Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Article	Citations
Socioeconomic sustainability of agroecological farming: a quantitative analysis of cucurbit crop production in Eastern Central Tanzania	93
From learner to leader: exploring learning, motivations, and roles of regenerative grazing mentors	55
Soil hydraulic arrangement and agro-ecological practices in organic rotations: effects on crop performance, soil properties and carbon balance	50
Manure contribution to rural livelihoods at farm and landscape levels: a systemic approach in semi-arid Central Tunisia	44
ICT4Agroecology part II: outcomes for maize production systems	30
Ecosystem services from smallholder dairy based integrated farming system vis-a-vis double cropping	30
Optimizing a traditional practice of soil fertilization for cassava cultivation in the Brazilian Amazonia	29
Climate change, rural out-migration, and food security nexus in Nepal	25
Compost toilet leachate promotes plant growth comparably to traditional fertilizers without altering root microbiome	22
Management and environmental drivers of soilborne pathogens in smallholder systems of western Kenya	21
Flower-rich legume crops can benefit biodiversity in cereal-dominated agricultural landscapes when properly managed	20
Assessing soil security for sustainable agricultural production in nutmeg agroecosystems in Grenada	20
Which dimensions of livestock farming systems shape social interactions around a farm? The case of two farms valorizing animal domestic biodiversity	19
Ethnobiological survey to determine the link between health benefits and qualities of Maasai traditional food system in Monduli, Arusha, Tanzania	19
What contribution of agroecology to job creation in sub-Saharan Africa? The case of horticulture in the Niayes, Senegal	18
Knowledge of social technologies by rural extension workers in Brazil	18
The incidence of cultural practices for managing Drosophila suzukii in raspberry farms: a case study from northwestern Patagonia	17
Accidental Shepherd: How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Farm in Norway	17
Reviewers for volume 49, 2025	17
Constraints and enablers: agroecological transitions in rural Zimbabwe	16
From diverse foods to hybrid rice: Agroecology’s retreat in an Ifugao village	16
Food production and intra-household dietary diversity: evidence from agroecologically diverse rural households in Ethiopia	16
Sustainable intensification through double-cropping and plant-based fertilization: production and plant-soil nitrogen interactions in a 5-year crop rotation of organic vegetables	16
Resurrecting sustainable farming in India’s Granary: current practices, challenges and solutions	15
Adaptive multi-paddock grazing and wellbeing: uptake, management practices and mindset among Canadian beef producers	15

Utilitarian and non-utilitarian value orientations animate consumer and producer participation in agroecological initiatives	13
Agroecology in the US Heartland	13
Assessing the contribution of spontaneous vegetation to carbon storage and biodiversity in a vineyard of Argentina	13
A review of theoretical frameworks of food system governance, and the search for food system sustainability	13
A deeper dialogue for transformative agroecology can start from within	13
Advancing agroecology through networking in Uganda	12
Food Systems and climate crisis on the table at the COP 28 negotiations, but substantive change is off the menu thus far	12
The ‘inner’ dimension of Dutch farmers’ trajectories of change: drivers, triggers and turning points for sustained agroecological practices	12
Agroecology and sustainable livestock systems	12
Bridging education and employment: a tracer study of BS Agroforestry graduates from the Philippines	11
Can public food procurement drive agroecological transitions? Pathways and barriers to sustainable food procurement in higher education institutions in Spain	11
Ecologization and transformation of work at the meso and micro levels of transition: findings from two territorial food projects in France	11
Exploring the role of a social carrier in advancing agroecology and territorial autonomy	11
Preparing relay peasants to become intermediaries in the dissemination of local agroecological knowledge: the case of three West African territories	11
Assessing what food policies lead to on the ground: exploring opportunities and challenges of the MUFPP indicator framework	10
Is community-supported agriculture a case of real utopia? The case of Germany	10
Codesigning sustainable land uses: framing participatory methods for research and development projects	10
A study on value chain integration of coconut in Odisha	10
Advancing sustainable agriculture for goal 2: zero hunger - a comprehensive overview of practices, policies, and technologies	10
Spaces of sustainable transformation at territorial level: an analysis of biodistricts and their role for agroecological transitions	10
Embedding global sustainable development goals in local agroecology initiatives: experiences from China	10
Women’s associations in Cotopaxi, Ecuador: from rights to agroecological markets	10
Agroecological transitions during COVID-19: evidence from Kerala, India	9
Agroecology and back-to-land migration in Turkey: asset or obstacle?	9
Moving Africa from food security to food sovereignty	9
Production autonomy and sustainability. On the conventionalization of Mediterranean organic livestock	9
The political economy of contrasting agroecologies: agrarian movements and agricultural research institutions envisioning alternatives	9
Policies and development models for “sustainable” agriculture in Tunisia an “agroecological transition” in question	9
Changing the food system narrative	9
‘I lost my job suddenly, but I was prepared’: the significance of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Benin City, Nigeria	8
Contextualizing agroecological transitions: a multidimensional study of diverse farm categories in Malawi	8
Organizing sustainable and fair agri-food systems: exploring the role of north-north alternative food networks in the European Union	8
Typology and social network of grassroots initiatives that promote agroecology in Mexico	8
Pushing back against power: political economy and agroecology	7
The community contributions of urban farms in Singapore	7
Changing the paradigm of science with agroecology	7
Exploring beef cattle–oil palm synergies: a group model building approach for sustainable livestock management in South Lampung, Indonesia	7
Participatory action research with wheat landrace producers and community supported agriculture groups; a case from Turkey	7
Agricultural land and water are up for grabs	7
Re-designing organic maize systems to improve a local maize yield through co-experimentation of complex agroecosystems	7
Correction	7
Are we listening to the bees?	7
Groundwater overdrafting: a looming crisis	7
Campesino a Campesino (peasant to peasant) processes versus conventional extension: a comparative model to examine agroecological scaling	6
Lock-in and Power in Agrifood Systems: a Literature Review and Analytical Framework	6
Identification of soil properties associated with the peasant perception of the suitability of the land for growing organic coffee: the case of traditional agriculture in the “Mixteca Alta” mountains	6
Exploring the relationship between tree diversity and carbon storage in aboveground biomass of coffee agroforestry systems in southern Manabí, Ecuador	6
Cladosporium cladosporioides for disease control and defense response induction in upland rice grown under an agroecological system	6
Transitioning to agroecology promotes mutualistic fungi while reducing antagonists in lettuce roots	6
“This Feminism is Transformative, Rebellious and Autonomous”: inside struggles to shape the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment	6

Agroecological transitions to sustainability and biosphere reserves	6
Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Change for Civilization	6
Analysis of oil palm cultivation practices of smallholders in Thailand: environmental sustainability implications	5
Sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants: balancing therapeutic benefits with environmental conservation	5
Correction	5
Soil quality and biological and economic efficiency of intercropping in the Brazilian semi-arid region	5
The economics of underutilized crops in Europe: a scoping literature review	5
The need for ground-up transitions: exploring the knowledge politics of agroecology in Gujarat, India	5
Agroecological approach in organic greenhouse vegetable systems: weed communities and functional traits dynamics	5
An analysis of neglected and underutilised species integration in UK alternative food networks: a case study of Dorset	5
Ecosystem services related with Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear cactus): a review of challenges and opportunities	5
Moving toward a decolonial and intersectional notion of justice for socio-ecological problems: the urban agroecology of the Buckets Revolution	5
Challenges and opportunities for taking transformational steps toward agroecology in North Africa	5
The importance of traditional seeds in agroecology transitions: a case study from Himachal Pradesh in India	5
Evolving local agrifood initiatives within a territorial agrifood system: the case of Prato Province, Italy	5
Estimating economic benefits of cover cropping on carbon and nitrogen storage on organic farms	5
Gathering the grassroots: farmer groups as vehicles for political mobilization of small-scale farmers in Uganda	5
The challenge of science for sustainable agriculture: an Italian early career researchers’ perspective	5
Participatory future visions of collaborative agroecological farmer-pastoralist systems in Tanzania	5
Understanding farmer knowledge of soil and soil management: a case study of 13 organic farms in an agricultural landscape of northern California	5
Redesign the agroecosystem through biodiversity: revising concepts and integrating visions	5
Agroecology as a new frame of reference for French agricultural policy? Insights from a lexicometric analysis of policy documents	5
Ecological complexity and avoiding pest resurgence: intuitions from mathematical ecology	5
Atmospheric accumulation of methane from emissions by cattle and oil and gas production	5
Is there a case for broadening the South African rural consumer’s food basket through indigenous crops utilization in the wake of climate change: perspectives and arguments	5
On-farm compost and parsley residues extract use on organic fennel crop to improve agronomic performance and environmental sustainability	5
Value created for small-scale farmers in an agroecology movement in the Eastern cape region of South Africa: an application of the value creation framework	5
What factors motivate the adoption of agroforestry by populations living in protected areas? - the case of quilombola communities in Barra do Turvo, São	5
On techno-fixes in the era of crises: genomic interventions in food crops	5
Organic farmers face persistent barriers to adopting diversification practices in California’s Central Coast	5
Unravelling coupled innovation processes between public collective catering and agricultural sectors to support agroecological transition: lessons from an organic potato supply chain	4
Recognizing the agroecological value of rangelands and pastoralists	4
Key narratives around agroecological transitions. A systematic literature review of the current debate	4
Exploring crop maturity times as a conservation tool for improving resilience to human-elephant conflict: elephant crop-raiding	4
Can we feed the world without destroying it?	4
Global challenges and local beekeeping practices: a case study of the beekeeping group “20 de noviembre” in the municipality of Emiliano Zapata, Chiapas	4
Agroecological transitions of pastoralism: a discussion of key concepts and investigation of current dynamics using a political economy lens	4
Agroecology contributes to biologically-diverse agricultural systems: strategies for meeting United Nations sustainable development goals by 2030	4
Does cocoa certification influence vegetation cover and tree cover loss? A case study from Sulawesi, Indonesia	4
The role of home gardens in empowering minority women and improving food and nutrition insecurity: a case of Mbororo community in Cameroon’s Northwest region	4
Hope and action for change. Jane Goodall 1934–2025	4
Co-creating a common language for an agroecological transition through local food governance: lessons learned from discussion and practice in Mashue, Los Ríos, Chile	4
Agroecosystems in transition: perceptions and motivations for rural settlers of agrarian reform for planting trees	4
Managing agroforestry transitions in a rapidly changing climate	4
Heathland-clearing effects on mountain grassland floral resources and pollinator community	3
Irrigation and agroecology: a scientific mismatch? A literature review	3
Investigating soil health and resilience in small-scale agroecosystems of Mount-Lebanon	3
Exploring the combination of agroecological and conventional farming practices through the hybrid farming concept	3
Understanding farmers’ adoption of diversified crop rotations in South Dakota, USA: an examination of the roles of sense of place and social responsibility	3
Strategies for feeding tilapia in smallholder aquaculture systems: a study of aquaculture feed access and availability in two districts of Northern Province, Zambia	3
Productive efficiency of multiple cropping systems: further evidence of the effect of planting design	3
Exploring opportunities and constraints of a certification scheme for regenerative agricultural practice	3
School canteens and public policies for the scaling up of agroecology (The experience of the Eco- School Canteen Programme in the Canary Islands)	3
Reviewers for Volume 48, 2024	3
Reviewers for Volume 47, 2023	3
Mainstreaming gender in agroecology: coffee cropping systems in Veracruz, Mexico	3
The interdependence between collective practices and the green governance of an agroecology network	3
How much fossil fuels are there in our food chains?	3
New leadership for the agroecology movement	3
Is transdisciplinarity an achievable ideal? Lessons from our experience	3
‘With agroecology, we can defend ourselves’: examining campesino resilience and economic solidarity during pandemic-era economic shock in Guatemala	3
Food populism: the political language to build agroecology	3
Healing people, soils and science through ‘urban soil remediation’ research? A conversation in transdisciplinary agroecology research	3
Why is there a food crisis?	3
Women in agroecology: inclusion, exclusion, and empowerment in Peru	3
Correlates of yield, fecundity and survival of a wild harvested Cyclopia intermedia (honeybush) population	3
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis	3
Rethinking alternative food networks: unpacking key attributes and overlapping concepts	3
Agroecology-oriented food redistribution amid a pandemic: contested local governance arrangements for sustainable food security	2
Evaluating greenhouse gas emissions in multifunctional grazing systems: the case of GrassLIFE project in Latvia	2
Climate impact reduction potential of agroecology: a case study of traditional Andalusian recipes (Spain)	2
Maize experiment in a traditional Zuni agroecosystem: nutrient composition	2
Local is our future BR	2
Implications of biotechnology development for research and agriculture in China: neoliberalism, the state, and science	2
Optimization of hatchability and survivability traits of indigenous duck managed under backyard farming system	2
The stories of seed sovereignty	2
Interpreting regenerative agriculture	2
Philanthropic Funding for Agroecology in Europe – Opening the (black) box of sustainable food system actors	2
Farmer movement oversight of the Mexican Government’s scaled-up fertilizer program	2
Perspectives on agroecological transition: the case of Guachetá municipality, Colombia	2

Transdisciplinary and systemic construction of a framework for assessing the sustainability of alternative food networks in Mexico City	2
Gathering a bountiful harvest: the impacts of cultural ecosystem service experiences on management practices and agrobiodiversity in urban community gardens	2
Agroecology: the science and art of building sustainable agri-food systems. A case study from Costa Rica	2
Reacting to rural problems or creating cognitive space? Knowledge production and the diffusion of the agroecology movement in Chiang Mai, Thailand	2
Evaluating agroforestry systems for sustainable land management and climate resilience in Siddipet District, central agroclimatic zone, Telangana, India	2
Local food system resilience in the context of shocks and crises: vulnerabilities and responses of agroecology-based farmers in Peru, Germany, and the United States	2
ICT4Agroecology part I: outcomes for cassava production system	2
Transforming agroecology perceptions: enhancing awareness, knowledge and involvement through a multistakeholder forum	2
Sustainable management practices do not reduce oil palm yields on smallholder farms on Borneo	2
Evidence of agroecology’s contribution to mitigation, adaptation, and resilience under climate variability and change in Latin America	2
Underutilized food plants and their potential contribution to food security: lessons learned from the local context	2
The role of political support tools in preserving traditional agricultural landscapes	2
Understanding farmers’ motivations to produce pulses and promote better agroecological practices	2
Setting the stage for the agroecological transformation of food systems	2
Fostering the training of future agroecologists	2
Underexploited tropical and subtropical vegetable crops for diversification and nutritional security: a review	2
Incidence of agroecological-based practices in urban vegetable gardens: effect on crop diversity and production levels	2
The challenges for alternative food networks as markets grow	2
Wheat agroecological cultivation in the Euro-Mediterranean region: challenges and potentialities	2
Teaching agroecology: preparing students for navigating uncharted territory	2
Is there an agroecology movement in the USA?	2
Agroecological farmer perceptions and opinions towards pest management and biodiversity in the Argentine Pampa region	2
Financial outcomes of organic and conventional farms in Spain (2015–2021). An agroecological perspective	2
Food systems and COP 30: backsliding and bright spots in Belém	2
Reconfiguring agrarian relations through agroecology: labor dynamics, value capture, and productivity in small-scale farming in Cochabamba, Bolivia	2
Agroecological transition and amplification in San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca: preliminary findings	2
Ecological-economics of agroecological systems in the Brazilian semiarid region	2
Systemic change or input substitution? The impact of the Healthy Soils Program on agroecological transitions within California food systems	2
Youth-led community supported agriculture in urban area: practice, challenges, and sustainability	2
Livestock production systems in wetlands of Argentina: assessing transition toward sustainable agroecological systems-	2
Agroecosystems in the Colombian Amazon: an assessment of their socioecological attributes using the Main Agroecological Structure framework	2
Correction	1
Organic management in coffee: a systematic review of the environmental, economic and social benefits and trade-offs for farmers	1
The need for a unified agroecosystem concept	1
Introduction of Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) for pest snail management in citrus orchards in Türkiye: ecological, economic, and agricultural perspectives	1
Integrating indigenous knowledge and modernity for agroecological resilience in Nagaland	1
What is transformative in participatory approaches to territorial agroecological transitions? A systematization of five case studies in Spain	1
Analysis of agroecological transition and adoption potential in two contrasting regions of Burkina Faso using comparative participatory assessment tools	1
Defending food sovereignty in Mexico	1
“First we eat and then we sell”: participatory guarantee systems for alternative sustainability certification of Bolivian agri-food products	1
Introducing grain legumes for crop diversification and sustainable food production systems amongst urban small-holder farmers: a food and nutrition security project in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	1
The problem with food security assessments and a case for food sovereignty evaluative tools: comparing food security and food sovereignty assessments in Haiti	1
Climate silence: a comparative study of governmental and non-governmental messaging on soil health in Wisconsin, USA	1
Farmers’ decision processes about biocontrol innovation adoption: dynamics surrounding push-pull technology in Western Kenya	1
Doing agroecology in the belly of the beast	1
Multidimensional performance of agroecology in mixed and agropastoral farming systems of Ethiopia: empirical evidence based on the tool for agroecological performance evaluation (TAPE)	1
A scoping review of participatory research methods in agroecology studies conducted in South Asia	1
Gaia contributions to agroecology by James Lovelock [1919-2022]	1
Expressions of civic agriculture in two organic food consumer cooperatives in Rio Grande Do Sul	1
Notes on autonomy as an agroecological principle	1
Building a global network for agroecology at FAO	1
Agriculture against the wall: barriers and opportunities for agroecological transitions in California’s industrial agricultural landscapes	1
A one government approach for agroecology policy coordination in Zimbabwe	1
A community-engaged tool for evaluating food sovereignty in Haiti and beyond	1
The importance of insect pest biocontrol for maize production: an expert survey	1
Agroecological transition in wetland livestock systems in Argentina: effects on grasslands and soil physicochemical properties	1
Agroecological Living Labs as entry points for transition towards sustainable food systems: a novel framework for the evaluation of living labs at different scales	1
Celebrating 10 Years of Agroecology	1
Beyond equivalency: comparing governance and sustainability of three North American organic standards	1
How transformative is agroecological knowledge co-creation? Insights from a systematic literature review	1
Food system “smoke & mirrors”	1
Sustainable intensification of palm oil production through cattle integration: a review	1
Flow approaches in agri-food systems research: revealing blind spots to support social-ecological transformation	1
Public policies for the strengthening of urban and peri-urban agriculture in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)	1
Feasibility of using bean crop residues for feeding sheep during dry season shortage: implications for economic and environmental resilience	1
“If the Pilcomayo River is lost, the Weenhayek people will be lost ” – governance of fisheries and indigenous institutional diversity in southern Bolivia	1
Genomics of a barley population evolved on-farm under different environmental conditions	1
Family farmers and trees: ecological functions, ecosystem services and food production in agrarian reform settlements in Brazil	1
Integrating irrigation management and soil remediation practices for sustainable agricultural production: advances, challenges, and future directions	1
Crop diversification and its impact on income diversification and crop income in Bangladesh	1
Agroecology Living Labs to transform food systems: a critical review at the science-policy-society nexus in Europe	1
Why and how do farmers’ organizations get involved in the promotion of agroecological techniques? Insights from Burkina Faso	1
A data mining approach gives insights of causes related to the ongoing transgene presence in Mexican native maize populations	1
Terraces and ancestral knowledge in an Andean agroecosystem: a call for inclusiveness in planetary health action	1
Exploring the “works with nature” pillar of food sovereignty: a review of empirical cases in academic literature	1
Agroecology from an island perspective	1
Seasonality, vegetation structure, and prey location modulate predation rates in the field margins of horticultural farms	1
Embedding spirituality values in agroecology initiatives in Uganda	1
Agronomic qualities of Pennisetum clandestinum in association with Acacia koa for the mitigation of the effects of ranching and promotion of conservation in a silvopastoral context on the island of Ma	1
The farmer’s lawyer: the North Dakota nine and the fight to save the family farm	1
Urban and peri-urban agriculture as a strategy for creating more sustainable and resilient urban food systems and facing socio-environmental emergencies	1
Factors affecting the net ecosystem productivity of agroecosystems on mineral soils: a meta-analysis	1
Designing accreditation systems that enhance the transformative potential of regenerative agriculture: an action-oriented case study on discursive institutionalization	1
Pollinating insects form different modules with Malvaceae crops in a global meta-network	1
Healing Grounds: climate, justice, and the deep roots of regenerative farming	1
Smaller farms or factory farms?: An agroecological perspective	1
Agroecosystem-based agricultural genetic resources for balanced and diversified food, nutrition, health, business, geographical indication and environment	1
Territorial embeddedness of sustainable agri-food systems: A systematic review	1
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community in coffee cultivation under different agroforestry management systems in the Maciço de Baturité region, Brazil	1
How important is soil for organic certification?	1
Integrated analysis of agroecosystems with citrus orchards in organic, agroforestry, and conventional systems	1
What we lose when we don’t say “climate change”: the dangers of censorship in agricultural research and outreach	1
An analytical framework to measure the social return of community-supported agriculture	1
Agroecological transitions in traditional agricultural systems with agroforestry: Outcomes in biodiversity hotspots	1
Can millets help feed us sustainably?	1