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Agriculture and Rural Development Research

Agriculture and Rural Development Research is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 8.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution, sustainability, and adaptation of livestock farming systems, with a focus on work organization, diversity, multifunctionality, and the challenges faced by smallholder farmers. It delves into topics such as agricultural development, agroecology, and the impact of climate change on livestock farming. The papers also discuss strategies for enhancing the sustainability and resilience of livestock farming systems.

  • Livestock Farming
  • Sustainability
  • Adaptation
  • Agricultural Development
  • Work Organization
  • Diversity
  • Multifunctionality
  • Agroecology
  • Smallholder Farmers
  • Climate Change
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+38%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Agriculture and Rural Development Research research?

By volume, France and Côte d'Ivoire publish the most (3.3k and 390 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 3.3k works
  2. 2 Côte d'Ivoire 390 works
  3. 3 United States 355 works
  4. 4 Cameroon 351 works
  5. 5 Nigeria 287 works
  6. 6 Benin 242 works
  7. 7 Burkina Faso 232 works
  8. 8 ?? 220 works
  9. 9 Ethiopia 219 works
  10. 10 Canada 206 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

France: 57.2%Côte d'Ivoire: 6.7%United States: 6.1%Cameroon: 6.0%6 others listed: 24.0%57%largest
France3,349 · 57.2%Côte d'Ivoire390 · 6.7%United States355 · 6.1%Cameroon351 · 6.0%6 others listed1,406 · 24.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Agriculture and Rural Development Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement publishes the most Agriculture and Rural Development Research research, followed by Université d'Abomey-Calavi and Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 252 works
  2. 2 Université d'Abomey-CalaviBenin 113 works
  3. 3 Université Félix Houphouët-BoignyCôte d'Ivoire 111 works
  4. 4 Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le DéveloppementFrance 90 works
  5. 5 Université de ParakouBenin 88 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 79 works
  7. 7 Cheikh Anta Diop UniversitySenegal 75 works
  8. 8 University of LoméTogo 74 works
  9. 9 University of KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo 70 works
  10. 10 Université Joseph Ki-ZerboBurkina Faso 65 works

Who are the leading researchers in Agriculture and Rural Development Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Agriculture and Rural Development Research include Pierre Bourdıeu, Henri Guitton and Jozef Deckers.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 10k citations
  2. 2 Henri Guitton United States 6.9k citations
  3. 3 Jozef Deckers Belgium 2.8k citations
  4. 4 Rattan Lal United States 2.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Agriculture and Rural Development Research research done?

The largest centres of Agriculture and Rural Development Research research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Montpellier (France), Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint-Genès-Champanelle, Parakou and Korhogo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 1k works
  2. 2 Montpellier France 288 works
  3. 3 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 207 works
  4. 4 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 159 works
  5. 5 Cotonou Benin 139 works
  6. 6 Toulouse France 135 works
  7. 7 Dakar Senegal 117 works
  8. 8 Lyon France 115 works
  9. 9 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 114 works
  10. 10 Rennes France 114 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Saint-Genès-ChampanelleFR · 51.9 works349×
  2. ParakouBJ · 88.2 works340×
  3. KorhogoCI · 54.2 works300×
  4. DaloaCI · 63.1 works259×
  5. Castanet-TolosanFR · 42.6 works214×
  6. KoudougouBF · 24.7 works179×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agriculture and Rural Development Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agriculture and Rural Development Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Hawassa University and Haramaya University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 18.83%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: 16, 28.5%Hawassa University: 14, 27.8%Haramaya University: 12, 25.3%Université de Dschang: 61, 13.9%Université de Montpellier: 33, 15.7%Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech: 8, 33.0%Université de Parakou: 88, 9.4%Université d'Abomey-Calavi: 114, 9.5%University of Bamenda: 44, 12.5%Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo: 65, 12.7%Kwame Nkrumah Univer…Hawassa UniversityHaramaya UniversityUniversité de Dschang
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 72.528.5%9.5×16 +281.1%
2 Hawassa UniversityEthiopia 71.227.8%17.1×14 +243.5%
3 Haramaya UniversityEthiopia 67.525.3%18.1×12 +196.6%
4 Université de DschangCameroon 67.313.9%68.5×61 +304.8%
5 Université de MontpellierFrance 67.215.7%15.4×33 +234.0%
6 Gembloux Agro-Bio TechBelgium 67.133.0%39.8×8 +10.8%
7 Université de ParakouBenin 66.59.4%339.2×88 +328.7%
8 Université d'Abomey-CalaviBenin 65.49.5%135.1×114 +148.0%
9 University of BamendaCameroon 63.412.5%81.8×44 +1857.8%
10 Université Joseph Ki-ZerboBurkina Faso 61.712.7%125.8×65 +103.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Agriculture and Rural Development Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Agriculture and Rural Development Research.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.