OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Agricultural Education & Extension is 2. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
‘Sharing the space’ in the agricultural knowledge and innovation system: multi-actor innovation partnerships with farmers and foresters in Europe	42
On-farm demonstration: enabling peer-to-peer learning	38
Digital and virtual spaces as sites of extension and advisory services research: social media, gaming, and digitally integrated and augmented advice	34
Are farmers ready to use phone-based digital tools for agronomic advice? Ex-ante user readiness assessment using the case of Rwandan banana farmers	33
Introducing ‘microAKIS’: a farmer-centric approach to understanding the contribution of advice to agricultural innovation	25
Social network analysis of spreading and exchanging information on Twitter: the case of an agricultural research and education centre in Mexico	20
Amplifying the Theory of Planned behavior with connectedness to water to inform impactful water conservation program planning and evaluation	20
Disentangling critical success factors and principles of on-farm agricultural demonstration events	17
Towards agriculture as career: predicting students’ participation in the agricultural sector using an extended model of the theory of planned behavior	16
Gender, place, and agricultural extension: a mixed-methods approach to understand farmer needs in Liberia	15
Leading issues in implementation of farmer field schools: a global survey	14
The role of farmers’ microAKIS at different stages of uptake of digital technology	14
Supporting farmer wellbeing: exploring a potential role for advisors	12
Operationalizing the agricultural innovation system concept in a developing country context – examining the case of the MiDA programme in Ghana	12
Videos and podcasts for delivering agricultural extension: achieving credibility, relevance, legitimacy and accessibility	12
Exploring farmers’ decisions to engage in grass measurement on dairy farms in Ireland	12
Knowledge production and communication in on-farm demonstrations: putting farmer participatory research and extension into practice	12
Power to the facilitated agricultural dialogue: an analysis of on-farm demonstrations as transformative learning spaces	11
Emerging advisory service agri-enterprises: a dual perspective on technical and business performance	11
Exploring the role of smartphone apps for livestock farmers: data management, extension and informed decision making	10
Agricultural interactive knowledge models: researchers’ perceptions about farmers’ knowledges and information sources in Spain	10
Participatory versus traditional agricultural advisory models for training farmers in conservation agriculture: a comparative analysis from Kenya	10
Farmers’ networks and the quest for reliable advice: innovating in Greece	10
Collaborative governance dynamics in innovation platforms: case of Malawi’s District Stakeholder Panel	10
Co-resourcing and actors’ practices as catalysts for agricultural innovation	9

Using improved understanding of research and extension professionals’ attitudes and beliefs to inform design of AIS approaches	8
Knowledge sharing in practice: a game-based methodology to increase farmers’ engagement in a common vision for a cheese PDO union	8
(Dis)continuity and advisory challenges in farmer-led retro-innovation: biological pest control and direct marketing in Latvia	8
Exploring microAKIS: farmer-centric evidence on the role of advice in agricultural innovation in Europe	8
Inclusivity of on-farm demonstration: gender, age, and geographic location	8
Developing agri-food value chains: learning networks between exploration and exploitation	8
How to assess agricultural innovation systems in a transformation perspective: a Delphi consensus study	8
How could social media support farmers concerned with sustainability issues?	7
Situating demonstrations within contemporary agricultural advisory contexts: analysis of demonstration programmes in Europe	7
Digital innovations in the Czech Republic: developing the inner circle of the Triggering Change Model	7
Agricultural technical education, interpersonal trust, and pesticide use by vegetable farmers in China	7
Diffusion of agricultural knowledge in Southern Ethiopia: finding the real opinion leaders through network analysis	7
Institutional continuity and hidden changes in farm advisory services provision: evidence from farmers’ microAKIS observations in France	7
Examining the relationship between farmers’ characteristics and access to agricultural extension: Empirical evidence from northern Uganda	6
Innovation support services: an evidence-based exploration of their strategic roles in the Italian AKIS	6
To what extent is the diversity of Farmer Field Schools reflected in their assessment? A literature review	6
Analysing the performance of agricultural extension managers: a case study from Uganda	6
Subjective norms influence advisors’ reluctance to discuss farm health and safety	6
Entrepreneurial resilience of small and medium-sized businesses among rural women in Iran	6
Effectiveness of on-farm demonstration events in the EU: role of structural characteristics	6
Advisory support and learning on non-technical aspects of farming: a key topic for extension and education research	6
Accounting for spillovers in assessing the effectiveness of video messages to improve potato seed quality: evidence from Uganda	6
From the researched to co-researchers: including excluded participants in community-led research on urban agriculture in Cape Town	5
The influence of privatised agricultural extension on downward accountability to smallholder tea farmers	5
Advisor understanding of their roles in the advisory system: a comparison of governance structures in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and New Zealand	5
Entwining indigenous knowledge and science knowledge for sustainable agricultural extension: exploring the strengths and challenges	5
International comparison of extension agent objectives and construction of a typology	5
Translating the transformative learning approach into practice: the case of a training of trainers’ pilot in client-centred extension approach	5
Facilitating learning for innovation in a climate-stressed context: insights from flash flood-affected rice farming in Bangladesh	5
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on some academic aspects of veterinary students of India	4
Taking a snapshot of Extension and Advisory Systems performance and outcomes: insights on a semi-quantitative evaluation approach	4
Disentangling the experiential learning process of coffee farmers in Uganda’s innovation platforms	4
Developing and validating a competence framework for improving the productivity of smallholder farmers: a case study from Ethiopia	4
Issues-360^TM: an analysis of transformational learning in a controversial issues engagement initiative	4
Makers vs. takers: perceived challenges to food production among agriculturalists in the United States	4
Exploring smallholder farmers’ climate adaptation decision-making in mountainous areas of Central Vietnam: implications for extension services	4
The development and validation of an empirical scale to inform community diagnostics and change	4
Burnout syndrome and remote learning strategies during the pandemic of COVID-19: a longitudinal study of Agrarian Sciences students	4
Does privatizing advisory services guarantee better services? Evidence from advisory services pertaining to cocoa certification in Côte d’Ivoire	4
Preparing agricultural leaders: an assessment of agricultural students’ perceived importance and development of employability skills	4
Unraveling relevant factors for effective on farm demonstration: the crucial role of relevance for participants and structural set up	3
Farmer-centered and structural perspectives on innovation and scaling: a study on sustainable agriculture and nutrition in East Africa	3
Communicative interventions for preventing the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak: insights from Iran’s rural and farming communities	3
Learning through design using collaborative Intervention Mapping with acceptability evaluation: the case of a group-based farm safety intervention	3
The potential of community interactions as inducers of agroecological transition: the case of a digital agricultural community	3
High school technology teacher’s perceptions of agriculture and careers: an Australian perspective	3
Reflexive monitoring in action: setting up a monitoring system for learning effectiveness in agroecological farm innovation	3
Nutrition education competencies of agricultural extension workers in Uganda	3
Designing for agricultural digital knowledge exchange: applying a user-centred design approach to understand the needs of users	3
Endogenous learning and innovation in African smallholder agriculture: lessons from Guinea-Bissau	3

Creating self-reliance and sustainable livelihoods amongst small-scale sugarcane farmers	3
Could the influence of monitor farm programmes on practice change be BETTER? Lessons from sheep farmers and advisors in Ireland	2
Moderated mediating effects of 4-H experience on adolescents’ agricultural career variables	2
Influence of learner characteristics on optimal knowledge acquisition among Wisconsin maple syrup producers	2
Thanks to the reviewers, changes in the editorial team, and best article 2020	2
The effect of communication media on the uptake of agricultural innovations in selected states of Nigeria	2
To what extent can local-led innovation platforms tackle complex agricultural development challenges? Insights from Madagascar	2
Engaging youth at school to advance sustainable agriculture and inspire future farming: evidence from Cambodia	2
Managing end-user participation for the adoption of digital livestock technologies: expectations, performance, relationships, and support	2
Multi-actor perspectives in extension, education and system-wide innovations	2
Perceptions of knowledge management capacity within extension services: an exploratory factor analysis approach	2
Farmers’ innovativeness and positive affirmation as main drivers of adoption of soil fertility management practices – evidence across sites in Africa	2
Analysis of the factors influencing the adoption of digital extension services: evidence from the RiceAdvice application in Nigeria	2
Who, how and why? The nature of industry participants in agricultural industry school partnerships in Gippsland, Australia	2
(Un)willingness to contribute financially towards advice surrounding diffuse water pollution: the perspectives of farmers and advisors	2
Analysis of the impact of the regional innovation system of protected agriculture in Hidalgo, Mexico	2
Scenarios to promote territorial innovation systems in agri-food value chains: case of cocoa in Colombia	2
Irish dairy farmers’ assessment of their training needs	2
Designing a skills training pathway for the agricultural workforce from the employer perspective: skills micro-credentials from seasonal worker to supervisor	2
Factors contributing to rural extension agents’ support for a transfer of technology (ToT) approach: a multiple linear regression analysis	2
Fostering sustainable agriculture in Burundi: which competencies for change-agents should vocational agriculture education prioritize?	2
Social integration mechanisms to strengthen absorptive capacity in agricultural advisory service organisations	2