Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Article	Citations
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	246
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	110
Ecologically based agriculture benefits earthworms in Argentina’s large-scale systems: farm-level strategies matter	109
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	109
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	89
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	86
Agroforestry adaptation by farm households in northwestern Vietnam: resource needs and implications for practice and policy	80
Soil-health frameworks in agri-food systems. A review	79
Living mulch in fruit and olive orchards. A review	62
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	59
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	58
Integrating tactics for weed seed management provides sustainable weed control in organic rice production	57
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	55
FarmSTEPS, a model for spatial-temporal exploration of diversified and sustainable crop sequence plans for crop farms	55
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	53
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	52
Tackling the question of work in systemic agronomy. A review	50
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	48
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	48
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	48
Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	46
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	44
Engaging, collaborating, and driving change within a multi-stakeholder platform through a step-by-step approach of innovation design applied to African dairy value chains	43
Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	43
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	42

Optimizing planting density for enhanced maize yield and resource use efficiency in China. A meta-analysis	41
Alien vs. herbivore: ant-mediated plant defense as an option for biological control of leafcutter ants	40
Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	40
Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	40
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	40
Integrating legumes into cropping systems increases soil carbon and nitrogen content while it reduces the soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. A meta-analysis	40
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	38
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation with field aged biochar may enhance water and rice productivity	36
Long-term active restoration of degraded grasslands enhances vegetation resilience by altering the soil seed bank	36
A multifunctional life cycle assessment of durum wheat cropping systems	36
Crop residues moderately influence cumulative N2O emissions through their carbon to nitrogen ratio in a 12-year experiment in northern France	34
Narrowing maize yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Zambia: what interventions, where, and for whom?	34
Introducing intermediate wheatgrass as a perennial grain crop into farming systems: insights into the decision-making process of pioneer farmers	33
Novel insights into factors associated with yield response and nutrient use efficiency of maize and rice in sub-Saharan Africa. A review	33
Regional estimates of nitrogen budgets for agricultural systems in the East African Community over the last five decades	32
Using perennial plant varieties for use as living mulch for winter cereals. A review	32
The nitrogen fertilizer conundrum: why is yield a poor determinant of crops’ nitrogen fertilizer requirements?	30
Genetic progress battles climate variability: drivers of soybean yield gains in China from 2006 to 2020	29
Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality	27
Agroecological settings and seed recycling account only partially for potato seed degeneration in Ecuador	26
Soil health metrics reflect yields in long-term cropping system experiments	26
Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study	25
Improving the sustainability of cropping systems via diversified planting in arid irrigation areas	24
Lessons learned from farmers’ experience of soil carbon management practices in grazing regimes of Australia	24
Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review	24
Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation: digital tools for a scalable transformative pathway	24
A participatory and multi-actor approach to locally support crop diversification based on the case study of camelina in northern France	24
Competitive yields in organic and agroforestry cacao cropping systems: results from 15 years of a long-term systems comparison trial in Bolivia	23
Soil properties resulting in superior maize yields upon climate warming	23
Relay intercropping can efficiently support weed management in cereal-based cropping systems when appropriate legume species are chosen	23
Increasing wheat proteins sustainably by rotation with forage legumes	23
Considering farming management at the landscape scale: descriptors and trends on biodiversity. A review	23
Crop residue return achieves environmental mitigation and enhances grain yield: a global meta-analysis	22
Effect of climate change adaptation options on maize yield across different agro-climatic zones in South Asia. A meta-analysis	22
Organic management of cattle and pigs in Mediterranean systems: energy efficiency and ecosystem services	22
Farmer participatory assessment of soil health from Conservation Agriculture adoption in three regions of East Africa	22
Modelling the impact of nitrification inhibition in a fallow-based West African corn cropping system	22
Modelling the effect of context-specific greenhouse gas and nitrogen emission mitigation options in key European dairy farming systems	22
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi contribute more to phosphorus uptake by oats under long-term conservation agriculture than under conventional tillage	22
Combining Milpa and Push-Pull Technology for sustainable food production in smallholder agriculture. A review	21
Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review	21
Crop response to nitrogen-phosphorus colimitation: theory, experimental evidences, mechanisms, and models. A review	20
Cultivar mixtures increase stability and productivity over time through asynchrony and complementarity	20
Long-term ley and manure managements have consistent effects on microbial functional profiles and organic C groups across soils from a latitudinal gradient	19
Impacts of long-term conservation agriculture and nitrogen management on maize yield, soil carbon sequestration, and nitrogen cycling in the Indo-Gangetic Plains	19
Adapting agriculture to climate change: which pathways behind policy initiatives?	18
On the effects that motivate pesticide use in perspective of designing a cropping system without pesticides but with mineral fertilizer—a review	18
Sustainable agricultural practices shape the weed seed bank. A meta-analysis	18
Diversification improves the performance of cereals in European cropping systems	18
Farmers’ perception and management of water scarcity in irrigated rice-based systems in dry climatic zones of West Africa	18

A functional ecology approach to define a conceptual and participatory method for designing species mixtures: a case study on nitrogen cycling and weed control	18
Assessing management factors limiting rice production in Venezuela	17
Yield and fertilizer benefits of maize/grain legume intercropping in China and Africa: A meta-analysis	17
Legume seed system performance in sub-Saharan Africa: barriers, opportunities, and scaling options. A review	17
Rice residue management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains for climate and food security. A review	17
Enhancing ecosystem services through direct-seeded rice in middle Indo-Gangetic Plains: a comparative study of different rice establishment practices	16
Identification and description of relationships between actors involved in crop diversification experiences across Europe	16
Using botanical resources to select wild forage legumes for domestication in temperate grassland agricultural systems	16
Versatile crop yield estimator	16
Irrigated rice yield plateaus are caused by management factors in Argentina	16
How do work challenges interact with health management in dairy farms?	16
A critical assessment of conservation agriculture among smallholders in the Mediterranean region: adoption pathways inspired by agroecological principles	15
Methodological challenges in assessing the viability of agroecological practices: lessons from a multi-case study in Africa	15
Balancing cover crop benefits and economic realities in Mediterranean rice farming	15
Implementation of practices shapes the effectiveness of agricultural diversification for arthropod related ecosystem services: a meta-analysis	15
Climate change adaptation of Iberian dehesa: a simulation approach using the Hi-sAFe model	15
Factors influencing intention to apply spatial approaches to on-farm experimentation: insights from the Australian winegrape sector	15
Maize-bean row intercropping in Rwanda: labor constraints limit application despite nutritional and economic benefits	15
Agroforestry supports high bird diversity in European farmland	15
Modeling soil-plant functioning of intercrops using comprehensive and generic formalisms implemented in the STICS model	14
Possibilistic pathways and decision-making for goal achievement in integrated agritourism	14
Progressing toward agroecology in vineyards through systemic innovation	14
Disrupting pest reproduction techniques can replace pesticides in vineyards. A review	14
The socio-economic performance of agroecology. A review	14
Straw mulch and nitrogen fertilizer: A viable green solution for enhanced maize benefits and reduced emissions in China	14
Overcoming yield gaps in organic and biodynamic viticulture: insights from an 18-year field trial	13
Sustainable soil management measures: a synthesis of stakeholder recommendations	13
Production advantage of crop-ley pasture-livestock mixed farming over pure-cropping system under climate change	13
Exploring the interaction of weed control management and crop structure on maize yield in the wide range of Mexican cropping systems	13
Gendered perception of change in prevalence of pests and management in Zimbabwe smallholder irrigation schemes	13
Mapping climate change impacts on cocoa agroforestry systems in Cameroon to mitigate future deforestation	13
A yield comparison between small-plot and on-farm foliar fungicide trials in soybean and maize	12
Sustainability of biodegradable superabsorbent hydrogels in agriculture. A review	12
Cereal species mixtures: an ancient practice with potential for climate resilience. A review	12
The reflection of principles and values in worldwide organic agricultural research viewed through a crop diversification lens. A bibliometric review	12
Exploring farmers’ perspectives on agrobiodiversity management: future options for quinoa smallholder organizations in the Peruvian high Andes	12
Adaptation rather than adoption: a case study of cropping system change in West Africa	12
Sheltered by trees: long-term yield dynamics in temperate alley cropping agroforestry with changing water availability	12
Current controversies on mechanisms controlling soil carbon storage: implications for interactions with practitioners and policy-makers. A review	12
Performance of elite and heritage germplasm in barley genotype mixtures: effects on yield and disease under diverse management scenarios	11
Evaluation of pesticide reduction strategies in cropping systems. A review	11
Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19	11
Driving climate resilience: citizen attitudes toward agroforestry and their policy implications in the UK	11
Sustainability assessment in innovation design processes: place, role, and conditions of use in agrifood systems. A review	11
Cultivar mixtures increase crop yields and temporal yield stability globally. A meta-analysis	11
Dissecting the contribution of weather and management on water table dynamics under present and future climate scenarios in the US Corn Belt	11
Co-designing innovative plantain cropping systems to support the diversity of agroecological pathways in Guadeloupe	11
Restored legume acts as a “nurse” to facilitate plant compensatory growth and biomass production in mown grasslands	11
Interactions between animal enterprises and marketing strategies shape organic multispecies farming systems	11
Grower motivations, challenges, and perceptions of sustainability for vineyard floor management in Australia	11
High work satisfaction despite high workload among European organic mixed livestock farmers: a mixed-method approach	11
Alternative methods to synthetic chemical control of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. A systematic review	11
To plow or not to plow: Endogenous strategies for preparing mangrove swamp rice fields	11
Beneficial soil fungi enhance tomato crop productivity and resistance to the leaf-mining pest Tuta absoluta in agronomic conditions	11
Framing the future of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture from science-based evidence. A review	11
Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process	10
Numerical exploration of the impact of hydrological connectivity on rainfed annual crops in Mediterranean hilly landscapes	10
Correction: Drivers and constraints of on-farm diversity. A review	10
Plant proteins for human and environmental health: knowledge, barriers, and levers for their development, a case study in France. A review	10
Ecosystem services and management options of grass-based cover crops in Mediterranean climates: a review	10
Crop diversification in Idaho’s Magic Valley: the present and the imaginary	10
Fertilizer dependency: a new indicator for assessing the sustainability of agrosystems beyond nitrogen use efficiency	10
Clarifying factors involved in historical soybean yield suppression in Japan using national statistics and a crop model	10
Understanding the role of value chain formation in the scaling of crop diversification	10
Linking organizational and technical dimensions to design integrated collective farms: a case study in Camargue, France	10
Distribution of pesticides in agroecosystem food webs differ among trophic groups and between annual and perennial crops	10
A 7-year multi-criteria analysis of sugarcane intercropping compared to conventional cropping systems	9
Intercropping organic melon and cowpea combined with return of crop residues increases yields and soil fertility	9
Drivers of arable flora diversity in productive Mediterranean pulse cropping systems	9
Strategies to improve field establishment of cover crops. A review	9
Yield gaps in soybean: causes and pathways for increasing yield in smallholder farming from Northeast China	9
Comparing controlled-environment-urban agriculture to conventional agriculture across Canada	9
Disentangling shade effects for cacao pest and disease regulation in the Peruvian Amazonia	9
Emergence of invasive weedy rice in Southeast Asia. A review	9
Designing crop rotations to support sustainable and healthy diets	9
Rice straw mulch reduces soil salinity and increases beetroot and maize production in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam	8
Determinants of oilseed rape-service plant intercropping performance variability across a farmers’ fields network in Western Switzerland	8
How to build a crop model. A review	8
Economic optimization of sustainable soil management: a Dutch case study	8
Correction: Exploring the logics of farmers’ equipment management for species mixtures: case studies from France	8

Re-coupling crop and livestock through spatial analysis and site selection of manure transfer hubs for sustainable agriculture	8
Applying green manure and zeolite and reducing N fertilization in maize mitigates N2O emission while maintaining yield	8
The role of conservation agriculture practices in mitigating N2O emissions: A meta-analysis	8
Positive response to inoculation with indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as modulated by barley genotype	8
Can China get out of soy dilemma? A yield gap analysis of soybean in China	8
Assessing production gaps at the tree scale: definition and application to mango (Mangifera indica L.) in West Africa	8
Landscape perspectives for agroecological weed management. A review	8
Intercropping indices evaluation on grain legume-small grain cereals mixture: a critical meta-analysis review	7
Targeted timing of hairy vetch cover crop termination with roller crimper can eliminate glyphosate requirements in no-till sunflower	7
Exploring the logics of farmers’ equipment management for species mixtures: case studies from France	7
How agricultural techniques mediating bottom-up and top-down regulation foster crop protection against pests. A review	7
Soil management shapes the functional diversity of the inter-row vegetation in Mediterranean vineyards	7
Diversification for sustainable and resilient agricultural landscape systems	7
Correction: Agroecology supports sustainable development in Africa. A review	7
Challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of low-risk plant protection products in sustainable production. A review	7