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Most cited papers in Rural Development and Agriculture

What are the most cited papers in Rural Development and Agriculture?

The most cited paper in Rural Development and Agriculture is "Contabilidade de Custos" (Ana Luiza Cantalogo de Campos, Eloir Trindade Vasques Vieira, Fortunato Lopes Bennett et al., 2022), with 1,148 citations. Next come "Decoupling of deforestation and soy production in the southern Amazon during the late 2000s" (662) and "Disponibilidade domiciliar de alimentos no Brasil: distribuição e evolução (1974-2003)" (473).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 112 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Contabilidade de Custos Ana Luiza Cantalogo de Campos, Eloir Trindade Vasques Vieira, Fortunato Lopes Bennett et al. · CAFI - Contabilidade Atuária Finanças & Informação Open access 24 Apr 2022 1,148
2 Decoupling of deforestation and soy production in the southern Amazon during the late 2000s Marcia Nunes Macedo, Ruth DeFries, Douglas C. Morton et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 9 Jan 2012 662
3 Disponibilidade domiciliar de alimentos no Brasil: distribuição e evolução (1974-2003) Renata Bertazzi Levy, Rosely Sichieri, Nézio dos Santos Pontes et al. · Revista de Saúde Pública Open access Aug 2005 473
4 Statistical confirmation of indirect land use change in the Brazilian Amazon Eugenio Yatsuda Arima, Peter D. Richards, Robert Walker et al. · Environmental Research Letters Open access Apr 2011 390
5 The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap, Ralph R Schneider · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization Apr 1996 373
6 Desenvolvimento rural no Brasil: os limites do passado e os caminhos do futuro Zander Navarro · Estudos Avançados Open access Dec 2001 373
7 Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) Ademar Ribeiro Romeiro et al. 1999 348
8 The Gender Asset Gap: Land in Latin America Carmen Diana Deere, Magdalena León · World Development 13 May 2003 337
9 Patterns of land use, extensification, and intensification of Brazilian agriculture Lívia Cristina Pinto Dias, F. M. Pimenta, Ana Beatriz Santos et al. · Global Change Biology 12 May 2016 323
10 Integrated crop-livestock system in tropical Brazil: Toward a sustainable production system Júlio César Salton, Fábio Martins Mercante, Michely Tomazi et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 24 Oct 2013 320
11 Agroecology and the reconstruction of a post-COVID-19 agriculture Miguel Angel Altieri, Clara Ines Nicholls · The Journal of Peasant Studies 2 Jul 2020 317
12 Configuração espacial da microbacia do córrego Yungue em Juiz de Fora, MG. Edna Sheron da Costa Garcez, Flávia Carneiro Gonçalves, Layla Karoline Tito Alves et al. · Americanae (AECID Library) Open access 2004 315
13 Agriculture in Brazil: impacts, costs, and opportunities for a sustainable future Luiz Antônio Martinelli, Rosamond L. Naylor, Peter M. Vitousek et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Review 26 Oct 2010 289
14 Brazilian sugarcane bagasse: Energy and non-energy consumption Kelly Hofsetz, Maria Aparecida Azevedo Pereira da Silva · Biomass and Bioenergy 21 Jul 2012 284
15 Mudanças na composição e adequação nutricional da dieta familiar nas áreas metropolitanas do Brasil (1988-1996) Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Lenise Mondini, Renata Bl Costa · Revista de Saúde Pública Open access Jun 2000 280
16 Biomass Residues in Brazil: Availability and Potential Uses Viridiana Santana Ferreira-Leitão, Leda Maria Fortes Gottschalk, Maria Antonieta Ferrara et al. · Waste and Biomass Valorization 6 Feb 2010 272
17 The Caatinga: Understanding the Challenges José Maria Cardoso da Silva, Luís Claudio Fernandes Barbosa, Inara R. Leal et al. · Caatinga Book chapter 2017 268
18 The soybean yield gap in Brazil – magnitude, causes and possible solutions for sustainable production Paulo César Sentelhas, Rafael Battisti, G M S Camara et al. · The Journal of Agricultural Science Open access 24 Apr 2015 266
19 Política Nacional de Atenção Básica: para onde vamos? Lígia Giovanella, Cassiano Mendes Franco, Patty Fidélis de Almeida · Ciência & Saúde Coletiva Open access Apr 2020 246
20 O Programa de Saúde da Família e a construção de um novo modelo para a atenção básica no Brasil Sarah Escorel, Lígia Giovanella, Maria Helena Magalhães de Mendonça et al. · Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública Open access Mar 2007 231
21 Near doubling of Brazil’s intensive row crop area since 2000 Viviana Zalles, Matthew C. Hansen, Peter V. Potapov et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 17 Dec 2018 225
22 Por que morrem os cortadores de cana? Francisco Alvès · Saúde e Sociedade Open access Dec 2006 223
23 Trabalho e gênero no Brasil nos últimos dez anos Maria Cristina Aranha Bruschini · Cadernos de Pesquisa Open access Dec 2007 220
24 Linkages between soybean and neotropical deforestation: Coupling and transient decoupling dynamics in a multi-decadal analysis Ignácio Gasparri, H. Ricardo Grau, Jorgelina Gutiérrez Angonese · Global Environmental Change Open access 8 Oct 2013 215
25 Saúde do trabalhador: aspectos históricos, avanços e desafios no Sistema Único de Saúde Carlos Minayo Gómez, Luiz Carlos Fadel de Vasconcellos, Jorge Mesquita Huet Machado · Ciência & Saúde Coletiva Open access Jun 2018 206
26 Transtorno da compulsão alimentar periódica Alexandre Pinto de Azevedo, Cimâni Cristina dos Santos, Dulcineia Cardoso da Fonseca · Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo) Open access 2004 200
27 Expanding the Soy Moratorium to Brazil’s Cerrado Aline C. Soterroni, Fernando Manuel Ramos, Aline Mosnier et al. · Science Advances Open access 5 Jul 2019 198
28 Sugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society: Bahia, 1550-1835 Francis A. Dutra · Hispanic American Historical Review Feb 1988 197
29 A agroecologia como perspectiva de sustentabilidade na agricultura familiar Cruz Santos, Elisabete Stradiotto Siqueira, Iriane Teresa de Araújo et al. · Ambiente & sociedade Open access Jun 2014 194
30 Drought in Northeast Brazil: A review of agricultural and policy adaptation options for food security José Antonio Marengo, Marcelo Valadares Galdos, Andrew Juan Challinor et al. · Climate Resilience and Sustainability Open access 21 Sep 2021 192
31 PRONAF dez anos depois: resultados e perspectivas para o desenvolvimento rural Carlos Enrique Guanziroli · Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural Open access Jun 2007 191
32 Expansion of no-tillage practice in conservation agriculture in Brazil Rafael Fuentes-Llanillo, Tiago Santos Telles, Dimas Soares et al. · Soil and Tillage Research Open access 7 Dec 2020 182
33 Brazil and the Struggle for Rubber: A Study in Environmental History. Marshall C. Eakin, Warren Dean · Hispanic American Historical Review Nov 1988 182
34 Três gerações de políticas públicas para a agricultura familiar e formas de interação entre sociedade e estado no Brasil Cátia Grisa, Sérgio Schneider · Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural Open access 2014 180
35 Pecuária e desmatamento: uma análise das principais causas diretas do desmatamento na Amazônia Sérgio Rivero, Oriana Trindade de Almeida, Saulo Ávila et al. · Nova Economia Open access 2009 177
36 Plant species diversity of homegardens of Cuba and its significance for household food supply Alexander Wezel, S. Franz Bender · Agroforestry Systems 2003 177
37 The Brazilian school feeding programme: an example of an integrated programme in support of food and nutrition security Emilie Sidaner, Daniel Balaban, Luciene Burlandy · Public Health Nutrition Open access 6 Dec 2012 172
38 The development of Brazilian agriculture: future technological challenges and opportunities P. A. A. Pereira, Geraldo Bueno Martha Júnior, Carlos AM Santana et al. · Agriculture & Food Security Open access 19 Apr 2012 171
39 Analyzing the agricultural transition in Mato Grosso, Brazil, using satellite-derived indices Damien Arvor, Margareth Meirelles, Vincent Dubreuil et al. · Applied Geography Open access 10 Sep 2011 171
40 SANTOS, MILTON: SILVEIRA, MARIA LAURA. O BRASIL: TERRITÓRIO E SOCIEDADE NO INÍCIO DO SÉCULO XXI. RIO DE JANEIRO RECOR, 2001 Tadeu Alencar Arrais · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) Open access 7 Jul 2008 167
41 Results of studies made from 1977 to 1984 to control erosion by cover crops and no-tillage techniques in Paraná, Brazil Rolf Derpsch, N. Sidiras, Christian H. Roth · Soil and Tillage Research Nov 1986 167
42 Brazilian policy and agribusiness damage the Amazon rainforest Éder Johnson de Area Leão Pereira, Luiz Carlos de Santana Ribeiro, Lúcio Flávio da Silva Freitas et al. · Land Use Policy 28 Jan 2020 165
43 Soy moratorium impacts on soybean and deforestation dynamics in Mato Grosso, Brazil Jude H. Kastens, J. Christopher Brown, Alexandre Camargo Coutinho et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 28 Apr 2017 159
44 Policy in Brazil (2016–2019) threaten conservation of the Amazon rainforest Éder Johnson de Area Leão Pereira, Paulo Ferreira, Luiz Carlos de Santana Ribeiro et al. · Environmental Science & Policy 14 Jun 2019 158
45 Velhos e novos mitos do rural brasileiro José Graziano da Silva · Estudos Avançados Open access Dec 2001 156
46 Políticas e gestão da educação básica no Brasil: limites e perspectivas Luiz Fernandes Dourado · Educação & Sociedade Open access Oct 2007 156
47 Educação básica no Brasil na década de 1990: subordinação ativa e consentida à lógica do mercado Gaudêncio Frigotto, María Ciavatta · Educação & Sociedade Open access Apr 2003 155
48 The Brazilian sugarcane innovation system André Tosi Furtado, Mirna Ivonne Gaya Scandiffio, Luı́s Augusto Barbosa Cortez · Energy Policy 18 Oct 2010 155
49 Brazilian Biodiesel Policy: Social and environmental considerations of sustainability Catherine Aliana Gucciardi Garcez, João Nildo de Souza Vianna · Energy 14 Jan 2009 155
50 Distribuição regional e socioeconômica da disponibilidade domiciliar de alimentos no Brasil em 2008-2009 Renata Bertazzi Levy, Rafael Moreira Claro, Lenise Mondini et al. · Revista de Saúde Pública Open access 17 Dec 2011 155

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