OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Agronomy for Sustainable Development is 17. 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
Farming ducks in a maize field: a new and potential crop-livestock system from China	346
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	215
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	134
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	108
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	91
STICS crop model and Sentinel-2 images for monitoring rice growth and yield in the Camargue region	81
Introduction of alternative crops in the Mediterranean to satisfy EU Green Deal goals. A review	70
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	69
Designing high-yielding wheat crops under late sowing: a case study in southern China	54
Salinity effects on rice, rice weeds, and strategies to secure crop productivity and effective weed control. A review	53
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	53
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	51
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	49
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	43
Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review	42
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	42
Sampling plans promoting farmers’ memory provide decision support in Tuta absoluta management	42
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	42
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	41
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	40
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	39
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	38
Agronomic performance, nitrogen acquisition and water-use efficiency of the perennial grain crop Thinopyrum intermedium in a monoculture and intercropped with alfalfa in Scandinavia	37
Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	37
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	35

Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	34
Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	33
Current and emerging biodegradable mulch films based on polysaccharide bio-composites. A review	33
Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	32
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	31
A multifunctional life cycle assessment of durum wheat cropping systems	31
An approach for comparing agricultural development to societal visions	30
Novel insights into factors associated with yield response and nutrient use efficiency of maize and rice in sub-Saharan Africa. A review	30
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation with field aged biochar may enhance water and rice productivity	30
Long-term active restoration of degraded grasslands enhances vegetation resilience by altering the soil seed bank	29
Narrowing maize yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Zambia: what interventions, where, and for whom?	28
Alien vs. herbivore: ant-mediated plant defense as an option for biological control of leafcutter ants	28
Integrated pest management: good intentions, hard realities. A review	28
The nitrogen fertilizer conundrum: why is yield a poor determinant of crops’ nitrogen fertilizer requirements?	27
Agroecological settings and seed recycling account only partially for potato seed degeneration in Ecuador	26
Agri-environment schemes are associated with greater terrestrial invertebrate abundance and richness in upland grasslands	26
Soil health metrics reflect yields in long-term cropping system experiments	26
Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation: digital tools for a scalable transformative pathway	25
Genetic progress battles climate variability: drivers of soybean yield gains in China from 2006 to 2020	25
Introducing intermediate wheatgrass as a perennial grain crop into farming systems: insights into the decision-making process of pioneer farmers	25
Regional estimates of nitrogen budgets for agricultural systems in the East African Community over the last five decades	24
Using perennial plant varieties for use as living mulch for winter cereals. A review	24
Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality	24
Intercropping with service crops provides multiple services in temperate arable systems: a review	24
Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study	23
Using the Internet of Things to promote alternate wetting and drying irrigation for rice in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta	23
Knowns and unknowns of cattle grazing in oil palm plantations. A review	22
Future agricultural systems and the role of digitalization for achieving sustainability goals. A review	22
Relay intercropping can efficiently support weed management in cereal-based cropping systems when appropriate legume species are chosen	21
Lessons learned from farmers’ experience of soil carbon management practices in grazing regimes of Australia	21
Considering farming management at the landscape scale: descriptors and trends on biodiversity. A review	21
Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review	21
A participatory and multi-actor approach to locally support crop diversification based on the case study of camelina in northern France	21
Long-term fertilization with urban and animal wastes enhances soil quality but introduces pharmaceuticals and personal care products	21
Cabruca agroforestry systems reduce vulnerability of cacao plantations to climate change in southern Bahia	20
Soil properties resulting in superior maize yields upon climate warming	20
Improving the sustainability of cropping systems via diversified planting in arid irrigation areas	20
Organic management of cattle and pigs in Mediterranean systems: energy efficiency and ecosystem services	19
Increasing wheat proteins sustainably by rotation with forage legumes	19
Crop residue return achieves environmental mitigation and enhances grain yield: a global meta-analysis	19
Modelling the effect of context-specific greenhouse gas and nitrogen emission mitigation options in key European dairy farming systems	19
Long-term ley and manure managements have consistent effects on microbial functional profiles and organic C groups across soils from a latitudinal gradient	19
Comparison of models for leaf blotch disease management in wheat based on historical yield and weather data in the Nordic-Baltic region	19
Crop response to nitrogen-phosphorus colimitation: theory, experimental evidences, mechanisms, and models. A review	18
Farmer participatory assessment of soil health from Conservation Agriculture adoption in three regions of East Africa	18
Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review	18
The use of oil palm empty fruit bunches as a soil amendmentto improve growth and yield of crops. A meta-analysis	18
Cultivar mixtures increase stability and productivity over time through asynchrony and complementarity	18
Combining Milpa and Push-Pull Technology for sustainable food production in smallholder agriculture. A review	18
Delivering “less but better” meat in practice—a case study of a farm in agroecological transition	18

Why are the benefits of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers inconsistent in the field? Prerequisite conditions identified from simulation analyses	17
Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits	17
Legume seed system performance in sub-Saharan Africa: barriers, opportunities, and scaling options. A review	17
Diversification improves the performance of cereals in European cropping systems	17
Adapting agriculture to climate change: which pathways behind policy initiatives?	17
Improving soil fertility with lime and phosphogypsum enhances soybean yield and physiological characteristics	17
On the effects that motivate pesticide use in perspective of designing a cropping system without pesticides but with mineral fertilizer—a review	17
Effects of Rhizobium inoculum compared with mineral nitrogen fertilizer on nodulation and seed yield of common bean. A meta-analysis	17