Most cited papers in Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
What are the most cited papers in Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development?
The most cited paper in Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development is "Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity" (Éric F. Lambin, Patrick Meyfroidt, 2011), with 3,162 citations. Next come "Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification" (2,083) and "The Number, Size, and Distribution of Farms, Smallholder Farms, and Family Farms Worldwide" (2,013).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 575 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity Éric F. Lambin, Patrick Meyfroidt · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 14 Feb 2011 | 3,162 |
| 2 | Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification Teja Tscharntke, Yann Clough, Thomas Cherico Wanger et al. · Biological Conservation | 12 Mar 2012 | 2,083 |
| 3 | The Number, Size, and Distribution of Farms, Smallholder Farms, and Family Farms Worldwide Sarah K. Lowder, Jakob Skoet, Terri L. Raney · World Development | 9 Feb 2016 | 2,013 |
| 4 | Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance F. G. Bailey · Pacific Affairs | Jun 1987 | 1,901 |
| 5 | Livelihoods perspectives and rural development Ian Scoones · The Journal of Peasant Studies | 2009 | 1,873 |
| 6 | Participatory learning for sustainable agriculture Jules Pretty · World Development | Aug 1995 | 1,734 |
| 7 | Conservation agriculture and smallholder farming in Africa: The heretics’ view K.E. Giller, Ernst Witter, Marc Corbeels et al. · Field Crops Research | 29 Jul 2009 | 1,500 |
| 8 | Conceptualizing food systems for global environmental change research Polly Ericksen · Global Environmental Change | 27 Nov 2007 | 1,491 |
| 9 | Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. A review Alexander Wezel, Stéphane Bellon, Thierry Doré et al. · Agronomy for Sustainable Development | 3 Apr 2009 | 1,465 |
| 10 | Biodiversity Conservation and the Eradication of Poverty William M. Adams, Ros Aveling, Dan Brockington et al. · Science | 11 Nov 2004 | 1,362 |
| 11 | The Tragedy of the Anticommons: Property in the Transition from Marx to Markets Michael Heller · Harvard Law Review | 1998 | 1,350 |
| 12 | Global maize production, consumption and trade: trends and R&D implications Olaf Erenstein, Moti Jaleta, Kai Sonder et al. · Food Security | 17 May 2022 | 1,328 |
| 13 | The livelihoods approach and management of small-scale fisheries Edward H. Allison, Frank B. Ellis · Marine Policy | Sep 2001 | 1,327 |
| 14 | A food regime genealogy Philip McMichael · The Journal of Peasant Studies | 2009 | 1,233 |
| 15 | Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains Daniel Curtis Nepstad, David Gibbs McGrath, Claudia M. Stickler et al. · Science | 5 Jun 2014 | 1,188 |
| 16 | Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability Johan Rockström, John N. Williams, Gretchen C. Daily et al. · AMBIO | 12 Jul 2016 | 1,159 |
| 17 | The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana Markus Goldstein, Christopher Udry · Journal of Political Economy | Dec 2008 | 1,151 |
| 18 | Agroecology: the science of natural resource management for poor farmers in marginal environments Miguel Angel Altieri · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | Dec 2002 | 1,128 |
| 19 | Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis Arild Angelsen, Pamela Jagger, Ronnie Babigumira et al. · World Development | 13 Apr 2014 | 1,127 |
| 20 | Community-based conservation in a globalized world Fikret Berkes · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 19 Sep 2007 | 1,116 |
| 21 | When yield gaps are poverty traps: The paradigm of ecological intensification in African smallholder agriculture Pablo Adrián Tittonell, K.E. Giller · Field Crops Research | 23 Nov 2012 | 1,094 |
| 22 | Climate change and food security Peter J. Gregory, John S. I. Ingram, Michael Brklacich · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 24 Oct 2005 | 1,078 |
| 23 | Rural Development: From Practices and Policies towards Theory J.D. van der Ploeg, H. Renting, Gianluca Brunori et al. · Sociologia Ruralis | Oct 2000 | 1,033 |
| 24 | Global assessment of agricultural system redesign for sustainable intensification Jules Pretty, Tim G. Benton, Zareen Pervez Bharucha et al. · Nature Sustainability | 23 Jul 2018 | 1,016 |
| 25 | Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime Emily Huddart Kennedy · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | 20 Dec 2019 | 1,005 |
| 26 | Sustainable intensification in agricultural systems Jules Pretty, Zareen Pervez Bharucha · Annals of Botany | 28 Oct 2014 | 1,002 |
| 27 | Global Food Security: Challenges and Policies Mark W. Rosegrant, Sarah A. Cline · Science | 11 Dec 2003 | 980 |
| 28 | Zoopolis: a political theory of animal rights Stephen Cooke · Global Policy | May 2012 | 972 |
| 29 | Organic agriculture and the global food supply Catherine E. Badgley, Jeremy Moghtader, Eileen Quintero et al. · Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems | Jun 2007 | 962 |
| 30 | Agroecology: The Ecology of Food Systems Charles Andrew Francis, Geir Lieblein, Stephen R. Gliessman et al. · Journal of Sustainable Agriculture | 17 Jul 2003 | 956 |
| 31 | What is land? Assembling a resource for global investment Tania Murray Li · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | 14 Jul 2014 | 954 |
| 32 | Behavioural and material determinants of production relations in agriculture Hans P. Binswanger, Mark Richard Rosenzweig · The Journal of Development Studies | Apr 1986 | 942 |
| 33 | Food system resilience: Defining the concept Danielle M. Tendall, Jonas Joerin, Birgit Kopainsky et al. · Global Food Security | 25 Sep 2015 | 931 |
| 34 | Agrifood Industry Transformation and Small Farmers in Developing Countries Thomas Reardon, Christopher B. Barrett, Julio A. Berdegué et al. · World Development | Oct 2009 | 923 |
| 35 | Agroecological principles and elements and their implications for transitioning to sustainable food systems. A review Alexander Wezel, Barbara Herren, Rachel Bezner Kerr et al. · Agronomy for Sustainable Development | 27 Oct 2020 | 910 |
| 36 | Crops that feed the world 7: Rice Papa Abdoulaye Seck, Aliou Diagne, Samarendu Mohanty et al. · Food Security | 21 Feb 2012 | 907 |
| 37 | Westernization of Asian diets and the transformation of food systems: Implications for research and policy Prabhu Pingali · Food Policy | 19 Sep 2006 | 904 |
| 38 | Global Land Grabbing and Trajectories of Agrarian Change: A Preliminary Analysis Saturnino M. Borras, Jennifer Conroy Franco · Journal of Agrarian Change | 13 Dec 2011 | 868 |
| 39 | The dimensions of soil security Alex B. McBratney, Damien J. Field, Andrea Koch · Geoderma | 12 Sep 2013 | 867 |
| 40 | People, Parks and Poverty: Political Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation William M. Adams, Jon M. Hutton · Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University) | Apr 2007 | 852 |
| 41 | The second Silent Spring? John Richard Krebs, Jeremy D. Wilson, Richard B. Bradbury et al. · Nature | Aug 1999 | 834 |
| 42 | Collective action for smallholder market access Helen Markelova, Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick, Jon Hellin et al. · Food Policy | 18 Nov 2008 | 824 |
| 43 | Soil Degradation, Land Scarcity and Food Security: Reviewing a Complex Challenge Tiziano Gomiero · Sustainability | 18 Mar 2016 | 816 |
| 44 | Biodiversity conservation and agricultural sustainability: towards a new paradigm of ‘ecoagriculture’ landscapes Sara J Scherr, Jeffrey A. McNeely · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 25 Jul 2007 | 811 |
| 45 | Agroecologically efficient agricultural systems for smallholder farmers: contributions to food sovereignty Miguel Angel Altieri, Fernando Rafael Funes-Monzote, Paulo Frederico Petersen · Agronomy for Sustainable Development | 13 Dec 2011 | 797 |
| 46 | To Make Live or Let Die? Rural Dispossession and the Protection of Surplus Populations Tania Murray Li · Antipode | 2010 | 783 |
| 47 | Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes Ingo Graß et al. · Nature Communications | 4 Mar 2020 | 782 |
| 48 | Advancing a Political Ecology of Global Environmental Discourses William Neil Adger, Tor A. Benjaminsen, Katrina Myrvang Brown et al. · Development and Change | Sep 2001 | 778 |
| 49 | The adaptation and mitigation potential of traditional agriculture in a changing climate Miguel Angel Altieri, Clara Ines Nicholls · Climatic Change | 12 Sep 2013 | 768 |
| 50 | Ecological intensification of agriculture — sustainable by nature Pablo Adrián Tittonell · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability | 29 Aug 2014 | 764 |
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