Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Article	Citations
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	266
Ecologically based agriculture benefits earthworms in Argentina’s large-scale systems: farm-level strategies matter	180
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	125
Farming ducks in a maize field: a new and potential crop-livestock system from China	104
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	75
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	71
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	70
Designing high-yielding wheat crops under late sowing: a case study in southern China	67
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	67
Salinity effects on rice, rice weeds, and strategies to secure crop productivity and effective weed control. A review	65
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	63
Tackling the question of work in systemic agronomy. A review	63
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	61
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	58
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	57
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	50
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	47
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	46
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	45
Optimizing planting density for enhanced maize yield and resource use efficiency in China. A meta-analysis	42
Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	41
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	41
Agronomic performance, nitrogen acquisition and water-use efficiency of the perennial grain crop Thinopyrum intermedium in a monoculture and intercropped with alfalfa in Scandinavia	40
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	39
Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	39

Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	38
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	37
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	37
Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	37
Alien vs. herbivore: ant-mediated plant defense as an option for biological control of leafcutter ants	36
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation with field aged biochar may enhance water and rice productivity	34
Narrowing maize yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Zambia: what interventions, where, and for whom?	34
Long-term active restoration of degraded grasslands enhances vegetation resilience by altering the soil seed bank	33
Novel insights into factors associated with yield response and nutrient use efficiency of maize and rice in sub-Saharan Africa. A review	33
Genetic progress battles climate variability: drivers of soybean yield gains in China from 2006 to 2020	33
A multifunctional life cycle assessment of durum wheat cropping systems	33
Agroecological settings and seed recycling account only partially for potato seed degeneration in Ecuador	33
An approach for comparing agricultural development to societal visions	33
Introducing intermediate wheatgrass as a perennial grain crop into farming systems: insights into the decision-making process of pioneer farmers	32
Using perennial plant varieties for use as living mulch for winter cereals. A review	32
Regional estimates of nitrogen budgets for agricultural systems in the East African Community over the last five decades	32
Soil health metrics reflect yields in long-term cropping system experiments	31
Intercropping with service crops provides multiple services in temperate arable systems: a review	30
Future agricultural systems and the role of digitalization for achieving sustainability goals. A review	30
Agri-environment schemes are associated with greater terrestrial invertebrate abundance and richness in upland grasslands	30
Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study	30
Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality	29
Increasing wheat proteins sustainably by rotation with forage legumes	29
The nitrogen fertilizer conundrum: why is yield a poor determinant of crops’ nitrogen fertilizer requirements?	29
Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation: digital tools for a scalable transformative pathway	29
Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review	29
Relay intercropping can efficiently support weed management in cereal-based cropping systems when appropriate legume species are chosen	28
Soil properties resulting in superior maize yields upon climate warming	28
Considering farming management at the landscape scale: descriptors and trends on biodiversity. A review	28
Lessons learned from farmers’ experience of soil carbon management practices in grazing regimes of Australia	27
Knowns and unknowns of cattle grazing in oil palm plantations. A review	26
A participatory and multi-actor approach to locally support crop diversification based on the case study of camelina in northern France	25
Improving the sustainability of cropping systems via diversified planting in arid irrigation areas	25
Cabruca agroforestry systems reduce vulnerability of cacao plantations to climate change in southern Bahia	25
Crop residue return achieves environmental mitigation and enhances grain yield: a global meta-analysis	24
Long-term fertilization with urban and animal wastes enhances soil quality but introduces pharmaceuticals and personal care products	24
Modelling the impact of nitrification inhibition in a fallow-based West African corn cropping system	24
Cultivar mixtures increase stability and productivity over time through asynchrony and complementarity	23
Farmer participatory assessment of soil health from Conservation Agriculture adoption in three regions of East Africa	23
Organic management of cattle and pigs in Mediterranean systems: energy efficiency and ecosystem services	23
The use of oil palm empty fruit bunches as a soil amendmentto improve growth and yield of crops. A meta-analysis	23
Comparison of models for leaf blotch disease management in wheat based on historical yield and weather data in the Nordic-Baltic region	23
Modelling the effect of context-specific greenhouse gas and nitrogen emission mitigation options in key European dairy farming systems	23
Combining Milpa and Push-Pull Technology for sustainable food production in smallholder agriculture. A review	22
Crop response to nitrogen-phosphorus colimitation: theory, experimental evidences, mechanisms, and models. A review	22
Long-term ley and manure managements have consistent effects on microbial functional profiles and organic C groups across soils from a latitudinal gradient	22
Diversification improves the performance of cereals in European cropping systems	21
A functional ecology approach to define a conceptual and participatory method for designing species mixtures: a case study on nitrogen cycling and weed control	21
On the effects that motivate pesticide use in perspective of designing a cropping system without pesticides but with mineral fertilizer—a review	21
Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review	21

Why are the benefits of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers inconsistent in the field? Prerequisite conditions identified from simulation analyses	21
Delivering “less but better” meat in practice—a case study of a farm in agroecological transition	21
Improving soil fertility with lime and phosphogypsum enhances soybean yield and physiological characteristics	20
Farmers’ perception and management of water scarcity in irrigated rice-based systems in dry climatic zones of West Africa	20
Effects of Rhizobium inoculum compared with mineral nitrogen fertilizer on nodulation and seed yield of common bean. A meta-analysis	20
Adapting agriculture to climate change: which pathways behind policy initiatives?	19
Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits	19
Assessing management factors limiting rice production in Venezuela	19
Legume seed system performance in sub-Saharan Africa: barriers, opportunities, and scaling options. A review	19
How do work challenges interact with health management in dairy farms?	18
Using botanical resources to select wild forage legumes for domestication in temperate grassland agricultural systems	18
Yield and fertilizer benefits of maize/grain legume intercropping in China and Africa: A meta-analysis	18
Sustainable management practices to improve the water use efficiency of winter wheat in the North China Plain: a meta-analysis	18
Rice residue management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains for climate and food security. A review	18
Identification and description of relationships between actors involved in crop diversification experiences across Europe	17
Balancing cover crop benefits and economic realities in Mediterranean rice farming	17
Versatile crop yield estimator	17
Methodological challenges in assessing the viability of agroecological practices: lessons from a multi-case study in Africa	17
Irrigated rice yield plateaus are caused by management factors in Argentina	16
Agroforestry supports high bird diversity in European farmland	16
Enhancing ecosystem services through direct-seeded rice in middle Indo-Gangetic Plains: a comparative study of different rice establishment practices	16
Possibilistic pathways and decision-making for goal achievement in integrated agritourism	15
Disrupting pest reproduction techniques can replace pesticides in vineyards. A review	15
A critical assessment of conservation agriculture among smallholders in the Mediterranean region: adoption pathways inspired by agroecological principles	15
Factors influencing intention to apply spatial approaches to on-farm experimentation: insights from the Australian winegrape sector	15
System nutrient dynamics in orchards: a research roadmap for nutrient management in apple and kiwifruit. A review	14
Agronomic practices preventing local outbreaks of rice yellow mottle virus disease revealed by spatial autoregressive analysis	14
Exploring the interaction of weed control management and crop structure on maize yield in the wide range of Mexican cropping systems	14
Mapping climate change impacts on cocoa agroforestry systems in Cameroon to mitigate future deforestation	14
Straw mulch and nitrogen fertilizer: A viable green solution for enhanced maize benefits and reduced emissions in China	14
Modeling soil-plant functioning of intercrops using comprehensive and generic formalisms implemented in the STICS model	14
Sustainable soil management measures: a synthesis of stakeholder recommendations	14
The socio-economic performance of agroecology. A review	14
Gendered perception of change in prevalence of pests and management in Zimbabwe smallholder irrigation schemes	14
Ecosystem services in conventional farming systems. A review	14
Sheltered by trees: long-term yield dynamics in temperate alley cropping agroforestry with changing water availability	13
Using olive mill waste compost with sprinkler irrigation as a strategy to achieve sustainable rice cropping under Mediterranean conditions	13
The reflection of principles and values in worldwide organic agricultural research viewed through a crop diversification lens. A bibliometric review	13
A yield comparison between small-plot and on-farm foliar fungicide trials in soybean and maize	13
Cereal species mixtures: an ancient practice with potential for climate resilience. A review	13
Adaptation rather than adoption: a case study of cropping system change in West Africa	13
Exploring farmers’ perspectives on agrobiodiversity management: future options for quinoa smallholder organizations in the Peruvian high Andes	13
Tillage and reseeding effects on soil carbon stocks: evidence from 500 agricultural grasslands in the UK	13
Dissecting the contribution of weather and management on water table dynamics under present and future climate scenarios in the US Corn Belt	12
Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania	12
Ecological engineering for rice pest suppression in China. A review	12
Cultivar mixtures increase crop yields and temporal yield stability globally. A meta-analysis	12
Work organization as a barrier to crop–livestock integration practices: a case study in Guadeloupe	12
Performance of elite and heritage germplasm in barley genotype mixtures: effects on yield and disease under diverse management scenarios	12
EU-wide mapping of ‘Protected Designations of Origin’ food products (PDOs) reveals correlations with social-ecological landscape values	12
Contribution of cauliflower residues to N nutrition of subsequent lettuce crops grown in rotation in an Italian Alpine environment	12
High work satisfaction despite high workload among European organic mixed livestock farmers: a mixed-method approach	12
Antibiotics residues in pig slurry and manure and its environmental contamination potential. A meta-analysis	12
Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19	11
Current controversies on mechanisms controlling soil carbon storage: implications for interactions with practitioners and policy-makers. A review	11
Sustainability assessment in innovation design processes: place, role, and conditions of use in agrifood systems. A review	11
Interactions between animal enterprises and marketing strategies shape organic multispecies farming systems	11
Effects and potential of optimized fertilization practices for rice production in China	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
Understanding the role of value chain formation in the scaling of crop diversification	11
Alternative methods to synthetic chemical control of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. A systematic review	11
Beneficial soil fungi enhance tomato crop productivity and resistance to the leaf-mining pest Tuta absoluta in agronomic conditions	11
To plow or not to plow: Endogenous strategies for preparing mangrove swamp rice fields	11
Correction: Drivers and constraints of on-farm diversity. A review	10
Linking organizational and technical dimensions to design integrated collective farms: a case study in Camargue, France	10
Fertilizer dependency: a new indicator for assessing the sustainability of agrosystems beyond nitrogen use efficiency	10
Numerical exploration of the impact of hydrological connectivity on rainfed annual crops in Mediterranean hilly landscapes	10
Pesticide-free agriculture as a new paradigm for research	10
Maize grain yield responses to realistic biochar application rates on smallholder farms in Kenya	10
Crop diversification in Idaho’s Magic Valley: the present and the imaginary	10
Distribution of pesticides in agroecosystem food webs differ among trophic groups and between annual and perennial crops	10
Framing the future of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture from science-based evidence. A review	10
The relationship between elevation, soil temperatures, soil chemical characteristics, and green coffee bean quality and biochemistry in southwest Ethiopia	10
Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process	10
Emergence of invasive weedy rice in Southeast Asia. A review	9
Yield gaps in soybean: causes and pathways for increasing yield in smallholder farming from Northeast China	9
Applying green manure and zeolite and reducing N fertilization in maize mitigates N2O emission while maintaining yield	9
Strategies to improve field establishment of cover crops. A review	9
How to quantify the impacts of diversification on sustainability? A review of indicators in coffee systems	9

Deciphering field-based evidences for crop allelopathy in weed regulation. A review	9
Disentangling shade effects for cacao pest and disease regulation in the Peruvian Amazonia	9
Plant proteins for human and environmental health: knowledge, barriers, and levers for their development, a case study in France. A review	9
Assessing production gaps at the tree scale: definition and application to mango (Mangifera indica L.) in West Africa	8
Challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of low-risk plant protection products in sustainable production. A review	8
How to build a crop model. A review	8
Re-coupling crop and livestock through spatial analysis and site selection of manure transfer hubs for sustainable agriculture	8
Species choice and N fertilization influence yield gains through complementarity and selection effects in cereal-legume intercrops	8
Single-row exclusion nets: an alternative pest control method with no detectable impact on breeding bird assemblages in orchards bordered by hedgerows	8
The role of conservation agriculture practices in mitigating N2O emissions: A meta-analysis	8
Correction: Agroecology supports sustainable development in Africa. A review	8
Can China get out of soy dilemma? A yield gap analysis of soybean in China	8
Intercropping organic melon and cowpea combined with return of crop residues increases yields and soil fertility	8
A participatory ecodesign framework to address both environmental and economic dimensions in viticulture at farm scale	8
Targeted timing of hairy vetch cover crop termination with roller crimper can eliminate glyphosate requirements in no-till sunflower	8
Landscape perspectives for agroecological weed management. A review	8
Determinants of oilseed rape-service plant intercropping performance variability across a farmers’ fields network in Western Switzerland	8
Positive response to inoculation with indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as modulated by barley genotype	8
Economic optimization of sustainable soil management: a Dutch case study	8