Table 2 Number of studies on in-field assessments of ecosystem services conducted on farms in research stations, of the ten most frequently cited countries
Rank | Country | No. studies | Common research stations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 115 | Changshu agro-ecological experiment station affiliated to Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changshu, Jiangsu Province | Key agro-ecological experimental station of Fengqiu State, Fengqiu county, Henan Province | Luancheng Agro-Ecosystem Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hebei Province | Shangzhuang Research Station, China Agricultural University, Beijing Province |
2 | India | 77 | Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Farm, New Delhi | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Centre, Patancheru, near Hyderabad | Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack | Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture in the Indian Himalayan at Hawalbagh, Uttarakhand |
3 | Brazil | 62 | Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria research station (EMBRAPA), [3 sites—Manaus, Amazonas, and Rio Grande do Sul and North-Goiânia] | Experimental station of Agronomic Institute of Paraná (IAPAR), district of Londrina, Paraná State | Research centre Fundação Centro de Experimentação ePesquisa (FUNDACEP), near the city of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul State | Research station of MARS Center of Cocoa Science, Itajuıpe, southern region of Bahia |
4 | Mexico | 23 | El Batán research station, near Lake Texcoco, Central Mexico | Centro de Investigaciones Agrıcolas del Noroeste (CIANO), near Ciudad Obregon, State of Sonora | Rio Bravo experimental site, Northern Tamaulipas | Campus of Biological Sciences of the University of Yucatan (CBS) at Xmatkuil, Mexico |
5 | Philippines | 8 | International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines | Guimba, Nueva Ecija Province, Phillipines | Laguna, Philippines | Leyte, Philippines |
6 | Nepal | 7 | Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) at Lumle and experimental farm of the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) of Tribhuvan University at Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal | Hattiban Station, Nepal Agriculture Research Council (NARC), Kathmandu valley, Nepal | Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS), Tribhuvan University, Chitwan Valley, Inner Terai of Nepal | Rampur, Chitwan, Terai Plains of Nepal |
7 | Zimbabwe | 6 | Henderson Research Station Mashonal and Central Province, Zimbabwe | Domboshawa Training Centre, Zimbabwe | West of Chipinge Town, Zimbabwe | Harare, Zimbabwe |
8 | Cameroon | 5 | ESA Project experimental sites in the villages of Winde, Zouana, Cameroon | Ngomedzap, Bakoa, Obala, Talba and Kedia, Cameroon | Mbalmayo, Cameroon | Yaounde, Cameroon |
9 | Thailand | 5 | Khao Hin Sorn Development and Study Centre,Cha Cherng Sao Province, Thailand | International Training Center for Agricultural Development, Khon Kaen, Thailand | Khon Kaen Province, Thailand | Bangkok, Thailand |
10 | Ghana | 4 | Atewa Range Forest Reserve and Adjeikrom, Ghana | Forestry Commission of Ghana, Legon, Western Ghana | Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana | Kwadaso, Ghana |