OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems is 1. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Back matter	13
The influence of the seasons: how the agricultural calendar impacts farmer perceptions of cover crops	13
Assessment of Acacia dealbata as green manure and weed control for maize crop	12
On-farm experiments on cultivation of grain legumes for food – outcomes from a farmer–researcher collaboration	10
Functionally diverse cover crops support ecological weed management in orchard cropping systems	10
System-wide nexus analyses: water distribution rules, agricultural productivity and livelihoods in flood-based livelihood systems	10
Russia's Role in the Contemporary International Agri-Food Trade System - Edited by Stephen K. Wegren and Frode Nilssen (2022). Palgrave Macmillan. 347pp. ISBN 978-3-030-77450-9. https://doi.org/10.100	9
Multi-criteria sustainability performance assessment of horticultural crops using DEA and ELECTRE IV methods	9
Intensifying a crop–fallow system: impacts on soil properties, crop yields, and economics	8
Farmers' preferences for sustainable intensification attributes in sorghum-based cropping systems: evidence from Mali	8
Sustainable and equitable agricultural mechanization? A gendered perspective on maize shelling	8
Organic information: influential authors and organizations in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States organic and sustainable agriculture community	8
Perceptions of genetically modified and bioengineered organisms and corresponding food labels among undergraduate students at Binghamton University	7
Marketing strategies to self-sustainability of autochthonous swine breeds from different EU regions: a mixed approach using the World Café technique and the Analytical Hierarchy Process	7
What's eating North America's edible insect industry? An examination of psychological, cultural and regulatory barriers	7
Stakeholders' perception on the role of extensive livestock farming in the fight against climate change	7
Productive function of urban gardening: estimate of the yield and nutritional value of social gardens in Prato (Italy)	7
Strategies to overcome stagnation in agricultural adoption despite awareness and interest: a case study of conservation agriculture in South Asia	7
Feasibility of mechanical rice transplanting in organic Italian rice system	7
Fall-sown small grain cover crops for weed suppression and soil moisture management in an irrigated organic agroecosystem	7
Occurrence and diversity of poisonous plants in urban community gardens	7
Leverage points for increased grain legume consumption: a Swedish case study	6
The international trade of U.S. organic agri-food products: export opportunities, import competition and policy impacts	6
Toward greater sustainability: how investing in soil health may enhance maize productivity in Southern Africa	6
Improved nutrition and resilience will make conservation agriculture more attractive for Zambian smallholder farmers	6

Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands – CORRIGENDUM	6
Considering the management of diversity on livestock farms from the perspective of work	6
Feeding straw to suckler cows spared land but did not decrease the climate impact of beef	6
Economic analysis of organic cropping systems under different tillage intensities and crop rotations	6
Characterizing food systems to better understand their vulnerabilities: a case study in Québec and São Paulo	6
The choice between organic and inorganic farming: lessons from Pakistan	6
‘Never cry for food’: food security, poverty, and recurring themes in news media regarding rabbit farming in East Africa	5
Optimizing organic muskmelon production by integrating mesotunnel row covers, inter-bed weed management, and pollination strategies	5
Understanding sustained adoption of conservation agriculture among smallholder farmers: insights from a sentinel site in Malawi	5
Farm productivity and social sustainability in formalized value chain governance: the case of the potato industry in Pakistan	5
Tarping and mulching effects on crop yields, profitability, and soil nutrients in a continuous no-till organic vegetable production system	5
Challenges from the field: experiences of first-year hemp farmers in Nebraska	5
Effects of cover crop, N and residue management on the financial sustainability of processing tomatoes in Southwestern Ontario	4
Fungal plant pathogens observed on perennial cereal crops in New York during 2017–2018	4
Producer preferences for drought management strategies in the arid west	4
Inconsistent effects of species diversity and N fertilization on soil microbes and carbon storage in perennial bioenergy cropping systems	4
Appraisal of the conversion possibilities of pastoral meat sheep systems to the organic production model	4
Economic trade-offs: analysis of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop use in organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.) high tunnel systems across multiple regions	4
Potentials and perspectives of food self-sufficiency in urban areas—a case study from Leipzig	4
The role of biotechnology and biofuels in US Corn Belt cropping system changes	4
The compliance of French purchasing behaviors with a healthy and sustainable diet: a 1-yr follow-up of regular customers in hypermarkets	4
What are farmers' perceptions about farmland landbirds? A Galapagos Islands perspective	4
The use of an impeller mowing conditioner during haymaking had no effects on feeding behavior, feed intake or performance of organic dairy cows	4
Food System Transformations: Social Movements, Local Economies, Collaborative Networks edited by Cordula Kropp, Irene Antoni-Komar and Colin Sage. Routledge, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-367-67422-9	4
Welfare impacts of conservation agriculture adoption on smallholder maize farmers in South Africa	4
Identifying the influential factors, benefits and challenges of hydroponic shipping container farm businesses: a snapshot of farmers' perceptions	4
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	3
Cover crop management strategies affect weeds and profitability of organic no-till soybean	3
Oral histories of three pioneers in organic agriculture research	3
Financial feasibility of selling frozen produce in local and regional markets	3
A critical review of on-farm food loss and waste: future research and policy recommendations	3
Near-term impact of climate variability on yam rot incidence over a humid tropical region: projections in CORDEX-Africa scenarios	3
Production and use of homemade dry manure-based tea in fertigation systems in North Africa	3
Thirty years of organic dairy in the United States: the influences of farms, the market and the organic regulation	3
Integrating pastured meat chickens into organic vegetable production increased nitrogen and microbial biomass with variability in presence of E. coli and Salmonella spp	3
Modern arable and diverse ley farming systems can increase soil organic matter faster than global targets	3
Using three consecutive years of farmer survey data to identify prevailing conservation practices in four Midwestern US states	3
Cover crop effects on the growth of perennial weeds in two long-term organic crop rotations	3
Pro-environmental diversification of pasture-based dairy and beef production in Ireland, the United Kingdom and New Zealand: a scoping review of impacts and challenges	3
Rural consumer response to a food distribution innovation that connects farmers, retailers, and buyers	3
Bee discovery suggests the importance of urban gardens in a changing world	3
Perspectives on organic transition from transitioning farmers and farmers who decided not to transition	3
Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands	3
Pollination practices and grower perceptions of managed bumble bees (Bombus spp.) as pollinators of cranberry in Quebec and Wisconsin	2
No yield advantage of biodynamic compost preparations in a long-term field trial	2
Oh my darling clementine: heterogeneous preferences for sustainable citrus fruits	2
Varying tillage promotes weed diversity, while a perennial alfalfa–grass mixture promotes weed control in an organic tillage system experiment in Germany	2
What is recycled water, anyway? Investigating greenhouse grower definitions, perceptions, and willingness to use recycled water	2
Strip cropping in organically managed vegetable systems: agronomic and environmental effects	2
Effect of varieties and planting dates of bread wheat-lupine intercropping system under additive design in Northwest Ethiopia	2

First steps toward developing Lewis flax (Linum lewisii Pursh) as an agronomic crop	2
Cover crop effects on the growth of perennial weeds in two long-term organic crop rotations – CORRIGENDUM	2
Preliminary findings of northeast organic and conventional dairy farmers' perception of benefits and challenges in feeding algae	2
Urban agriculture: local government stakeholders’ perspectives and informational needs	2
Multistakeholder initiatives and their prospects for sustainability: the farmer perspective	2
Prospects of porous concrete as a plant-growing medium and structural component for green roofs: a review	2
Locally available compost application in organic farms: 2-year effect on biological soil properties	2
Introducing cover crops as fallow replacement in the Northern Great Plains: II. Impact on following wheat crops	2
The impact of livestock farm size on manure disposal modes: sell, give away or self-use	2
What women landowners want to know about conservation	2
A scientometric review of the peer-reviewed research on high tunnels in the United States	2
Spring-planted cover crops for weed control in soybean	2
Effect of self-reported attitudes toward organic foods in consumer preferences and willingness to pay	2
What would it look like? Visualizing a future US Corn Belt landscape with more table food production	2
The potential for using wood mulch for agricultural production	2
Development status and trends in side-deep fertilization of rice	1
Perceptions of geographical indication labels as quality indicators inside and outside the labels’ area of influence: the case of spring fruits	1
Exploring grower strategies and needs for enhancing organic disease management of tomato late blight	1
Comparative analysis of energy use efficiency among Pakistani and Turkish wheat growers	1
Beyond adoption: the interaction between organic and inorganic fertilizer application, and vegetable productivity in Ghana	1
Missouri natural resource professionals share key insights for supporting agroforestry practices through cost-share funding available from USDA conservation programs	1
Contextual realities and poverty traps: why South Asian smallholder farmers negatively evaluate conservation agriculture	1
Unanswered questions and unquestioned answers: the challenges of crop residue retention and weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems of southern Africa	1
Probabilistic simulation of phosphorus loss using the Vermont P-index: a bottom-up field to watershed approach	1
Cool-season cover crop effects on forage productivity and short-term soil health in a semi-arid environment	1
Improved nutrition and resilience will make conservation agriculture more attractive for Zambian smallholder farmers – CORRIGENDUM	1
Does grazing winter cereal rye in Iowa, USA, make it profitable?	1
The value of agrobiodiversity: an analysis of consumers preference for tomatoes	1
Farmers’ resilience to climate change through the circular economy and sustainable agriculture: a review from developed and developing countries	1
An overview of organic, grassfed dairy farm management and factors related to higher milk production	1
Understanding the potential of sustainability turn in farming: review of sociotechnical adoption factors of agri-environmental cropping practices	1
Motivating organic farmers to adopt practices that support the pest-suppressive microbiome relies on understanding their beliefs	1
A bibliometric analysis on the agricultural use of biochar in Brazil from 2003 to 2021: research status and promising raw materials	1
Who's near the local food? A regional proximity analysis of short food supply chain types in southern New England	1
‘They convert, I also convert’: the neighborhood effects and tea farmers' intention to convert to organic farming	1
Exploring multifunctionality of summer cover crops for organic vegetable farms in the Upper Midwest	1
The benefits and barriers of geographical indications to producers: A review	1
Biodegradable and biobased mulch residues had limited impacts on soil properties but reduced yield of the following crop in a low fertility soil	1
Environmental factors influencing the growth and pathogenicity of microgreens bound for the market: a review	1
Price promotion of organic foods and consumer demand	1
Annual and perennial crop composition impacts on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics at two different depths	1
Water footprint of representative agricultural crops on volcanic islands: the case of the Canary Islands	1
Producers marketing a novel crop: a field-level view of hemp market channels	1
Book Review of FoodWISE: a whole systems guide to sustainable and delicious food choices Gigi Berardi. USD$18.38 on Amazon. Published by North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA. ISBN: 978-1623173913.	1
U.S. organic agriculture: 30 years after the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. Introduction to themed issue	1
Performance of organic farming in developing countries: a case of organic tomato value chain in Lebanon	1