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In the category AGRONOMY, the 2-year JIF = 6.4 and ASD is ranked 2/125, while the 5-year JIF = 7.9 and ASD is ranked 1/125.
The ASD board will continue to do its best to promote the journal for the benefit of its authors and readers.
Legume-grass mixtures are ofte
n used to increase forage yield and soil fertility in managed grasslands. We conducted a 5-year field experiment across 3 sites to investigate the effects of legume-grass seeding ratio and P fertilization on forage yield and soil quality. Our results suggests that low legume seeding proportion in legume-grass mixtures combined with moderate nutrient management is a useful strategy for sustainable and highly productive managed grasslands.
Bi, Y., Yang, G., Wei, Y. et al. Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 44, 36 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00973-5
Under the influence of strong environmental and genetic factors, the dynamics of pod production by different cacao clones vary considerably between and within years. By exploiting this diversity, it is possible to select and combine the most productive clones, considering their overall capacity to yield healthy pods or to produce during the most favorable times of the year.
Dessauw, D., Phillips-Mora, W., Mata-Quirós, A. et al. Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 44, 34 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00967-3
Mixing crop cultivars may reduce plant diseases and increase resource-use efficiency and yield, yet evidence from individual studies remains inconclusive. We synthesized these studies in a global meta-analysis. Our results confirm that cultivar mixtures across 12 crop species and large climatic gradients reduce losses due to disease and enhance resource use compared with monocultures, thereby increasing average yield and yield stability. The targeted use of cultivar mixtures with appropriate management practices can increase agricultural sustainability by reducing inputs while maintaining high yields.
Huang, T., Döring, T.F., Zhao, X. et al. Cultivar mixtures increase crop yields and temporal yield stability globally. A meta-analysis. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 44, 28 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00964-6
This study explores the pe
rceptions of Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems (ICLS) producers. Despite challenges, these producers have perceived benefits in their farming systems and livelihoods from managing ICLS. The research underscores the need for systemic initiatives and knowledge exchange to facilitate the complex management of ICLS. This study can inspire and encourage producers to embark on the ICLS journey.
Moojen, F.G., Ryschawy, J., Wulfhorst, J.D. et al. Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 44, 26 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00953-9
There is an urgent need for plant production systems to use more sustainable plant protection solutions with less conventional pesticides. While low-risk plant protection products are promising alternatives, the availability of these products remains low on the European market. Here, we summarize challenges and opportunities for increasing these products and define knowledge gaps related to their efficiency, application, and economics.
Lankinen, Å., Witzell, J., Aleklett, K. et al. Challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of low-risk plant protection products in sustainable production. A review. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 44, 21 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00957-5
Sustainable agriculture requires optimizing nitrogen fertilizer applications to crops. It is commonly assumed that higher yielding crops need more nitrogen, and smaller less, despite some evidence that optimum nitrogen applications are poorly related to yields. In contrasting experiments, we show that year-to-year climatic variations cause the poor correlations. New approaches to nitrogen recommendations are needed to account for this uncertainty.
We assessed farmers’ perspectives and experiences on the impacts of agroforestry adapted to upland farming systems in Northwest Vietnam, combining Q methodology and systems thinking. Farmers had different viewpoints on benefits and challenges of agroforestry. Yet, they underlined shared views on dynamics that leverage synergistic impacts and overcome the adoption challenges for better integration of agroforestry into local farming systems
Do, H., Whitney, C., La, N. et al. Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 44, 17 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00954-8
The editors-in-chief would like to sincerely thank all the reviewers who ensured the rigorous, considerate, and constructive evaluations of articles submitted to ASD during the year 2023. Through your voluntary work and the sharing of your skills, you have raised our standards, highlighted the novelty of research, encouraged authors to clarify their messages, removed uncertainties in data processing, and opened up new avenues of discussion. Your conscientious work has improved the scientific quality of the published research articles, reviews, and meta-analyses, rendering the journal more attractive to its readers. All this has enabled the journal to consolidate its metrics and to emerge in 2023 as the leading journal in agronomy.
H Abdelrahman, F Accatino, S J Acquah, M Acutis, N Aguilar-Rivera, A Ahmad, A B Ahmad Khair, M Ahmed, V Alarcón Segura, V Alfano, B Allema, L Alletto, M Alonso-Ayuso, N Andrieu, V Angeon, D Antichi, J Antle, D Aristide, S Avosani, A Ayantunde, J Bacenetti, M Barbercheck, P Baret, A Bargaz, E Barilli, M Beecher, L Bell, M Bell, R Bell, D Bellouin, P S Bindraban, X Bo Zhou, C Bockstaller, P Bogusz, B Bomfim, F Bonini da Luz, P Bosnic, C Brock, T Bruulsema, Z Brym, I Buesa, R Buresh, J Bürger, P Burgess, M Busse, M Carozzi, V Castillo, T Cavagnaro, D Cavalli, S Ceccarelli, A Cerevkova, V Chable, I Chahal, C Charatsari, J-D Charrière, B Chauvel, S F da S Chaves, B Chávez-Vergara, M Chen, J Chen, M Chevelev-Bonatti, P Chidambaranathan, A Cirujeda, P Clerino, C Clermont-Dauphin, C Collins, C Colnenne-David, C Compagnone, S Cook, S Cordeau, M Corson, M Croci, K Crowley, T Dalhaus, S M M Dandan, I Darnhofer, S. Das, A J Daymond, E De Olde, N de Roo, P Debaeke, B Dedieu, S Dehyouri, A Del Prado, H Deshmukh, C Di Bene, V Diogo, T Doering, M dos Reis Martins, A Durand-Morat, E Elli, E B Erenoğlu, M Finckh, M Gabbrielli, E Galan, F Gallardo-López, J Gay, N Gentsch, C Geppert, S Giuliano, I Goldringer, M Gosme, I Grechi, A Gross, F R Grossauer, G Guardia, F Hahn, F-E Helepciuc, F Hermans, B Herrera Sabillon, S Hoischen, D Holzowrth, N Hostiou, T Hu, H J Inocêncio, N Iofrida, R Isla, Y Y Jaimes-Suárez, M Jalli, R A Jat, M Jiménez Martínez, A Johnson, L Jordan-Meille, E Justes, M Kernecker, J Kirkegaard, R Kraaijvanger, N Kumar, S Kumar, F Küzmiƒç, J Labreuche, J Lairez, A Lashkari, R A Laumann, R Lawes, G Le Provost, P Lescoat, C Li, L Li, M Li, Y Li, K Liu, J Lloveras Vilamanyà, A Lopes, R Lorrillière, M D Lozano Tovar, E Luedeling, H Maat, I Macedo, C MacLaren, M-B Magrini, E Mapfumo, T Martin, T Martin, M Martínez-Mena, R S Massad, G Mastalerczuk, V Materia, L Mc Namara, T McBeath, A McVittie, M S Meier, H Meinke, F Mensah, L Mercenaro, A Merot, S A Mesele, A Metay, B Mirgol, D Möller, K Morel, C Mottes, T H Mulesa, W Mulimbi, E Munasinghe, R Mungkung, A-C Mupepele, T Nemecek, R Nettle, N Nikolic, M-O Nozières-Petit, B Oehen, A Onofri, R Osman, E Padoan, A Perego, S Petit-Michaut, H-P Piepho, E Polge, P Pongrac, E Porcher, K Prager, G Preiti, R Price, L Prost, C Qiao, M Quemada, A Ratnadass, M D Raya-Sereno, N Raymond, N Riekoetter, L Riggi, D Rivest, L Rodrigo, A Rodriguez-Hernandez, A Roesch, A Romyen, E Ronner, M Ros, G Rubio, C Ruviaro, I Sache, S Saia, C Salembier, C Schob, L Schulte-Filthaut, A G T Schut, J P Sciurano, K Scow, U Skiba, M Skowroñska, V Snow, V Souchère, B Strehlow, J Sumberg, F Tacconi, T Tadiello, E Tello, I Tiermann, J Timaeus, J Trap, G Trebuil, V Triantafyllidis, K Vaiknoras, E Vall, J van den Berg, H Van der Werf, W van der Werf, M van Loon, P Van Oort, S Vanino, F M Vanwindekens, J Vasco Silva, A Vatsanidou, K Verburg, A Vergnes, P Veysset, D Viaggi, I Vogeler Cronin, M Von Cossel, H Wang, P Wardana, D Warren Raffa, M Weinmann, S Winter, J Wohlfahrt, S Woodward, W Xie, F Zhang, G Zhang, X Zhang, X Zhao.
Patents can provide an important yet underexplored lens on agricultural innovation and development. Based on more than one million patents issued during the period 1970–2022, we explored the degree to which agricultural patents have related to sustainability targets over time. Only 4% of all patents related to sustainability targets, yet this has increased to 8% in recent years.
Li, Y., Herzog, F., Levers, C. et al. Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 44, 14 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00949-5
