OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Food Security is 9. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Global maize production, consumption and trade: trends and R&D implications	363
The future of farming: Who will produce our food?	218
The contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to the global protein supply	174
Food security vulnerability due to trade dependencies on Russia and Ukraine	99
Small farms and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Farming for food, for income or for lack of better options?	98
Food waste in Italian households during the Covid-19 pandemic: a self-reporting approach	87
Why food insecurity persists in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of existing evidence	72
How food systems change (or not): governance implications for system transformation processes	66
Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods	62
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural production, livelihoods, and food security in India: baseline results of a phone survey	59
Towards food systems transformation—five paradigm shifts for healthy, inclusive and sustainable food systems	55
Food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a survey of low-income Americans	47
Adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices and differentiated nutritional outcome among rural households: a case of Punjab province, Pakistan	44
Analysis and vulnerability of the international wheat trade network	42
Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations	41
Cross-national analysis of food security drivers: comparing results based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and Global Food Security Index	37
Pathogens which threaten food security: Phytophthora infestans, the potato late blight pathogen	35
Food systems and rural wellbeing: challenges and opportunities	34
Quiet Revolution by SMEs in the midstream of value chains in developing regions: wholesale markets, wholesalers, logistics, and processing	32
Salinity and food security in southwest coastal Bangladesh: impacts on household food production and strategies for adaptation	32
Mapping the production-consumption gap of an urban food system: an empirical case study of food security and resilience	31
The decreasing area of hybrid rice production in China: causes and potential effects on Chinese rice self-sufficiency	31
Challenges and opportunities for enhancing food security and greenhouse gas mitigation in smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa. A review	30
Contribution of traditional fermented foods to food systems transformation: value addition and inclusive entrepreneurship	28
Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar	27

COVID-19, food insecurity and dietary diversity of households: Survey evidence from Nigeria	26
“The street is ours”. A comparative analysis of street trading, Covid-19 and new street geographies in Harare, Zimbabwe and Kisumu, Kenya	26
Women’s empowerment and gender equality in agricultural value chains: evidence from four countries in Asia and Africa	25
Do not transform food systems on the backs of the rural poor	25
Farmed animal production in tropical circular food systems	24
Food security and food quality among vanilla farmers in Madagascar: the role of contract farming and livestock keeping	24
Agricultural seasonality, market access, and food security in Sierra Leone	24
An evidence-based systematic review on farmers’ adaptation strategies in India	24
How trade can drive inclusive and sustainable food system outcomes in food deficit low-income countries	23
Homegarden diversity and food security in southern Mexico	23
Revisiting food security in 2021: an overview of the past year	22
Impacts of China’s bioethanol policy on the global maize market: a partial equilibrium analysis to 2030	22
Explaining the impact of agroecology on farm-level transitions to food security in Malawi	20
Dietary agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition and health outcomes within a transitioning indigenous Solomon Island food system	20
Africa’s evolving vegetable seed sector: status, policy options and lessons from Asia	19
Food security under water scarcity: a comparative analysis of Egypt and Jordan	18
Sustainable management of transboundary pests requires holistic and inclusive solutions	18
Unpacking the value of traditional African vegetables for food and nutrition security	17
A review of Ghana’s planting for food and jobs program: implementation, impacts, benefits, and costs	17
COVID-19 pandemic and agriculture in Romania: effects on agricultural systems, compliance with restrictions and relations with authorities	16
Changing rice cropping patterns and their impact on food security in southern China	16
Multiple pathways towards achieving a living income for different types of smallholder tree-crop commodity farmers	16
A holistic approach to food loss reduction in Africa: food loss analysis, integrated capacity development and policy implications	15
Exploring climate change adaptation practices and household food security in the Middle Eastern context: a case of small family farms in Central Bekaa, Lebanon	15
Burden of foodborne disease in low-income and middle-income countries and opportunities for scaling food safety interventions	15
Agricultural production diversity and child nutrition in Ethiopia	15
Measuring disaggregate level food insecurity via multivariate small area modelling: evidence from rural districts of Uttar Pradesh, India	15
Institutional approaches for plant health provision as a collective action problem	15
One size doesn’t fit all: regional differences in priorities for food system transformation	15
Rice yield response to climate and price policy in high-latitude regions of China	14
Revisiting Rwanda’s agricultural intensification policy: benefits of embracing farmer heterogeneity and crop-livestock integration strategies	14
Linkages between dietary diversity and indicators of agricultural biodiversity in Burkina Faso	14
A review of the effects of COVID-19 on food waste	14
Cocoa eats the food: expansion of cocoa into food croplands in the Juabeso District, Ghana	13
Is food insecurity a problem among the elderly in Sharpeville, South Africa?	13
Beyond subsistence: the aggregate contribution of campesinos to the supply and conservation of native maize across Mexico	13
The impact that cultural food security has on identity and well-being in the second-generation U.S. American minority college students	13
Determinants, effects, and coping strategies for low-yield periods of harvest: a qualitative study in two communities in Nunavut, Canada	13
The geography of agricultural input markets in rural Tanzania	13
Perspectives on strengthening local food systems in Small Island Developing States	13
Recent innovative seed treatment methods in the management of seedborne pathogens	13
The effect of bureaucratic corruption on household food insecurity: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa	13
Coping Behaviours and the concept of Time Poverty: a review of perceived social and health outcomes of food insecurity on women and children	13
Inequities in the urban food environment of a Brazilian city	12
Large scale land investments and food security in agropastoral areas of Ethiopia	12
Does irrigation improve household’s food security? The case of Koga irrigation development project in northern Ethiopia	12
On-farm trees are a safety net for the poorest households rather than a major contributor to food security in Rwanda	12
Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana: a focus on stunting and anemia among children under-five years (2009 – 2018)	11
Do climate change adaptation strategies improve farmers’ food security in Tanzania?	11
Informal ready-to-eat food vending: a social practice perspective on urban food provisioning in Nigeria	11

Biodiversity in agricultural and food systems of jhum landscape in the West Garo Hills, North-eastern India	11
“Too big to fail”: the resilience and entrenchment of food aid through food banks in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Critical stages for post-harvest losses and nutrition outcomes in the value chains of bush beans and nightshade in Uganda	10
A nonparametric analysis of household-level food insecurity and its determinant factors: exploratory study in Ethiopia and Nigeria	10
COVID-19 and food insecurity in the Blackfeet Tribal Community	10
Exploring a food system index for understanding food system transformation processes	10
Connecting the food and agriculture sector to nutrition interventions for improved health outcomes	10
Improving livelihoods through postharvest loss management: evidence from Nigeria	10
Nobody left behind? Equity and the drivers of stunting reduction in Vietnamese ethnic minority populations	10
Impact and distributional effects of a home garden and nutrition intervention in Cambodia	10
Mapping the spatial dimension of food insecurity using GIS-based indicators: A case of Western Kenya	10
Understanding drivers of stunting reduction in Nigeria from 2003 to 2018: a regression analysis	10
Putting small fish on the table: the underutilized potential of small indigenous fish to improve food and nutrition security in East Africa	9
Estimation of nutritional postharvest losses along food value chains: A case study of three key food security commodities in sub-Saharan Africa	9
Reducing childhood stunting in India: Insights from four subnational success cases	9
Gendering post-harvest loss research: responsibilities of women and men to manage maize after harvest in southwestern Ethiopia	9
Capacities of local maize seed enterprises in Mexico: Implications for seed systems development	9
Homeless and hungry: food insecurity in the land of plenty	9
Understanding household and food system determinants of chicken and egg consumption in India	9
How effective is Ethiopia’s agricultural growth program at improving the total factor productivity of smallholder farmers?	9
Diversify, produce or buy? An analysis of factors contributing to household dietary diversity among shrimp and non-shrimp farmers in coastal Bangladesh	9
Realizing urban food policy: a discursive institutionalist analysis of Ede municipality	9
How effectively might agricultural input subsidies improve nutrition? A case study of Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP)	9
Food accessibility of different socioeconomic groups in sub-Saharan African cities: a mixed-method analysis in Kampala, Uganda	9