18
Biological nitrogen fixation of legumes crops under organic farming as driven by cropping management: A review18
Agronomic measures improve crop yield and water and nitrogen use efficiency under brackish water irrigation: A global meta-analysis18
Development of ReturN, a manure redistribution optimisation tool: Description and application context18
Field scale SWAT+ modeling of corn and soybean yields for the contiguous United States: National Agroecosystem Model Development18
Temporal and spatial decomposition analysis of nitrogen load and regional disparity of nitrogen load productivity in the Kumamoto area in Japan: An administrative-division-based approach using the Log18
Improving soil quality enables reductions in nitrogen application rate in China's rice production systems18
Towards sustainable fruit production: Identifying challenges and optimization strategies18
Can organic rice certification curb the pressure of the agrarian transition in Cambodia? A farming system approach18
Behavioral interventions in informal seed systems to nudge sustainable demand for quality seed of sweetpotato18
Projecting trends of arabica coffee yield under climate change: A process-based modelling study at continental scale18
What drives the potato yield gap in China?18
Modeling two-dimensional soil water–heat–salt transport and cotton growth under strip-film mulched drip irrigation18
Data-Driven Agronomic Solutions to Close Wheat Yield Gaps and Achieve Self-Sufficiency in Uzbekistan18
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Integrated assessment of farm-level mitigation measures for gaseous emissions18
Quantifying crop-livestock integration for the green transition of herbivorous livestock farmers: Development of a novel index and its application in Northwest China17
Shade versus intensification: Trade-off or synergy for profitability in coffee agroforestry systems?17
Legume choice and planting configuration influence intercrop nutrient and yield gains through complementarity and selection effects in legume-based wheat intercropping systems17
Linking environmental impact and on-farm animal welfare in the Parmigiano Reggiano dairy system17
System optimization practices for profitable and agro-ecologically sustainable agriculture in North-Western Indo-Gangetic Plains17
Marginal climate change abatement costs in Swiss dairy production considering farm heterogeneity and interaction effects17
Effectiveness and upscaling potential of climate smart agriculture interventions: Farmers' participatory prioritization and livelihood indicators as its determinants17
Benefits and trade-offs from the diversification of rangeland farms in Northern Queensland, Australia17
Farmer decision making for hybrid maize seed purchases: Effects of brand loyalty, price discounts and product information17
Developing integrated rice-animal farming based on climate and farmers choices17
Changes in land use of temperate forests associated to avocado production in Mexico: Impacts on soil properties, plant traits and insect-plant interactions16
Assessing farm-level agricultural sustainability in India: A comparative study using a mixed-method approach16
Matching the model to the available data to predict wheat, barley, or canola yield: A review of recently published models and data16
Can the transition of multiple cropping systems affect the cropland change?16
Implications of agroecological transition on performance and soil carbon inputs in farms from highly productive cashew zones of Benin16
Changing pasture management practices on the Greek island of Samothraki: Obstacles and opportunities16
Contribution of large-scale irrigation systems to food security and economic security: Evidence from the Bagré irrigation scheme in Burkina Faso16
Impacts of sustainable cattle farming on the 2030 agenda: A global review16
AI-powered Pheno-Farm Server: Making adaptive farming decisions16
Ex-ante priority setting in crop breeding: Towards inclusive innovation for impact16
Exploring opportunities to improve crop-livestock integration and production in mixed farms with a serious game: The case of semi-arid Burkina Faso16
Exploring alternative crop rotations to continuous winter wheat for agricultural intensification in the US central Great Plains16
Phosphorus availability mediates plant–plant interaction and field productivity in maize-grass pea intercropping system: Field experiment and its global validation16
Use of atypical plant resources for cattle farming in Western Europe to drive agroecological transition16
Collective action, replanting and resilience; Key lessons from 40 years of smallholder oil palm cultivation in the Ophir plantation, Indonesia16
Long-term changes in soil chemical properties with cropland-to-orchard conversion on the Loess Plateau, China: Regulatory factors and relations with apple yield16
The immediate impact of the first waves of the global COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural systems worldwide: Reflections on the COVID-19 special issue for agricultural systems16
Integrated adoption of controlled grazing and multipurpose fodder trees for enhancing tree cover in dryland farming systems16
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Modeling age and yield dynamics in Coffea arabica pruning systems16
Are avocados toast? A framework to analyze decision-making for emerging epidemics, applied to laurel wilt16
A sustainable approach to narrowing the summer maize yield gap experienced by smallholders in the North China Plain15
Money doesn't grow on trees – Or does it? How agroforestry system design makes agroforestry more attractive to smallholders in Senegal15
Optimizing water and nitrogen inputs for sustainable wheat yields and minimal environmental impacts15
A spatially explicit assessment on the carrying capacity of livestock under minimum feed imports and artificial fertilizer use in Dutch agriculture15
Decision support for managing an invasive pathogen through efficient clean seed systems: Cassava mosaic disease in Southeast Asia15
Promoting sustainable pest management through digital decision support tools: Insights from India15
Planting date adjustment and varietal replacement can effectively adapt to climate warming in China southern rice area15
Concurrent drought threatens wheat and maize production and will widen crop yield gaps in the future15
Simplifying nitrogen management decisions: An in-silico analysis of strategic nitrogen banking in cropping systems15
Revealing the diversity of collective experimentation in agriculture: Constructing idealtypes from French case studies15
Adaptive capacity of farming systems to climate change in Iran: Application of composite index approach15
Optimizing regional nitrogen management for intensive rice systems: A machine learning-based framework for reconciling agronomic nitrogen demands with environmental constraints15
Digital revolution for the agroecological transition of food systems: A responsible research and innovation perspective15
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