OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Edible weeds and food and nutrition security in the face of the herbicide revolution. A case study from Zambia	46
Food systems in transition: conceptualizing sustainable food entrepreneurship	41
Evaluation of sustainability in strawberry crops production under greenhouse and open-field systems in the Andes	38
When local customs meet the market: an analysis of coffee value chain in Tebat Benawa customary community, Indonesia	26
Innovation systems for controlled-environment food production in urban contexts: a dynamic case study analysis of combined plant, fish and insect production in Berlin	21
Opportunities and limitations to social learning for sustainability: empirical insights from a participatory approach to community-based resource management in the Philippines	20
The politics of defining maladaptation: enduring contestations over three (mal)adaptive water projects in France, Spain and South Africa	18
Laws and regulations enabling and restricting Africa’s vegetable seed sector	18
Food loss and waste in community-supported agriculture in the region of Leipzig, Germany	18
The impact of farm size on sustainability of beef cattle farms: A case study of the Samsun province, Turkey	16
Bridging the gap in agricultural innovation research: a systematic review of push–pull biocontrol technology in sub-Saharan Africa	16
Organizational innovations and access to sustainable finance in agriculture: the case of Shea farmers in Ghana	16
Necessity as a driver in bending agricultural gender norms in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia	16
Making decisions about agroecological innovations: perspectives from members of farmers’ organizations in Burkina Faso	16
Impact of weather index crop insurance on smallholder farmers’ multidimensional food security: evidence from Ethiopia	15
Farmers’ knowledge and practices on pollination and insecticide use in cocoa farming in Ghana	15
Green or roasted coffee? How a collective of organic producers challenges the quality construction by overseeing quality attributes, relational approaches and knowledge	15
Assessing the effectiveness of cover crops on ecosystem services: a review of the benefits, challenges, and trade-offs	15
The role of responsive heterogeneity in sub-Saharan smallholder farming sustainability: socio-economic and biophysical determinants of mineral and organic fertilizers used in South Western Burkina Fas	14
Farmers’ profiles and attitudes towards the implementation of rainwater harvesting systems in intensive agriculture	14
Assessment of socioeconomic and ecological impacts on integrated rice cultivation in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Changes in crop mix and the effects on agricultural carbon emissions in China	14
Saffron growing in Italy: a sustainable secondary activity for farms in hilly and sub-mountain areas	13
A systematic review on the impact of incentives on the adoption of conservation agriculture: new guidelines for policymakers and researchers	13
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	13

Spatial-temporal patterns of cultivated land expansion and intensification in Africa from 2000 to 2020	13
Local climate change policy and rural development in Colombia’s post-peace agreements context	13
The implementation process of agriculture adaptation instruments to climate change. The invisibilization of European climate policy goals in French West indies’ banana Chain	13
Environmental impact of agricultural sprayers used in Japanese rice farming	13
Motivations for women’s participation in urban agriculture: a multivariate probit model analysis	12
Mediterranean farmers’ understandings of ‘good soil management’ and ‘good farmer’ identity in the context of conservation agriculture	12
Revealing the import dilemma and attributing factors to Indonesia’s inability to achieve soybean self-sufficiency: a bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review	12
Farmer experiences with goat raising in Lao PDR: implications for improving husbandry and sustaining viable systems	12
Potential impact of scaling adaptation strategies for drought stress: a case of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Tanzania	11
Trajectories of cropping system intensification under changing environment in south-west coastal Bangladesh	11
Measuring sustainability performance of rice cultivation in Thailand using Sustainable Rice Platform indicators	11
Effects of land recuperation on farmers’ social capital: a Chinese field analysis	11
The association of farmers’ cognition, intention and behaviour towards sustainable intensification of cultivated land use in Shandong Province, China	11
How channels of knowledge acquisition affect farmers’ adoption of green agricultural technologies: evidence from Hubei province, China	11
An optimization model minimizing costs of fertilizer application in Flemish horticulture	11
Eco-efficiency and technical efficiency of different integrated farming systems in eastern India	11
Sustainable performance of French bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivation, a livelihood component in Eastern Himalayan Region	10
Spatiotemporal analysis of rainfall and temperature variability and trends for climate resilient maize farming system in major agroecology zones of northwest Ethiopia	10
Impact of participatory guarantee systems on sustainability outcomes: the case of vegetable farming in Vietnam	10
Cambodian rice farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) regarding insect pest management and pesticide use	10
Multidimensional and multiscale assessment of agroecological transitions. A review	10
Indicator-based analysis of organic farming in Romania. Regional spatial patterns	10
Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda	10
Integrated emergy and economic evaluation of different planting systems in China: implications for coordinating poverty alleviation and rural revitalization	9
Causes and solutions for fruit and vegetable waste: a participatory approach with Romanian farmers for sustainable agriculture	9
Understanding herders’ risk perceptions and preferences for climate change adaptations: an empirical study of pre and post disaster	9
Sustainable intensification technologies and farm performance: evidence from smallholder sorghum farmers in Nigeria	9
Development of an integrated assessment framework for agroforestry technologies: assessing sustainability, barriers, and impacts in the semi-arid region of Dodoma, Tanzania	9
The welfare enhancing effects of agricultural innovation platforms and soil monitoring tools on farming household outcomes in southeastern Africa	9
How agro-environmental and climate measures are affecting farming system performances in Guadeloupe?: Lessons for the design of effective climate change policies	8
Barriers and enablers of digital extension services’ adoption among smallholder farmers: the case of Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam	8
Adaptive cycle and outcome response of farmers’ livelihoods under the background of rural transformation: a case study from the arid northwest region of China	8
Unknotting typologies in smallholder farmers investing in seed potato production in South-Western Uganda	8
Influence of fertilizer rates, planting density and light transmittance on yield and quality of P. cyrtonema	8
Participatory value chain development. Insights from community-based enterprise in rural Thailand	7
How does soil biota matter in soil management in Europe? Exploring temporal dynamics and situation dependence in valuation processes	7
The role of agro-input dealer certification in promoting sustainable pest control: insights from Uganda	7
Transitioning opportunities for sub-Saharan Africa’s small-scale urban pig farming towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy	7
Region selection and efficiency improvement for apple production using an indicator system based on cost-effective factors	7
Hand weeding tools in vegetable production systems: an agronomic, ergonomic and economic evaluation	7
Shifting perspectives: challenges and changes in policy perspectives on sustainability in the agricultural sector in Flevoland, the Netherlands	7
Manure matters: prospects for regional banana-livestock integration for sustainable intensification in South-West Uganda	7
Preparing for, coping with and bouncing back after shocks. A nuanced resilience assessment for smallholder farms and farmers in Northern Ghana	7
Can mechanized pesticide application help reduce pesticide use and increase crop yield? Evidence from rice farmers in Jiangsu province, China	6
Assessment of influencing factors and mechanisms to engage the private sector in promoting conservation agriculture production systems in Cambodia	6
A decade of maize yield gap studies in sub-Saharan Africa: how are farm-level factors considered?	6
Influence of perceived value of rural labour in China on the labourers’ willingness to return to their hometown: the moderating effect of social support	6
Continuing cereals research for sustainable health and well-being	6
Optimizing sustainability of land resource utilization: a comprehensive analysis of practices in the Tarim Basin, China	6
Seeds of resilience: the contribution of commons-based plant breeding and seed production to the social-ecological resilience of the agricultural sector	6

Effects of organic farming adoption on farmer’s subjective well-being: evidence from Xiangxi Prefecture, China	6
Amping up soil carbon: soil carbon stocks in California rangelands under adaptive multi-paddock and conventional grazing management	6
Drivers and barriers to adoption of regenerative agriculture: cases studies on lessons learned from organic	6
The battle of crops: unveiling the shift from grain to non-grain use of farmland in China?	6
Climate change awareness and adaptation strategies by smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe	5
Risk sharing, benefit distribution and cooperation longevity: sustainable development of dairy farmer cooperatives in China	5
The use of pre-crop values to improve farm performance: the case of dairy farms in southwest Finland	5
Agricultural practices in onion crops and their impact on water quality in Risaralda, Colombia	5
Sustainable business model strategy for resilience among pisciculture firms in Thailand	5
Explaining shifts in adaptive water management using a gendered multi-level perspective (MLP): a case study from the Nile Delta of Egypt	5
Farmers’ adaptation to climate change and crop yield: a case of Amuru and Apac districts of Northern Uganda	5
Water and economic productivity using different planting and irrigation methods under dry and wet seasons for wheat	5
The effect of land tenure across food security outcomes among smallholder farmers using a flexible conditional difference-in-difference approach	5
Production efficiency and the role of collective actions among irrigated rice farms in Northern Thailand.	5
Assessment of agricultural sustainability performance in Dali Prefecture, China using the DPSIR Model	5
Doing it right to alleviate poverty: application of the sustainable food value chain development framework to Ghana’s poultry sector	4
Trade-offs, synergies and acceptability of climate smart agricultural practices by smallholder farmers in rural Ghana	4
Building a sustainable institutional model for ornamental fish farming export villages in Indonesia	4
Climate smart crop-livestock integrated farming as a sustainable agricultural strategy for humid tropical islands	4
Assessing the sustainability of agricultural production - a cross-sectoral comparison of the blackberry, tomato and tree tomato sectors in Ecuador	4
Opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture in Botswana	4
Overcoming agricultural sustainability challenges in water-limited environments through soil health and water conservation: insights from the Ogallala Aquifer Region, USA	4
Factors affecting sustainable agricultural intensification in Burkina Faso	4
Are farmers’ minds really too elusive to capture? A novel evaluation framework for the knowledge transfer initiatives in agriculture	4
The carbon footprint of Conservation Agriculture	4
Production efficiency and effect of sustainable land management practices on the yield of oranges in northwest Vietnam	4
Tackling local environmental challenges with livelihoods strategies: insights from small-scale farmers in the vulnerable region of Ghana	4
Contribution, prospects and trends of livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa: a review	4
Does the adoption of Internet digital technologies improve farmers’ fertilizer management performance? An empirical analysis based on the China Rural Revitalization Survey	4
Farmers’ Organizations as innovation intermediaries for agroecological innovations in Burkina Faso	4
Correction	4
Current policies for promoting neglected and underutilized crop species in Burkina Faso and Niger	4