Sciences
Informing strategic research directions
Ideas and results to better explore, cross-pollinate and shape the future of the OFE sciences
There are two intertwined types of research objects in farmer-centric OFE:
The farmers’ questions - how to improve management
The methodologies required to best address these - how to improve research through OFE
The papers gathered here reflect the breadth of the emerging OFE sciences, from innovation processes to analytical tools, across large-scale and smallholder farming systems.
Discover examples of OFE research happening on each continent, with entry-points to research teams seeking to connect practical relevance to broader insights, technical advances with improved organisation of social processes, and more effective, fit-for-purpose agronomy with critical perspectives.
📘Journal 📄Conference ▶️Presentation
Compendiums
Contributions that build the evidence base, consolidate emerging knowledge and help establish shared foundations for farmer-centric OFE at the interface of agronomy, data, social science and climate-smart practice Submission deadline: October 2026
Contributions about farming-related practices emerging from collective dynamics across farms, territories, value chains, networks, and policy frameworks, rather than from individual farm decision-making. Submission deadline: 31 January 2027
2026-2023 The ISPA OFE-Community has been sharing to over 450 practitioners, extension personnel, researchers and analysts several hundreds links about projects, articles and people relevant to the development of OFE in precision agriculture and beyond
2025 - The special issue associated with OFE2021, with 9 articles in contrasted farming systems: reviews, retrospectives, case studies, meta-analytics and more
2023 - 24 conference papers and 31 presentations on OFE initiatives from around the world
2021 - 64 conference papers and 150 videos, incl. 3-min introductions of OFE initiatives from 36 countries
Regional insights
Perspectives
📘2026 Katies
📘2025 Lacoste ASD
📘2022 Toffolini
📘2023 Jackson-Smith and Veisi
📘2024 Giannini and Marraccini
📘2022 Lacoste
📄Cook
Global
📘Richardson et al. 2021
📘2023 de Souza
📘Sinclair & Coe
North America
📘2022 Bramley
📘Kyveryga 2019;
📘Jindo et al. 2021;
📘 2022 Laurent
Latin America
📘Bananas
📄▶️Using digital maps to build research questions relevant to Falkland Islands farmers - M. McNee et al. (Department of Agriculture, Falkland Islands)
📘Colaço et al. 2024
Europe
📘Benezet
📘Sumane
📘Waters-Bayer et al. 2015
📘Tanaka et al. 2023;
📘Bellon-Maurel et al. 2022;
📘Salembier et al. (2023)
📄▶️ Case study: Innovative Farmers, lessons from 10 years championing farmer-led on-farm research in the UK- H. Aldis et al. (Soil Association, UK)
Africa
📘Aldolwa Delivering nutrient management impact through farmer-centric research: a systematic review of innovation systems in African smallholder systems
📘Duncan
📘2023 Alexandre
Asia
📘natFood china
Australia
📘Fielke et al. 2022
📘2022 Song
Pacific
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Other regions
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Please note that not all contributions can be featured, a selection will be made based on regional representation and diversity
Crossing boundaries
Related conversations
de Janvry et al. 2016
📘Fazey
📘Conti top/bottom
📘VBM
📘regen Fr
📘Aare 2021
and also
Please submit!
Related societies
SIMONE: OFE in practice, implementation & collaboration for the agroecological transition - Europe
SeedLinked: Resources for Growing - World
EFAO: Helping farmers combine their curiosity with scientific rigour - Canada
OFRF: Organic On-Farm Research - US