OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Toward greater sustainability: how investing in soil health may enhance maize productivity in Southern Africa	37
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	23
The choice between organic and inorganic farming: lessons from Pakistan	23
Organic information: influential authors and organizations in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States organic and sustainable agriculture community	18
Economic trade-offs: analysis of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop use in organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.) high tunnel systems across multiple regions	18
Strategies to overcome stagnation in agricultural adoption despite awareness and interest: a case study of conservation agriculture in South Asia	18
Effects of cover crop, N and residue management on the financial sustainability of processing tomatoes in Southwestern Ontario	17
Modern arable and diverse ley farming systems can increase soil organic matter faster than global targets	16
Productivity improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through crop rotation and organic matter application in degraded crop farms of Ethiopian highlands	16
U.S. organic agriculture: 30 years after the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. Introduction to themed issue	15
RAF volume 37 issue S1 Cover and Front matter	13
Cool-season cover crop effects on forage productivity and short-term soil health in a semi-arid environment	13
‘They convert, I also convert’: the neighborhood effects and tea farmers' intention to convert to organic farming	12
Missouri natural resource professionals share key insights for supporting agroforestry practices through cost-share funding available from USDA conservation programs	12
Farmer preferences for adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties: evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria	12
Habitat associations and conservation opportunities for priority birds on small, diversified farms in the northeastern USA	11
Motivating organic farmers to adopt practices that support the pest-suppressive microbiome relies on understanding their beliefs	11
Water scarcity and consumer behavior: an analysis of diet-related water footprint	11
Contextual realities and poverty traps: why South Asian smallholder farmers negatively evaluate conservation agriculture	11
Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania	10
Alternative methods for terminating green manures in organic grain systems	10
Supporting organic farmers through information and technical assistance	10
In search of a sustainable alternative for meat production: understanding the purchase intention of meat from transhumance origin	9
Use of biochar and crude glycerin as additives in the composting of slaughterhouse waste in static piles	9
Effect of zinc and protein content in different barley cultivars: use of controlled release matrices	9

Long-term organic and conventional management affects corn nutrient composition	9
Optimizing organic muskmelon production by integrating mesotunnel row covers, inter-bed weed management, and pollination strategies	8
‘Never cry for food’: food security, poverty, and recurring themes in news media regarding rabbit farming in East Africa	8
Water use efficiency, lodging, and yield of tef (Eragrostis tef [Zucc.] Trotter) as influenced by carbonized rice husk application timing and soil amendments	8
Assessment of Acacia dealbata as green manure and weed control for maize crop	8
Perspectives on new technologies built on anaerobic digestion: insights from Idaho	7
Improving agri-environmental policy design: farmer and administrator insights on voluntary conservation programs	7
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	7
Tarping and mulching effects on crop yields, profitability, and soil nutrients in a continuous no-till organic vegetable production system	7
No yield advantage of biodynamic compost preparations in a long-term field trial	7
Fungal plant pathogens observed on perennial cereal crops in New York during 2017–2018	7
The economic performance of soil health practices in potato production systems	7
First steps toward developing Lewis flax (Linum lewisii Pursh) as an agronomic crop	7
What would it look like? Visualizing a future US Corn Belt landscape with more table food production	6
A scientometric review of the peer-reviewed research on high tunnels in the United States	6
Bee discovery suggests the importance of urban gardens in a changing world	6
Preliminary findings of northeast organic and conventional dairy farmers' perception of benefits and challenges in feeding algae	6
Prospects of porous concrete as a plant-growing medium and structural component for green roofs: a review	6
Performance of organic farming in developing countries: a case of organic tomato value chain in Lebanon	6
Farmers’ resilience to climate change through the circular economy and sustainable agriculture: a review from developed and developing countries	5
Producers marketing a novel crop: a field-level view of hemp market channels	5
Who's near the local food? A regional proximity analysis of short food supply chain types in southern New England	5
Geospatial characteristics of allotment garden provision in Tokyo	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
Collaborating to reduce food waste: building collaborative advantage in local food systems	5
Development status and trends in side-deep fertilization of rice	5
Moving conservation agriculture from principles to a performance-based production system	5
Cover crop management strategies affect weeds and profitability of organic no-till soybean	5
Consumer preferences for produce grown with reduced pesticides: a choice experiment in Missouri	5
Which schools receive state-level support for local food purchases? Evidence from reimbursement incentive programs in Michigan and Oregon	5
Developing scientific equity for biodiversity research: a thematic analysis of ecological change impacts on ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico	4
The value of additional calf–mother contact in milk choice: an analysis of US consumers	4
A comparative analysis of the water and carbon footprints of hybrid, plant-based, and animal-based burgers	4
Offsetting the cost of community-supported agriculture (CSA) for low-income families: perceptions and experiences of CSA farmers and members	4
Influence of biochar derived from lignin-rich feedstocks on soil properties and crop yield: the Case of Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomatoes)	4
The effects of farming system and soil management on floristic diversity in sloping olive groves	4
‘Farming with alternative pollinators’ approach supports diverse and abundant pollinator community in melon fields in a semi-arid landscape	4
Use of narratives to communicate organics with commodity grain farmers	4
Multi-criteria sustainability performance assessment of horticultural crops using DEA and ELECTRE IV methods	4
Fall-sown small grain cover crops for weed suppression and soil moisture management in an irrigated organic agroecosystem	4
Potentials and perspectives of food self-sufficiency in urban areas—a case study from Leipzig	3
Introducing cover crops as fallow replacement in the Northern Great Plains: II. Impact on following wheat crops	3
Strip cropping in organically managed vegetable systems: agronomic and environmental effects	3
Annual and perennial crop composition impacts on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics at two different depths	3
Evaluating ecosystem services of summer cover crop mixtures for organic cabbage production	3
A critical review of on-farm food loss and waste: future research and policy recommendations	3
Thirty years of organic dairy in the United States: the influences of farms, the market and the organic regulation	3
Production and use of homemade dry manure-based tea in fertigation systems in North Africa	3
Toward improving nitrogen use efficiency in rice production: the socio-economic, climatic and technological determinants of briquette urea adoption	3
Considering the management of diversity on livestock farms from the perspective of work	3

What women landowners want to know about conservation	3
Effect of varieties and planting dates of bread wheat-lupine intercropping system under additive design in Northwest Ethiopia	3
Understanding the potential of sustainability turn in farming: review of sociotechnical adoption factors of agri-environmental cropping practices	3
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	3
Feasibility of mechanical rice transplanting in organic Italian rice system	3
How to increase consumer demand for GHG-mitigating ingredients? A case study of green restaurants in Taiwan	2
Occurrence and diversity of poisonous plants in urban community gardens	2
Pre-harvest food safety and conservation challenges facing US produce growers: results from a national survey	2
A nonparametric analysis of climate change nexus on agricultural productivity in Africa: implications on food security	2
Heir presence? The impact of offspring gender composition on long-term agricultural investment behavior	2
The role of biotechnology and biofuels in US Corn Belt cropping system changes	2
Estimation of short- and long-term floor and ceiling prices for manure in a crop and livestock farms exchange	2
Influence of organic and cage housing system on egg quality in laying hens	2
Perceptions of genetically modified and bioengineered organisms and corresponding food labels among undergraduate students at Binghamton University	2
Stakeholders' perception on the role of extensive livestock farming in the fight against climate change	2
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	2
Agricultural sustainability requires multidimensional solutions that address environmental and financial benefits in the Oregon hazelnut industry	2
Assessing forage research and education needs of organic dairy farms in the United States	2
Blanket NOP rules and regional realities: from the field	2
Intensifying a crop–fallow system: impacts on soil properties, crop yields, and economics	2
System-wide nexus analyses: water distribution rules, agricultural productivity and livelihoods in flood-based livelihood systems	2