Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2026

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Volume 231, issue C, 2026

The potential to increase maize yields and mitigate climate change by adopting integrated soil fertility management across different regions in Kenya — A simulation study

Moritz Laub, Magdalena Necpalova, Marijn Van de Broek, Marc Corbeels, Juhwan Lee, Monicah Wanjiku Mucheru-Muna, Daniel Mugendi, Samuel Mathu Ndungu, Rebecca Yegon, Wycliffe Waswa, Bernard Vanlauwe and Johan Six

A comprehensive review of traditional irrigation systems: Sustainability and future prospects

Carla da-Silva-Branco, António Guerreiro de Brito and Paulo Castro Seixas

Spatial arrangement of action-oriented versus hybrid agri-environmental schemes: implications for the optimisation of grassland ecosystem services

Solen Le Clec'h, Robert Huber, Robert Finger, Jean-Marc Delore, Franziska J. Richter and Valentin H. Klaus

Why AWD isn't taking off: Understanding barriers and pathways for scaling in gravity-fed irrigation systems in rice landscape

Gio Karlo Evangelista, Kristine Samoy-Pascual, Romeo J. Cabangon, Manuel J. Regalado, Yuji Enriquez, Rubenito Lampayan, Arnel Rala and Sudhir Yadav

Assessing climate change impacts on sugarcane yield, crop water productivity, and nitrous oxide emissions across Brazil's bioenergy using the CSM-SAMUCA-sugarcane model

Emily Aquino Leite, Evandro H. Figueiredo Moura da Silva, Izael Martins Fattori Júnior and Fábio R. Marin

Quantifying intercropping water advantages: A novel cosine similarity framework linking root water uptake patterns to productivity

Yingbo Liu, Yusen Yuan and Taisheng Du

Climate warming enhances sugarcane yield and increases annual harvest frequency in northern coastal New South Wales, Australia

Shijin Yao, De Li Liu, Bin Wang, Jonathan K. Webb, Siyi Li, Alfredo Huete, Keyu Xiang and Qiang Yu

Trajectories of farming systems reshape land use/land cover dynamics in the agricultural zones of the Galapagos Islands

Fatima L. Benitez, Carlos F. Mena, Francisco Laso, Maria B. Zapata, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres and Anne Gobin

Climate physical risks and technological innovation in the grain industry chain: an empirical analysis based on machine learning of patent texts in China

Xiaobing Gu and Junfeng Zhu

Exploring the drivers of responsible scaling of Agriculture 4.0 technologies for transformative impact in the modern agri-food ecosystem: An ISM-based analysis

Franco da Silveira, Guilherme Sales Smania, Rafael Landaverde, Lauro Osiro, Édson Luis Bolfe, Luciana Alvim Santos Romani and Jayme Garcia Arnal Barbedo

Farmers’ willingness to pay for agro-weather advisories: Implications for long term support of weather information in Kenya

Mercy Kamau, John Mburu, Bradford Mills and Lilian Kirimi

Nitrogen fertilizer and high-protein varieties work together to increase wheat grain protein concentration and yield

Jiayi Kang, Xiaotian Mi, Lei Fan, Zhaohui Wang and Gang He

Constraints and promising interventions to strengthen fish seed systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana

Catherine Ragasa, Froukje Kruijssen, Seth Koranteng Agyakwah, Emmanuel Tetteh-Doku Mensah, Ruby Asmah, Martha Ataa-Asantewaa, Sena Amewu and Sarah Alobo Loison

Designing with non-humans for agricultural systems transformation: An interdisciplinary review and framework for reflection

Tatiana Moreira, Marieke E. Meesters, Kristiaan P.W. Kok, Katharine Legun, Lenora Ditzler and Laurens Klerkx

Strategies to advance the agroecological transition: Insights from a case study of sheep–crop integration in southwestern France

F. Stark, R. Mettauer, J. Ryschawy, M. Grillot, A. Cassagnes, I. Shaqura and M. Moraine

Household vegetable agro-biodiversity in northern Vietnam requires diversity in seed sources

Thi-Phuong Nguyen, Paul C. Struik, Kees Swaans, Huong Thi Mai Pham, The Ky Hoang, Deborah Nabuuma and Tjeerd-Jan Stomph

Sustainable crop protection and the role of digital agriculture

Robert Finger

Does the adoption of agricultural green production technologies improve eco-efficiency? Evidence from wheat farmers in Ethiopia

Tadesse Tolera Ejeta and Xiuguang Bai

Responsible scaling in regional agricultural innovation systems: A network-based analytical framework

Min Duan, Li Chen, Yufan Sun, Tao Tan and Shuyi Feng

Agroforestry as a climate change adaptation strategy: Evidence from Ghana's cocoa sector

Marlene Yu Lilin Wätzold, Katharina Krumbiegel, Pascal Tillie and Meike Wollni

Digitalising agriculture with the internet of things: Insights from Canadian collaborators

Melanie McCaig, Davar Rezania and Rozita Dara

The dynamic schemes of light extinction coefficient improved simulation accuracy of canopy transpiration at hourly scale in apple and orange orchards in China

Shujian Wang, Dianyu Chen, Xiaotao Hu, La Zhuo, Dongyan Zhang, Jing Li and Xinyang Zhang

Cropping history, agronomic rules, and commodity prices shape crop rotations across Central Europe

Marlene Palka, Claas Nendel, Lucas Weiß, Josepha Schiller, Clemens Jänicke, Juliana Arbeláez Gaviria and Masahiro Ryo

Assessing the link between rice yield and carbon footprint with boundary line method in major rice-producing region, China

Donghui Liu, Pengfei Li, Jiarui Lv, Zhilei Liu, Cailian Yu and Xianlong Peng

Water optimization of ground cover rice production system to synergistically achieve carbon and nitrogen emissions reduction—based on environmental footprints of different precipitation year types

Jian Ren, Cheng Hu, William D. Batchelor, Kelin Hu, Hong Wang, Haitao Liu and Shihua Lü

Advancing sustainable Silvopastoral practices for achieving zero deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

Alexander Buritica, Mary Ngaiwi, Manuel Moreno, Carolina Gonzalez and Augusto Castro-Nunez

Exploring the green break of season and green date over northern Australia

Rajashree Naha, Tim Cowan, Matthew C. Wheeler, Jyoteshna Owens, David Cobon, Chelsea Jarvis and O’Reagain, Peter

Performances of conventional and organic livestock development scenarios in France through nitrogen flow analysis

Fanny Vergely, Aurélie Wilfart, Joël Aubin and Souhil Harchaoui

Balancing livestock production and rangeland conservation: An inverse data envelopment analysis approach

Masoumeh Arabollah Firozjah, Azar Sheikhzeinoddin, Mohammad Bakhshoodeh and Gholam R. Amin

Sustainable digitalisation - a system thinking approach for determining costs and benefits in the agri-sector

K. Soma, G. Brunori, C. Giagnocavo, F. Meulman, M. Ryan, R.M. Heredia Hortigüela, C. Iliopoulos, M. Paulus, A. Ferrari, E. Kilis, S. Grando, V. Bellon-Maurel, A. Knierim, A. Gobrecht, T. Selnes, L. Ortolani, M. Bacco and C. Mannari

Understanding the persistence of rice residue burning in northwestern India: A mixed methods approach

Divya Solomon, Andrew McDonald, Christopher Barrett, Prakashan Chellattan Veettil and Buta Singh Dhillon

Deciphering water-energy-food synergies through a multi-level symbiosis framework: Insights from the Yellow River Basin

Xinxueqi Han, En Hua, Xinchun Cao, Bernie A. Engel, Shikun Sun and Yubao Wang

Context-sensitive agricultural sustainability assessment: A systematic review of frameworks and local adaptation criteria

Ting Deng and Zeeda F. Mohamad

Archetypes of cow-calf systems on Campos grasslands from an ecological intensification perspective, their productivity and trophic performance

Ignacio Paparamborda, Walter A.H. Rossing, Pablo Soca and Santiago Dogliotti

Policy responses and spatial adjustments in China's pig production: Impacts on nitrogen losses and socioeconomic costs

Yue Zhao, Jiafa Luo, Ling Liu, Xiangbo Xu, Shuqin Jin, Xiaoming Yang, Zhaohai Bai and Lin Ma

Farmers' preferences for adoption of service plants in biological control and implications for agricultural system design

Margot Gumbau, Johanna Kupka, Laurent Penet, François Causeret and Jean-Marc Blazy

Circular food systems in Kenya: Exploring the role of livestock

Dagmar J.M. Braamhaar, Benjamin van Selm, Jan van der Lee and Simon J. Oosting

Spatiotemporal differentiation and evolution of associated networks of China's agricultural innovation ecosystem

Fei Liu, Di Zheng, Dongyang Zhao and Bo Wen

Enhancing agroforestry system resilience: Harnessing environmental vulnerability data to map restoration and pave the way for karst desertification control

Jie Xiao, Yiling Yang, Kangning Xiong, Shilian Jiang and Yunting Huang

Achieving the once-unthinkable: Successful Rabi cropping via technology integration in coastal saline Bengal

Donald S. Gaydon, Sukamal Sarkar, Mohammed Mainuddin, Edward G. Barrett-Lennard, Richard W. Bell, Koushik Brahmachari, Md. Maniruzzaman, Buddheswar Maji, Md. Alimur Rahman, Md. Enamul Kabir, Md.Harunor. Rashid, Md. Shahidul Islam Khan, Mustafa Kamal Shahadat, Khokan Kumer Sarker, Mark R. Glover, Sukanta Kumar Sarangi, Apurbo Kumar Chaki, Dhiman Burman, Md. Belal Hossain, Uttam Kumar Mandal, Jatish Chandra Biswas, Mst. Shetara Yesmin, Priya Lal Chandra Paul, Md. Jahangir Kabir, Kshirendra Kumar Mahanta, Palash Kumar Kundu and Manoj Kumar Nanda

Integrated water and nitrogen management sustains rice yield and efficiency under changing climate scenarios

Fazli Hameed, Muhammad Mannan Afzal, Anis Ur Rehman Khalil, Junzeng Xu, Shah Fahad Rahim, Raheel Osman, Khalil Ahmad, Yongqiang Li and Tangyuan Ning

Economic benchmarking of assisted pollination methods for kiwifruit flowers: Assessment of cost-effectiveness of robotic solution

Isabel Pinheiro, Pedro Moura, Leandro Rodrigues, Abílio Pereira Pacheco, Jorge Teixeira, António Valente, Mário Cunha and Filipe Neves dos Santos

Applications of ecological niche and species distribution models in agricultural, livestock, and forestry systems: A comprehensive review

Lucas A. Fadda, Rodrigo Lasa-Covarrubias, Luis Osorio-Olvera, M. Gabriela Murúa and Andrés Lira-Noriega

Drones-of-the-Future in Agriculture 5.0 – Automation, integration, and optimisation

Amr Adel, Reddy Pullanagari, Noor H.S. Alani, Mohammad Al-Rawi, Syeda Fouzia and Bettina Berger

Improving soil quality enables reductions in nitrogen application rate in China's rice production systems

Siyuan Wang, Liujun Xiao, Peter Smith, Zhongkui Luo, Jie Zhuang, Le Yu, Yue Qin, Enli Wang, Yuchuan Fan, Yang Guo, Liang Tang, Bing Liu, Leilei Liu, Weixing Cao and Yan Zhu

Standardised framework for analysis of greenhouse performance using key performance indicators

William Sylvain, Timothé Lalonde, Danielle Monfet and Didier Haillot

Integrated assessment reveals plowing/no-tillage rotation as the trade-off considering crop yield and environmental performance in the Loess Plateau

Xingyu Guo, Shulan Wang, Hao Wang, Naeem Ahmad, Xiaoli Wang, Jun Li and Rui Wang

Adoption of digital tools in french beef cattle, pig, and vegetable farming: A mixed-methods analysis of motives, barriers, and structural determinants

Mohamed Ghali, Nejla Ben Arfa, Giffona Justinia, Soazig Di Bianco and Abdul Rahman Saili

Integrative adaptation strategies for stabilizing wheat productivity with rising temperatures in China

Min Kang, Dongzheng Zhang, Yuan Cao, Liujun Xiao, Liang Tang, Leilei Liu, Weixing Cao, Yan Zhu and Bing Liu

Understanding the adoption of precision agriculture technologies by farmers in China: Insights from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology

Guang Han, Jingjing Wang, J.G. Arbuckle and Jinhuan Zhong

Seasonal comparison of the impacts of climate-smart agrotechnologies on greenhouse gas mitigation in flooded rice fields: Application of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) technique

Manas Protim Rajbonshi, Debaditya Gupta and Sudip Mitra

Toward climate-resilient agriculture in Iran: Modeling quinoa viability under future climate scenarios

Fatemeh Yaghoubi and Mohammad Bannayan

Spatial planning based on the modeling the food-energy-water‑carbon nexus: A case study of the Yangtze River basin

Beibei Guo, Xian Zou, Yingxue Cui, Suchen Ying and Yinkang Zhou

Natural capital enhances farm production, profitability and financial resilience: findings from a study on 230,000 ha of farmland in Australia

Elizabeth Heagney, Daniel Gregg, Dan Hill, James Radford, Grace Sutton, Fred Rainsford, Daniel O'Brien, Angela Hawdon, Imogen Semmler, Mark Gardner, Milly Taylor and Sue Ogilvy

A novel framework for evaluating farmer resilience: Methodological advances and theoretical foundations

Kieron Moller, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Mohammad Tirgari, Nilson Vieira Junior, Ana Julia Paula Carcedo, Ignacio Ciampitti, P.V. Vara Prasad and Amadiane Diallo

Estimating cumulative input effects in annual crop production: A LASSO-based panel data approach from India

Hiroyuki Takeshima and Avinash Kishore

Identification of synergies and trade-offs in cropping system performance in southern Australia

Li Luo, Matthew J. Knowling, Aaron C. Zecchin and Glenn K. McDonald

Integrated land-use and agricultural emissions modeling reveals untapped mitigation potential in livestock feed substitution

Xue Yang, Yijie Yao, Yingxu Fan and Vilma Sandström

Agriculture on wet peatlands: the sustainability potential of paludiculture

Ralph J.M. Temmink, Kristiina Lång, Renske J.E. Vroom, Jens Leifeld, Christian Fritz, Walther Zeug, Daniela Thrän, Clemens Kleinspehn, Greta Gaudig, Josephine Neubert, Jürgen Kreyling, Jennifer M. Rhymes, Chris D. Evans, Wiktor Kotowski, Anke Nordt and Franziska Tanneberger

Comprehensive review of optimization and surrogate models for agricultural water resources and reservoir water management

Ankita Kumari and Tinesh Pathania

AI-powered Pheno-Farm Server: Making adaptive farming decisions

Kenny Paul, Stefan Schweng, Hans-Peter Kaul, Franz Gansberger and Andreas Holzinger

There is more to it than just adoption: Exploring agricultural mechanisation journeys in South Asia

B. Brown, P. Timsina, A. Chaudhary, E. Karki, A. Sharma, K.K. Das, A. Ghosh and M.W. Rahman

Farm-level adaptations to harvest logistics constraints in export-oriented grain systems

Garima,, Doina Olaru, Brett Smith and Kadambot H.M. Siddique

Global dynamics of climate smart agricultural practices and technologies: Recent advancements, challenges and potential future pathways - A review

Belay Tizazu Mengistie and Ram L. Ray