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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Organic information: influential authors and organizations in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States organic and sustainable agriculture community	17
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	16
The choice between organic and inorganic farming: lessons from Pakistan	14
Strategies to overcome stagnation in agricultural adoption despite awareness and interest: a case study of conservation agriculture in South Asia	13
Appraisal of the conversion possibilities of pastoral meat sheep systems to the organic production model	13
Toward greater sustainability: how investing in soil health may enhance maize productivity in Southern Africa	13
Effects of cover crop, N and residue management on the financial sustainability of processing tomatoes in Southwestern Ontario	12
Economic trade-offs: analysis of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop use in organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.) high tunnel systems across multiple regions	11
Modern arable and diverse ley farming systems can increase soil organic matter faster than global targets	10
U.S. organic agriculture: 30 years after the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. Introduction to themed issue	10
Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands	10
‘They convert, I also convert’: the neighborhood effects and tea farmers' intention to convert to organic farming	10
Comparative analysis of energy use efficiency among Pakistani and Turkish wheat growers	9
Cool-season cover crop effects on forage productivity and short-term soil health in a semi-arid environment	9
Contextual realities and poverty traps: why South Asian smallholder farmers negatively evaluate conservation agriculture	9
Motivating organic farmers to adopt practices that support the pest-suppressive microbiome relies on understanding their beliefs	9
Farmer preferences for adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties: evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria	9
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	9
Missouri natural resource professionals share key insights for supporting agroforestry practices through cost-share funding available from USDA conservation programs	9
Water scarcity and consumer behavior: an analysis of diet-related water footprint	8
Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania	8
Habitat associations and conservation opportunities for priority birds on small, diversified farms in the northeastern USA	8
Alternative methods for terminating green manures in organic grain systems	7
In search of a sustainable alternative for meat production: understanding the purchase intention of meat from transhumance origin	7
Supporting organic farmers through information and technical assistance	7

Effect of zinc and protein content in different barley cultivars: use of controlled release matrices	7
Optimizing organic muskmelon production by integrating mesotunnel row covers, inter-bed weed management, and pollination strategies	6
The economic performance of soil health practices in potato production systems	6
Performance of organic farming in developing countries: a case of organic tomato value chain in Lebanon	6
‘Never cry for food’: food security, poverty, and recurring themes in news media regarding rabbit farming in East Africa	6
Tarping and mulching effects on crop yields, profitability, and soil nutrients in a continuous no-till organic vegetable production system	6
Long-term organic and conventional management affects corn nutrient composition	6
Assessment of Acacia dealbata as green manure and weed control for maize crop	6
What would it look like? Visualizing a future US Corn Belt landscape with more table food production	6
Use of biochar and crude glycerin as additives in the composting of slaughterhouse waste in static piles	6
Fungal plant pathogens observed on perennial cereal crops in New York during 2017–2018	6
Perspectives on new technologies built on anaerobic digestion: insights from Idaho	6
Bee discovery suggests the importance of urban gardens in a changing world	6
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	5
Who's near the local food? A regional proximity analysis of short food supply chain types in southern New England	5
First steps toward developing Lewis flax (Linum lewisii Pursh) as an agronomic crop	5
Integrating pastured meat chickens into organic vegetable production increased nitrogen and microbial biomass with variability in presence of E. coli and Salmonella spp	5
No yield advantage of biodynamic compost preparations in a long-term field trial	5
Preliminary findings of northeast organic and conventional dairy farmers' perception of benefits and challenges in feeding algae	5
Producers marketing a novel crop: a field-level view of hemp market channels	5
Cover crop management strategies affect weeds and profitability of organic no-till soybean	5
Prospects of porous concrete as a plant-growing medium and structural component for green roofs: a review	5
Consumer preferences for produce grown with reduced pesticides: a choice experiment in Missouri	5
Development status and trends in side-deep fertilization of rice	5
A scientometric review of the peer-reviewed research on high tunnels in the United States	5
Improving agri-environmental policy design: farmer and administrator insights on voluntary conservation programs	5
Moving conservation agriculture from principles to a performance-based production system	4
Collaborating to reduce food waste: building collaborative advantage in local food systems	4
The effects of farming system and soil management on floristic diversity in sloping olive groves	4
Geospatial characteristics of allotment garden provision in Tokyo	4
Price promotion of organic foods and consumer demand	4
Organic agriculture in Argentina's Pampas. A case study on Pampa Orgánica Norte farmers	4
Which schools receive state-level support for local food purchases? Evidence from reimbursement incentive programs in Michigan and Oregon	4
Farmers’ resilience to climate change through the circular economy and sustainable agriculture: a review from developed and developing countries	4
Biology and non-chemical management of Spermacoce verticillata and Spermacoce densiflora	4
Use of narratives to communicate organics with commodity grain farmers	4
The value of additional calf–mother contact in milk choice: an analysis of US consumers	3
Fall-sown small grain cover crops for weed suppression and soil moisture management in an irrigated organic agroecosystem	3
Potentials and perspectives of food self-sufficiency in urban areas—a case study from Leipzig	3
Multi-criteria sustainability performance assessment of horticultural crops using DEA and ELECTRE IV methods	3
Evaluating ecosystem services of summer cover crop mixtures for organic cabbage production	3
‘Farming with alternative pollinators’ approach supports diverse and abundant pollinator community in melon fields in a semi-arid landscape	3
Considering the management of diversity on livestock farms from the perspective of work	3
What women landowners want to know about conservation	3
Offsetting the cost of community-supported agriculture (CSA) for low-income families: perceptions and experiences of CSA farmers and members	3
Feasibility of mechanical rice transplanting in organic Italian rice system	3
A critical review of on-farm food loss and waste: future research and policy recommendations	3
Effect of varieties and planting dates of bread wheat-lupine intercropping system under additive design in Northwest Ethiopia	3
Estimation of short- and long-term floor and ceiling prices for manure in a crop and livestock farms exchange	2
Toward improving nitrogen use efficiency in rice production: the socio-economic, climatic and technological determinants of briquette urea adoption	2

Thirty years of organic dairy in the United States: the influences of farms, the market and the organic regulation	2
Understanding the potential of sustainability turn in farming: review of sociotechnical adoption factors of agri-environmental cropping practices	2
Annual and perennial crop composition impacts on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics at two different depths	2
A nonparametric analysis of climate change nexus on agricultural productivity in Africa: implications on food security	2
Assessing forage research and education needs of organic dairy farms in the United States	2
Late-seeded cover crops in a semiarid environment: overyielding, dominance and subsequent crop yield	2
Introducing cover crops as fallow replacement in the Northern Great Plains: II. Impact on following wheat crops	2
Beyond adoption: the interaction between organic and inorganic fertilizer application, and vegetable productivity in Ghana	2
Influence of Trichoderma species on the reduction of heavy metal levels in bean plants irrigated with wastewater: a case study from the Mezquital Valley, Hidalgo, Mexico	2
Influence of organic and cage housing system on egg quality in laying hens	2
Pre-harvest food safety and conservation challenges facing US produce growers: results from a national survey	2
Strip cropping in organically managed vegetable systems: agronomic and environmental effects	2
Production and use of homemade dry manure-based tea in fertigation systems in North Africa	2
Blanket NOP rules and regional realities: from the field	2
Introducing cover crops as a fallow replacement in the Northern Great Plains: I. Evaluation of cover crop mixes as a forage source for grazing cattle	2
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Back matter	1
Heir presence? The impact of offspring gender composition on long-term agricultural investment behavior	1
What are farmers' perceptions about farmland landbirds? A Galapagos Islands perspective	1
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	1
Occurrence and diversity of poisonous plants in urban community gardens	1
The value of agrobiodiversity: an analysis of consumers preference for tomatoes	1
Perceptions of genetically modified and bioengineered organisms and corresponding food labels among undergraduate students at Binghamton University	1
Challenges from the field: experiences of first-year hemp farmers in Nebraska	1
Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands – CORRIGENDUM	1
Motivating cocoa farmers to adopt agroforestry practices for mitigating climate change	1
Effects of compost, cover crops, and local conditions on degradation of two agricultural mulches in soil	1
Effect of self-reported attitudes toward organic foods in consumer preferences and willingness to pay	1
The role of biotechnology and biofuels in US Corn Belt cropping system changes	1
Stakeholders' perception on the role of extensive livestock farming in the fight against climate change	1
Intensifying a crop–fallow system: impacts on soil properties, crop yields, and economics	1
Cover crop effects on the growth of perennial weeds in two long-term organic crop rotations	1
Commercial urban agriculture in Florida: a qualitative needs assessment	1
Leverage points for increased grain legume consumption: a Swedish case study	1
Feeding straw to suckler cows spared land but did not decrease the climate impact of beef	1
The application of organic fertilizers and farmers' income increase	1
Rye-soybean double-crop: planting method and N fertilization effects in the North Central US	1
Agricultural sustainability requires multidimensional solutions that address environmental and financial benefits in the Oregon hazelnut industry	1
Cover crop effects on the growth of perennial weeds in two long-term organic crop rotations – CORRIGENDUM	1
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	1
System-wide nexus analyses: water distribution rules, agricultural productivity and livelihoods in flood-based livelihood systems	1
The benefits and barriers of geographical indications to producers: A review	1
Cultivating nut tree species in urban community gardens in Germany: motivations, challenges, and opportunities	1
Functionally diverse cover crops support ecological weed management in orchard cropping systems	1
Farmers' preferences for sustainable intensification attributes in sorghum-based cropping systems: evidence from Mali	1
In the search for pastoral livestock systems that improve the meat quality: An exploratory study	1