Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2026

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Volume 238, issue C, 2026

Three case studies of policy interventions in grassland-based production systems in Europe – An ex-ante analysis using econometric mathematical programming

Henning Schaak, Verena Scherfranz, Jochen Kantelhardt, Flaviu V. Bodea, Cristina Costache, Razvan Popa, J.P. Reinier de Vries, David Kleijn, Aki Kadulin, Indrek Melts and Lena Schaller

A framework for conceptualizing agricultural diversification with a focus on the U.S. Corn Belt

L. Asprooth, R. Traldi, J. Arbuckle, S. Church, K. Floress, B. Gramig, S. Harden, A.J. Margenot, A. Thompson, A. Torres, E. DeaKyne and L.S. Prokopy

Conservation agriculture in Argentina and Germany: a comparative review of adoption pathways and environmental outcomes

Gabriela Fernandez-Gnecco, Doreen Babin, Lena Ulber, Roberto Javier Crespo, Paula Fernandez, Lorenz Kottmann, Linda Tendler, Josefina Vera Candioti, Christoph von Redwitz, Ana Beatriz Wingeyer, Eduardo Trumper, María Carolina Sasal and Gustavo S. Cambareri

Climate change impacts on crop yields across Madagascar and household-informed adaptation strategies

Anna Hampf, Chiara Sophia Weituschat, Lisa Murken, Laingo Irintsoa Rasolofo and Christoph Gornott

Shifting prospects for wheat production: Long-term simulation-based insights under best management in Australia

M. Fernanda Dreccer, Bangyou Zheng, Pengcheng Hu, Loretta Clancy, William Short and Karen Tanino

Synchronising plant nectar supply with bee nectar collection maximises honey production in a farm revegetation scenario

Joanne L. Picknoll, Pieter Poot and Michael Renton

Grazing re-engineers the plant-animal-soil carbon pump across topographic gradients

Xinzhou Zhao, Yi Zhou, Lan Li, Fujiang Hou and Zhibiao Nan

The Daisy model: A tool for simulating agricultural systems – Recent (2012–2025) developments, calibrations and validations

Maja Holbak, Per Abrahamsen, Celine R. Grønning, Tobias Klöffel, Magdalena V. Schwartzkopff, Merete E. Styczen, Simon F. Svane and Efstathios Diamantopoulos

Causal inference reveals the dominant role of climate-adaptation coupling in future potato production

Zhihao He, Tengcong Jiang, Lin Zhu, Ning Yao, Yi Li, Hao Feng, De Li Liu, Liang He, Jianqiang He and Qiang Yu

Multi-objective calibration of APSIM Next Generation using NSGA-II for simulating spring wheat yield and soil N₂O emissions under nitrogen gradients: A site-specific case study on the Loess Plateau

Yao Yao, Mengyin Du, Guorong Xu, Yanhua Lu, Shuainan Liu, Yanyan Li, Jun Du, Jie Li, Jun Wang, Lijuan Yan, Guang Li and Jianyu Yuan

Contested transition pathways in pastoral landscapes: Stakeholder perspectives on agroecology

Tolera Senbeto Jiren

Achieving self-sufficiency in China's future maize production through data-driven interpretable machine learning strategies

Yueying Wang, Peng Wang, Jin Wang, Qingguan Wu, Zhiming Qi, Yong He and Qianjing Jiang

Development of the DNDC-SubS 1.0 model for simulating long-term dynamics of crop yield and soil organic carbon under subsoiling

Wenzhou Guo, Jianjun Yang, Shuaibo Shao, Xiao Huang, Yu Yan, Conrad Zorn, Beibei Wang, Jiarui Wu, Shenchao Qiao, Chaoqing Yu and Ligang Wang

Multi-dimensional coupling framework for soil salinity assessment: Revealing spatiotemporal interactions among soil, environment, and cotton growth

Bowei Xu, Jiajie Yang, Rumeng Zhao, Jilian Li, Xinzhu Ning, Fuguang Li, Hai Lin, Zuoren Yang and Liqiang Fan

Integrated soil-water-fertilizer synergetic strategy for sustainable vegetable production: Advancing food-energy-water‑carbon nexus in Southern China

Fabo Liu, Yunfei Yang, Xiaopeng Gao, Fen Zhang, Wenkang Yang, Yousheng He, Tao Liang, Xiaozhong Wang and Xinping Chen

Village-level multi-objective optimization of wheat and maize area constraints: Balancing irrigation water use, carbon intensity, and farm income

Jianhu Lei, Dan Bai, Zhangning Xu, Li Li, Xueli Bai and Wen Zhou

Coupling agroclimatic indices and species distribution models to project future plum-growing zones in Morocco

Kamal El fallah, Zahra El kettabi, Hicham Ouhakki, Driss Belghyti and Jamal Charafi

From adoption to adaptation: Smallholder decision logics behind the irrigation adoption paradox

Zhiyuan Zhu and Yongzhong Feng

Scale-dependent effects of area and spatial heterogeneity on crop diversity and nutrient productivity in Latin America

Anahí R. Fernandez, Hannah Wittman, Khanh Dao Duc, Riddhi Battu, Ilyas Siddique, Zia Mehrabi, Martina Propedo and Lucas A. Garibaldi

Assessing the relationship between structural characteristics, profitability, and extra-financial performance in a French pig farming network

Edouard Marcault and Arnaud Buchet

Public land grazing simplifies grassland multifunctionality: A systemic decoupling of plant-soil interactions in a temperate pastoral system

Yuanjun Zhu, Baizhu Wang, Danyu Wang, Fanbin Hu, Ya Tu, Xiaohui Yang, Zhongjie Shi and Tuvshintogtokh Indree

Livestock farming intensification: Mitigating or exacerbating feed-food competition? Contrasting results in broiler, dairy, and beef production

E. Caumette, M. Berton, M. Coppa, R. Eppenstein, L. Rey-Cadilhac, S. De Smet, A. Cartoni Mancinelli, B. Deroche, M. Gelé, M. Estévez, E. Sturaro, C. Berri, I. Veissier, B. Martin and F. Leiber

Mixed-cropping enhances profitability and reduces greenhouse gas emissions in semi-arid dryland cropping regions

Sadeeka L. Jayasinghe, Dean T. Thomas and Michael Young

Trust, support, and knowledge sharing: The role of social capital in responsible scaling of climate-smart agriculture

Deissy Martinez-Baron, Anne Gravsholt Busck and Steven D. Prager

Evaluating the yield gap of cropping systems: A comparison of alternative approaches across regions

Ilankovan Brintha, Ando M. Radanielson and Keith G. Pembleton

Multi-objective optimization of wheat-maize management for climate-smart agriculture in China

Lichang Yin, Fulu Tao, Yibo Li, Yi Chen, Xiaofeng Wang, Gerrit Hoogenboom and Zhao Zhang

Spatio-temporal analysis for identifying hotspots and trends of nitrogen and potential energy valorisation from livestock manure in Italy

Raffaele Grieco, Marco Bovo, Elena Cervelli, Stefania Pindozzi, Ester Scotto di Perta, Daniele Torreggiani and Patrizia Tassinari

Scaling through friction: Learning, trust, and institutional alignment in global AgTech

Jorge Fernandez-Vidal

Impact of 10 years of adaptive multi-paddock grazing on soil carbon and beef's greenhouse gas footprint in the US Upper Midwest

Lautaro Garcia, Paige L. Stanley, Joao P. Sacramento, Jasmine A. Dillon, Mariko Thorbecke, Logan R. Thompson, Vrinda Ambike, Prateek Sharma, Sutie Xu, Marilia B. Chiavegato, Matt R. Raven, Bruno Basso and Jason E. Rowntree

Global synthesis reveals divergent effects of grassland management on ecosystem services

Yifan Wu and Yan Xiao

Cost-effective urban farming with alternative water sources treated by nature-based solutions: A critical review of global practices

Niloofar Shoja Razavi, Kefeng Zhang and Veljko Prodanovic

Towards a resilience framework for Australian extensive cattle systems facing increasing climate extremes: A review

F.M. Hasan, A. Chlingaryan, C.E.F. Clark, P.C. Thomson, M.R. Islam and S. Lomax

Are agroecological practices pro-poor? Evidence from smallholder farms in Zimbabwe

Frédéric Baudron, Gatien Falconnier, Telma Sibanda and Vimbayi G.P. Chimonyo

Irrigation-induced economic value for global major crops: A biophysical perspective on yield benefits versus greenhouse gas emission costs of croplands

Yajie Zhang, Yu Shi, Puyu Feng, Yuxing Yan and Linchao Li

Optimising county-level farmland allocation among crops in Northeast China under climate change and adaptive practices

Yufan Sun, Yanzhuo Chen, Yufeng Yao and Jeroen Buysse

Optimizing trade-offs and synergies for sustainable intensification: A household-level analysis of mixed farming systems in sub-saharan Africa

Meron Awoke Eshetae, Wuletawu Abera, Jeroen C.J. Groot, Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Getachew Tesfaye Ayehu, Mohammed Ebrahim, Jalaludeen Masoud and Lulseged Tamene

New approach to calculate agri-environmental indicators using greenhouse gas emissions in Switzerland as an example

Anina Gilgen, Jérôme Schneuwly, Cyrill Zosso, Lutz Merbold and Daniel Bretscher

Quantifying ecosystem services under future climate and conservation agriculture scenarios in an agricultural landscape

Yiyi Zhang, Jeff Liebert, Lael Parrott and Brian E Robinson

Explainable machine learning decrypts the impact of compound drought and heat events on the agricultural net carbon sink: Evidences from Middle Yangtze Region, China

Tiangui Lv, Menghan Yuan, Xianzhe Huang, Gui Jin, Li Wang and Qiao Zhao

From organic wastes to feed, fertilizer, fuels and materials: A systems review of insect farming and biorefinery pathways in urban and agroecosystems

Phei Er Kee, Diana Jose, Dillirani Nagarajan, Malinee Sriariyanun and Yu-Shen Cheng

Diversifying cropping with vetch enhances agroecosystem services under reduced nitrogen supply: Insights from field measurements and modeling evidence

Jingui Wei, Heyu Chen, Yi Xu, Qiang Chai, Wen Yin, Gary Gan, Pingxing Wan, Falong Hu, Zhilong Fan, Lianhao Zhao, Yali Sun, Saeed Karbin, Pete Smith and Mohamed Abdalla

Agentic Agriculture 5.0: A conceptual framework for human-artificial intelligence co-governance in wise agricultural systems

Carlos Parra-López and Carmen Carmona-Torres

Impacts of optimized irrigation and diversified crop rotations on groundwater sustainability and productivity in the North China Plain

Bo Wang, Peng Zhu, Jos van Dam, Coen Ritsema, Wenbin Wu and Wenjuan Li

Sustainable oil palm cultivation through a One Health perspective: Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and public health

Alain Rival, Marc Ancrenaz, Philippe Guizol, Isabelle Lackman, Sempe Burhan, Denis Fabre, Muhammad Firdaus Sulaiman, Marcel Djama and François Roger

Economic impacts and farming system responses to the first detection of coffee leaf rust in Hawaii

Mywish K. Maredia, David L. Ortega, Caitlin Herrington and Jose Maria Martinez

Volume 237, issue C, 2026

Harvest timing as a key lever for improvement of alfalfa-based feeding systems: A bio-economic analysis for a Brandenburg dairy farm

Anatol Thös, Johannes Schuler, Lennart Kokemohr, Peter Zander, Klaus Gutser, Sandra Uthes, Seyed-Ali Hosseini-Yekani and Joachim Aurbacher

Bridging biodiversity and food systems: A nationwide synthesis of non-conventional food plants (PANCs) in Brazil

Gustavo Barreto Costa, Luiz Henrique Silva Lopes, Karina Pinheiro Martins, Nathália Letícia Hernandez Brito, Jhony Silva Ramos, Ana Caroline Silvestre Barbosa Alessi, Ana Elisa Melo da Silva, Thais Aparecida Santos, Ornella Monique Pereira Ferri, Maria João de Almeida Coelho de Sousa, Sandrina Alves Heleno, Douglas Neil Rutledge and Flávia Aparecida Reitz Cardoso

The impact of scale operations on optimizing crop distribution in fragmented lands

Huicong Chen, Yingbin He, Xiangyi Wang, Yixuan Duan, Yifan Jiao, Sijie Fan and Anran Feng

Linking agroecological performance and water-energy-food-ecosystems Nexus indicators: A multi-scale assessment of farming systems in Tunisia

Ali Rhouma, Hayet Midouni, Youssef Trifa, Tarek Trabelsi, Ahmed Rebai, Hanen Ben Ismail, Hanene Boussi Rahmouni, Saoussen Turki, Shiraz Beji, Latifa Beltaifa, Nabil Attia, Marwa Khammassi, Rim Bouchoucha, Magid Chaabane, Gil José Maria and Jalila El Ati

Farm level natural capital accounting to connect on-ground agroforestry decision making with local and global imperatives: A case study in Tasmania, Australia

Daniel S. Mendham, Anthony O'Grady, Stephen Stewart, Jacqueline R. England, Suzanne M. Prober, Thomas Baker, Shaun Brooks, Martin Moroni, Chris Ware, Aysha Fleming, Stephen Roxburgh, Sue Ogilvy and Molly Marshall

Spatial cropping structure optimization in the Yellow River Basin based on dynamic water supply and crop suitability under future SSP-RCP scenarios

Yingying Cui, Chuanbao Wu, Geng Niu and Jiliang Zhen

A scenario-based framework linking biophysical soil carbon modeling to illustrative economic signals

Ayomikun David Ajayi, Wiyao Banakinaou, Tadao Aoda and Hideo Hasegawa

Inoculum dose, diversity, dispersal, and damage: Simulating optimal economic control of hop powdery mildew at the landscape level

Joshua F. Pedro, Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya, Shirshendu Chatterjee, Thomas L. Marsh, Jae Young Hwang and David H. Gent

Accounting for temporal and agroecological variability in greenhouse gas emissions from Australian livestock grazing systems

Maria Beatriz Lopez Peralta, Richard Eckard, Rachelle Meyer, Rodney Keenan and Brendan Cullen

Can cropland systems maintain resilience under intensifying urbanization? The evidence from China's Yangtze River Economic Belt

Liting Chen, Guangyin Shang and Anlu Zhang

Variations in soil nutrients and functional microbe abundances govern GHGs emissions under different rice rotation regimes

Zheng Zhao, Xiangyang Gui, Jinxi He, Zhimin Sha, Qingfeng Wang, Deping Zhou, Changbin Chu and Shuhang Wu

Evolving perspectives on agricultural systems research: Contemporary trends and editorial directions

Jagadish Timsina, Mark van Wijk, Krishna Devkota, Antonius G.T. Schut, Carlos Parra-López, Guillaume Martin, James A. Turner, Emma Stephens, Adam M. Komarek, Simon Fielke, Leonard Rusinamhodzi, Nadine Andrieu, Zhao Zhang and Paul Crosson

Assessment of readiness for conservation agriculture in Morocco: implications for targeting smallholder support

Emirjona Kertolli, Adam Komarek, Paolo Prosperi, Seyed-Ali Hosseini-Yekani, Xiaoli Fan, Ajit Govind, Rachid Harbouze and Hatem Belhouchette

A system dynamics approach to quantifying the cost-effectiveness of endemic livestock disease control: An application to foot-and-mouth disease in Rwanda

Ralph P. Jean-Pierre, Karl M. Rich, Sirak T. Bahta, Amy D. Hagerman, Dolapo K. Enahoro and Ashley F. Railey

Multi-scale drivers of wild bee communities in vineyard agroecosystems

Briann Dorin and Sheila Colla

Assessment of the level of compliance with good agricultural practices for cotton production in the different cotton-growing zones of Benin

Takpa, O'’Neil G.M.M., Pierre G. Tovihoudji, Romain Loison, Isidore Amonmidé, Benjamin Heuclin, Emmanuel Sèkloka, Pablo Tittonell and Rodrigue V. Cao Diogo

Sustainability trade-offs in diversified cropping systems: Productivity, profitability, energy efficiency, ecosystem service value and environmental impacts

Jian Wang, Xin Li, Zhenggui Zhang, Xiaofei Li, Lu Feng, Guilan Sun, Pengcheng Li, Zhanlei Pan, Shiwu Xiong, Beifang Yang, Minghua Xin, Yabing Li and Zhanbiao Wang

Spatio-temporal divergent trends of cropland exposure to multi-precipitation extremes across China under future climate scenarios

Ying Gao, Linyue Wang, Yuwei Wang, Yanlei Ye and Na Zhao

Sustainable vegetation management methods in commercial photovoltaic plants

D.A. Rodriguez-Pastor, A. Ruiz-Diez, J.J. Gonzalez-Lopez, V.M. Soltero and R. Chacartegui

Explaining the decline of Mediterranean meat sheep farming through system dynamics modelling

Alicia Prat-Benhamou, Birgit Kopainsky, Alberto Bernués, Daniel Martín-Collado and Alicia Tenza-Peral

Linking environmental impact and on-farm animal welfare in the Parmigiano Reggiano dairy system

Marco Berton, Marco Nocetti, Gaetano Cappelli, Alessio Cecchinato, Luigi Gallo and Enrico Sturaro

Winter canola integration improves carbon balance, biomass, and profitability in illinois corn–soybean systems

Muhammad Umer Arshad, Soonho Hwang, Chunhwa Jang, Heesu Jeon and DoKyoung Lee

Reassessing the economic returns of diverse traditional agricultural systems for smallholder farmers: a case study of the milpa in Mexico

Julio Díaz-José, Rogelio Limón-Rivera, Otto R. Leyva-Ovalle, Leticia Myriam Sagarnaga-Villegas, Gregorio Briones-Ruiz, A. Carolina Elizondo-Salas, Hilario García-Martínez, Susana I. Castillo-Martínez, Pablo Andrés-Meza, Oscar Díaz-José, Francisco Guevara-Hernández and Mauricio R. Bellon

Emissions accounting for agriculture: Next frontiers

Saule Burkitbayeva, Emma Aisbett, Jill E. Hobbs and William A. Kerr

Grassland conversion and social identity: Evidence from Western Canadian cattle producers

Rebecca Zanello and Eric Micheels

Promoting sustainable pest management through digital decision support tools: Insights from India

Justice A. Tambo, Malvika Chaudhary, Idah Mugambi, Madhu Manjari, Mahesh H. Munireddappa, Kritika Khanna, J.V. Mohan Rao, M. Bheemanna, Prabhuraj Aralimarad and Rajkumar Ramasamy

Estimating carbon footprints and economic trade-offs in Mongolia's cashmere value chain: An integrated system dynamics approach

Joshua Aboah, Derek Chan, Sirak Bahta, Vandandorj Sumya, Fiona Flintan and Isabelle Baltenweck

Developing a farmer-centered framework for assessing adoption readiness of digital agricultural technologies: Validation with German farmers

Marius Michels and Lena Isenberg

Impact of including non-carcass edible output on bioeconomic, food-feed and greenhouse gas emissions performance of dairy-beef systems

A. McNamee, M. McGee, E.G. O'Riordan, D. McCrudden and P. Crosson

Organic inputs, sustainable agricultural practices, and smallholder resilience to climate shocks: Evidence from Ethiopia

Aklok Getnet, Xianli Xia, Taye Melese Mekie and Agerie Nega Wassihun

From calibration to objective-function governance: Operationalizing wise agricultural systems

Michael Carolan

Reinterpreting scaling as synchronising and sequencing: A case study of food system innovation in eastern India

Costanza Conti, Prashant Parida, Andy Hall, Nitya Rao, Girigan Gopi, E.D.I. Oliver King and Soumya Swaminathan

Consumer preferences and business model innovation in women-led agri-food systems: Evidence from Morocco

Eleonora Sofia Rossi, Dina Najjar, Dorsaf Oueslati, Andrea Visioni and Emanuele Blasi

Nonlinear response patterns of grain yield to drought gradients and the underlying driving mechanisms

Xinyu Guo, Zilong Wang, Youzhu Zhao and Qiuxiang Jiang

Economic and ecological outcomes of in-house and third-party coffee certifications in Rwanda

Bruno Paz, Meike Wollni, Miet Maertens, Carolina Ocampo-Ariza and Arne Wenzel

Stage-specific drivers and bottlenecks in agricultural innovation ecosystems: Evidence from agricultural science and technology professionals' three-stage innovation behavior

Xiafang Shi, Ziyu Zhou, Zheng Wang, Jie Zhang and Yifeng Wu

A crop-growth-coupled simulation-optimization approach for canal system scheduling within water-energy-food nexus

Hui Wu, Chenglong Zhang, Qiong Yue, Rui Chen and Hong Li

Agroecology as a systemic orientation of farming systems: Evidence from an environmentally protected area

Giuseppe Timpanaro and Vera Teresa Foti

How do irrigation modes affect the water-land-energy‑carbon-food nexus for potatoes in the Yellow River Basin?

Wenjing Duan, Changbin Yin, Jing Ren, Yanshu Yin, Yingnan Zhang, Zhizhen Yao, Ke Xu, Zihong Yang and Aurore Degre

Strategies for integrating grain legumes into cereal-based rotations: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Sweden

Hui Tao, Helena Hansson, Jing Lu, Per-Anders Hansson and Vivian Wei Huang

Grazing herbivores as keystone regulators of soil aggregation: A comprehensive review of multi-pathway mechanisms and sustainable grassland management implications

Bin Wei, Ruihuan Zhang, Yuqi Wei, Yupeng Lu, Xiaorong Xie, Xinghai Hao and Jinrong Liu

Greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen flows of multispecies pastured livestock farms in Québec, Canada

Pascal Genest-Richard, Sarah J. Pogue, Isabelle Breune, Caroline Halde, Patrick Mundler, Roland Kröbel and Nicolas Devillers

Optimization of field water and nitrogen management in summer maize systems in Northwest China based on an APSIM–HYDRUS coupled modeling framework

Yao Li, Xuegui Zhang, Yujuan Fu, Jiatun Xu, Xiaobo Gu and Huanjie Cai