Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Article	Citations
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	219
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	165
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	139
Ecologically based agriculture benefits earthworms in Argentina’s large-scale systems: farm-level strategies matter	102
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	101
Soil-health frameworks in agri-food systems. A review	96
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	80
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	78
Salinity effects on rice, rice weeds, and strategies to secure crop productivity and effective weed control. A review	77
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	72
Integrating tactics for weed seed management provides sustainable weed control in organic rice production	68
FarmSTEPS, a model for spatial-temporal exploration of diversified and sustainable crop sequence plans for crop farms	65
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	62
Tackling the question of work in systemic agronomy. A review	57
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	55
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	52
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	50
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	50
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	50
Optimizing planting density for enhanced maize yield and resource use efficiency in China. A meta-analysis	48
Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	47
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	47
Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	47
Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	47
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	46

Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	43
Alien vs. herbivore: ant-mediated plant defense as an option for biological control of leafcutter ants	42
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	42
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	42
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation with field aged biochar may enhance water and rice productivity	41
Crop residues moderately influence cumulative N2O emissions through their carbon to nitrogen ratio in a 12-year experiment in northern France	41
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	41
Narrowing maize yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Zambia: what interventions, where, and for whom?	41
Long-term active restoration of degraded grasslands enhances vegetation resilience by altering the soil seed bank	39
Genetic progress battles climate variability: drivers of soybean yield gains in China from 2006 to 2020	39
A multifunctional life cycle assessment of durum wheat cropping systems	39
Novel insights into factors associated with yield response and nutrient use efficiency of maize and rice in sub-Saharan Africa. A review	39
Introducing intermediate wheatgrass as a perennial grain crop into farming systems: insights into the decision-making process of pioneer farmers	38
Regional estimates of nitrogen budgets for agricultural systems in the East African Community over the last five decades	38
Agroecological settings and seed recycling account only partially for potato seed degeneration in Ecuador	38
Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation: digital tools for a scalable transformative pathway	36
Soil health metrics reflect yields in long-term cropping system experiments	35
Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality	35
Future agricultural systems and the role of digitalization for achieving sustainability goals. A review	34
Using perennial plant varieties for use as living mulch for winter cereals. A review	34
Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study	33
The nitrogen fertilizer conundrum: why is yield a poor determinant of crops’ nitrogen fertilizer requirements?	32
Competitive yields in organic and agroforestry cacao cropping systems: results from 15 years of a long-term systems comparison trial in Bolivia	31
Lessons learned from farmers’ experience of soil carbon management practices in grazing regimes of Australia	31
Soil properties resulting in superior maize yields upon climate warming	30
Increasing wheat proteins sustainably by rotation with forage legumes	30
Considering farming management at the landscape scale: descriptors and trends on biodiversity. A review	30
Cabruca agroforestry systems reduce vulnerability of cacao plantations to climate change in southern Bahia	29
Improving the sustainability of cropping systems via diversified planting in arid irrigation areas	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
Crop residue return achieves environmental mitigation and enhances grain yield: a global meta-analysis	27
A participatory and multi-actor approach to locally support crop diversification based on the case study of camelina in northern France	27
Modelling the impact of nitrification inhibition in a fallow-based West African corn cropping system	27
Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review	26
Combining Milpa and Push-Pull Technology for sustainable food production in smallholder agriculture. A review	26
Effect of climate change adaptation options on maize yield across different agro-climatic zones in South Asia. A meta-analysis	26
Long-term ley and manure managements have consistent effects on microbial functional profiles and organic C groups across soils from a latitudinal gradient	25
Modelling the effect of context-specific greenhouse gas and nitrogen emission mitigation options in key European dairy farming systems	25
Cultivar mixtures increase stability and productivity over time through asynchrony and complementarity	25
Impacts of long-term conservation agriculture and nitrogen management on maize yield, soil carbon sequestration, and nitrogen cycling in the Indo-Gangetic Plains	24
Organic management of cattle and pigs in Mediterranean systems: energy efficiency and ecosystem services	24
Crop response to nitrogen-phosphorus colimitation: theory, experimental evidences, mechanisms, and models. A review	24
Farmer participatory assessment of soil health from Conservation Agriculture adoption in three regions of East Africa	23
Sustainable agricultural practices shape the weed seed bank. A meta-analysis	22
A functional ecology approach to define a conceptual and participatory method for designing species mixtures: a case study on nitrogen cycling and weed control	22
Effects of Rhizobium inoculum compared with mineral nitrogen fertilizer on nodulation and seed yield of common bean. A meta-analysis	22
Why are the benefits of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers inconsistent in the field? Prerequisite conditions identified from simulation analyses	22
Farmers’ perception and management of water scarcity in irrigated rice-based systems in dry climatic zones of West Africa	21
Adapting agriculture to climate change: which pathways behind policy initiatives?	20

Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits	20
Legume seed system performance in sub-Saharan Africa: barriers, opportunities, and scaling options. A review	20
On the effects that motivate pesticide use in perspective of designing a cropping system without pesticides but with mineral fertilizer—a review	20
Diversification improves the performance of cereals in European cropping systems	20
Rice residue management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains for climate and food security. A review	19
Implementation of practices shapes the effectiveness of agricultural diversification for arthropod related ecosystem services: a meta-analysis	19
Assessing management factors limiting rice production in Venezuela	19
Using botanical resources to select wild forage legumes for domestication in temperate grassland agricultural systems	19
Yield and fertilizer benefits of maize/grain legume intercropping in China and Africa: A meta-analysis	19
Balancing cover crop benefits and economic realities in Mediterranean rice farming	18
Versatile crop yield estimator	18
Irrigated rice yield plateaus are caused by management factors in Argentina	18
How do work challenges interact with health management in dairy farms?	17
Enhancing ecosystem services through direct-seeded rice in middle Indo-Gangetic Plains: a comparative study of different rice establishment practices	17
Identification and description of relationships between actors involved in crop diversification experiences across Europe	17
Agroforestry supports high bird diversity in European farmland	17
Methodological challenges in assessing the viability of agroecological practices: lessons from a multi-case study in Africa	17
Straw mulch and nitrogen fertilizer: A viable green solution for enhanced maize benefits and reduced emissions in China	16
Factors influencing intention to apply spatial approaches to on-farm experimentation: insights from the Australian winegrape sector	16
The socio-economic performance of agroecology. A review	16
Possibilistic pathways and decision-making for goal achievement in integrated agritourism	16
A critical assessment of conservation agriculture among smallholders in the Mediterranean region: adoption pathways inspired by agroecological principles	16
Progressing toward agroecology in vineyards through systemic innovation	16
Disrupting pest reproduction techniques can replace pesticides in vineyards. A review	16
Gendered perception of change in prevalence of pests and management in Zimbabwe smallholder irrigation schemes	15
Overcoming yield gaps in organic and biodynamic viticulture: insights from an 18-year field trial	15
Mapping climate change impacts on cocoa agroforestry systems in Cameroon to mitigate future deforestation	15
Exploring the interaction of weed control management and crop structure on maize yield in the wide range of Mexican cropping systems	15
Modeling soil-plant functioning of intercrops using comprehensive and generic formalisms implemented in the STICS model	15
Production advantage of crop-ley pasture-livestock mixed farming over pure-cropping system under climate change	15
Tillage and reseeding effects on soil carbon stocks: evidence from 500 agricultural grasslands in the UK	14
Exploring farmers’ perspectives on agrobiodiversity management: future options for quinoa smallholder organizations in the Peruvian high Andes	14
A yield comparison between small-plot and on-farm foliar fungicide trials in soybean and maize	14
Sustainable soil management measures: a synthesis of stakeholder recommendations	14
Adaptation rather than adoption: a case study of cropping system change in West Africa	14
System nutrient dynamics in orchards: a research roadmap for nutrient management in apple and kiwifruit. A review	14
The reflection of principles and values in worldwide organic agricultural research viewed through a crop diversification lens. A bibliometric review	13
Sheltered by trees: long-term yield dynamics in temperate alley cropping agroforestry with changing water availability	13
Cereal species mixtures: an ancient practice with potential for climate resilience. A review	13
Dissecting the contribution of weather and management on water table dynamics under present and future climate scenarios in the US Corn Belt	13
Performance of elite and heritage germplasm in barley genotype mixtures: effects on yield and disease under diverse management scenarios	13
Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania	13
High work satisfaction despite high workload among European organic mixed livestock farmers: a mixed-method approach	12
Evaluation of pesticide reduction strategies in cropping systems. A review	12
Current controversies on mechanisms controlling soil carbon storage: implications for interactions with practitioners and policy-makers. A review	12
Interactions between animal enterprises and marketing strategies shape organic multispecies farming systems	12
Work organization as a barrier to crop–livestock integration practices: a case study in Guadeloupe	12
Alternative methods to synthetic chemical control of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. A systematic review	12
To plow or not to plow: Endogenous strategies for preparing mangrove swamp rice fields	12
Understanding the role of value chain formation in the scaling of crop diversification	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
Co-designing innovative plantain cropping systems to support the diversity of agroecological pathways in Guadeloupe	12
Grower motivations, challenges, and perceptions of sustainability for vineyard floor management in Australia	12
Sustainability assessment in innovation design processes: place, role, and conditions of use in agrifood systems. A review	12
Correction: Drivers and constraints of on-farm diversity. A review	11
How to quantify the impacts of diversification on sustainability? A review of indicators in coffee systems	11
Framing the future of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture from science-based evidence. A review	11
Numerical exploration of the impact of hydrological connectivity on rainfed annual crops in Mediterranean hilly landscapes	11
Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process	11
Linking organizational and technical dimensions to design integrated collective farms: a case study in Camargue, France	11
Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19	11
Distribution of pesticides in agroecosystem food webs differ among trophic groups and between annual and perennial crops	11
Plant proteins for human and environmental health: knowledge, barriers, and levers for their development, a case study in France. A review	11
Restored legume acts as a “nurse” to facilitate plant compensatory growth and biomass production in mown grasslands	11
Beneficial soil fungi enhance tomato crop productivity and resistance to the leaf-mining pest Tuta absoluta in agronomic conditions	11
Maize grain yield responses to realistic biochar application rates on smallholder farms in Kenya	10
The relationship between elevation, soil temperatures, soil chemical characteristics, and green coffee bean quality and biochemistry in southwest Ethiopia	10
Deciphering field-based evidences for crop allelopathy in weed regulation. A review	10
Clarifying factors involved in historical soybean yield suppression in Japan using national statistics and a crop model	10
Strategies to improve field establishment of cover crops. A review	10
Emergence of invasive weedy rice in Southeast Asia. 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
Yield gaps in soybean: causes and pathways for increasing yield in smallholder farming from Northeast China	10
Disentangling shade effects for cacao pest and disease regulation in the Peruvian Amazonia	9
Drivers of arable flora diversity in productive Mediterranean pulse cropping systems	9
Comparing controlled-environment-urban agriculture to conventional agriculture across Canada	9
Determinants of oilseed rape-service plant intercropping performance variability across a farmers’ fields network in Western Switzerland	9
Positive response to inoculation with indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as modulated by barley genotype	9

Re-coupling crop and livestock through spatial analysis and site selection of manure transfer hubs for sustainable agriculture	9
Designing crop rotations to support sustainable and healthy diets	9
Assessing production gaps at the tree scale: definition and application to mango (Mangifera indica L.) in West Africa	9
A 7-year multi-criteria analysis of sugarcane intercropping compared to conventional cropping systems	9
Applying green manure and zeolite and reducing N fertilization in maize mitigates N2O emission while maintaining yield	9
Can China get out of soy dilemma? A yield gap analysis of soybean in China	9
Intercropping organic melon and cowpea combined with return of crop residues increases yields and soil fertility	9
Intercropping indices evaluation on grain legume-small grain cereals mixture: a critical meta-analysis review	8
How agricultural techniques mediating bottom-up and top-down regulation foster crop protection against pests. A review	8
Landscape perspectives for agroecological weed management. A review	8
The role of conservation agriculture practices in mitigating N2O emissions: A meta-analysis	8
Tillage effects on ground beetles in temperate climates: a review	8
Soil management shapes the functional diversity of the inter-row vegetation in Mediterranean vineyards	8
Challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of low-risk plant protection products in sustainable production. A review	8
Economic optimization of sustainable soil management: a Dutch case study	8
How to build a crop model. A review	8
Correction: Agroecology supports sustainable development in Africa. A review	8
Targeted timing of hairy vetch cover crop termination with roller crimper can eliminate glyphosate requirements in no-till sunflower	8