James Sumberg

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

James Sumberg is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, James Sumberg has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 24 papers in Plant Science and 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in James Sumberg's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (37 papers), Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (19 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (19 papers). James Sumberg is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (37 papers), Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (19 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (19 papers). James Sumberg collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ghana. James Sumberg's co-authors include Christine Okali, Jens Andersson, K.E. Giller, Dominic Glover, Renske Hijbeek, John Farrington, Frank Ellis, Justin Flynn, Nana Akua Anyidoho and Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Global Environmental Change and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

In The Last Decade

James Sumberg

121 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
James Sumberg 1.6k 843 624 435 402 127 3.5k
Regina Birner 1.3k 0.8× 398 0.5× 537 0.9× 479 1.1× 263 0.7× 161 3.6k
Jens Andersson 1.4k 0.9× 610 0.7× 844 1.4× 654 1.5× 182 0.5× 69 3.9k
I. Darnhofer 1.8k 1.2× 1.6k 1.9× 820 1.3× 295 0.7× 185 0.5× 95 4.2k
Ephraim Nkonya 1.6k 1.0× 487 0.6× 432 0.7× 1.1k 2.4× 199 0.5× 86 3.5k
Julie Ingram 1.5k 0.9× 828 1.0× 284 0.5× 364 0.8× 146 0.4× 67 3.1k
Steven Franzel 1.1k 0.7× 517 0.6× 763 1.2× 312 0.7× 162 0.4× 84 2.6k
Miet Maertens 1.7k 1.1× 705 0.8× 351 0.6× 514 1.2× 726 1.8× 152 4.2k
Tahirou Abdoulaye 2.0k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 786 1.3× 1.0k 2.4× 246 0.6× 190 4.0k
Marc Schut 1.3k 0.8× 536 0.6× 433 0.7× 190 0.4× 457 1.1× 88 2.7k
Leslie Lipper 1.9k 1.2× 666 0.8× 1.0k 1.6× 1.0k 2.4× 166 0.4× 86 4.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Glover, Dominic & James Sumberg. (2025). Skill and deskilling in an uncertain agricultural world: Introduction to the special issue. Outlook on Agriculture. 54(2). 123–132.
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Sabates‐Wheeler, Rachel & James Sumberg. (2021). Breaking out of the policy enclave approach to child labour in sub-Saharan African agriculture. Global Social Policy. 22(1). 46–66. 6 indexed citations
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Boisvert, Valérie, et al.. (2021). Superweed amaranth: metaphor and the power of a threatening discourse. Agriculture and Human Values. 39(2). 505–520. 7 indexed citations
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Sabates‐Wheeler, Rachel & James Sumberg. (2020). Understanding Children’s Harmful Work in African Agriculture: Points of Departure. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 2 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James, Jordan Chamberlin, Justin Flynn, Dominic Glover, & Victoria Johnson. (2019). Landscapes of rural youth opportunities: Paper for IFAD's 2019 Rural Development Report. 3 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James, et al.. (2019). IFAD RESEARCH SERIES 47 Landscapes of rural youth opportunity Papers of the 2019 Rural Development Report. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James, John Thompson, & Philip Woodhouse. (2013). The Changing Politics of Agronomy Research. Outlook on Agriculture. 42(2). 81–83. 3 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James. (2002). Livestock nutrition and foodstuff research in Africa: when is a nutritional constraint not a priority research problem?. Animal Science. 75(3). 332–338. 15 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James, et al.. (2000). Research, technology and changing practice: A review of experience in agriculture and industry.. 1 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James & Christine Okali. (1997). Farmers’ Experiments. Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks. 41 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James. (1992). Livestock development policy in The Gambia: A reassessment. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 24(4). 193–203. 10 indexed citations
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Atta-Krah, A. N. & James Sumberg. (1988). Studies withGliricidia sepium for crop/livestock production systems in West Africa. Agroforestry Systems. 6(1). 97–118. 44 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James, et al.. (1987). Economic analysis of alley farming with small ruminants. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 10 indexed citations
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Atta-Krah, A. N., et al.. (1986). Leguminous fodder trees in the farming system. An overview of research at the Humid Zone Programme of ILCA in southwestern Nigeria. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 4 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James. (1986). Alley farming with Gliricidia sepium: Germplasm evaluation and planting density trial. Tropical Agriculture. 63(3). 170–172. 4 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James. (1985). Note on estimating the foliage yield of two tropical browse species. Tropical Agriculture. 62(1). 15–16. 2 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James. (1985). Note on flowering and seed production in a young Gliricidia sepium seed orchard. 62(1). 17–19. 4 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James. (1984). Alley farming in the humid zone: Linking crop and livestock production. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James. (1984). Small ruminant feed production in a farming systems context. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 8 indexed citations
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Sumberg, James. (1983). Leuca-fence: Living fence for sheep using Leucaena leucocephala. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations

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