| The design of rural development: lessons from Africa. U Lele | 1167 | 1975 |
| Population pressure, the environment and agricultural intensification: variations on the Boserup hypothesis. U Lele, SW Stone | 378 | 1989 |
| Food grain marketing in India. Private performance and public policy. UJ Lele Food grain marketing in India. Private performance and public policy., 1971 | 264 | 1971 |
| Growth linkages of the new foodgrain technologies JW Mellor, UJ Lele Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics 28 (1), 35-55, 1973 | 230 | 1973 |
| Co-operatives and the poor: A comparative perspective U Lele World Development 9 (1), 55-72, 1981 | 227 | 1981 |
| Good governance for food, water and energy security U Lele, M Klousia-Marquis, S Goswami Aquatic procedia 1, 44-63, 2013 | 181 | 2013 |
| The development of national agricultural research capacity: India's experience with the Rockefeller Foundation and its significance for Africa U Lele, AA Goldsmith Economic Development and Cultural Change 37 (2), 305-343, 1989 | 161 | 1989 |
| Market integration: a study of sorghum prices in Western India UJ Lele American journal of agricultural economics 49 (1_Part_I), 147-159, 1967 | 159 | 1967 |
| Women and structural transformation U Lele Economic development and cultural change 34 (2), 195-221, 1986 | 139 | 1986 |
| Structural adjustment, agricultural development and the poor: some lessons from the Malawian experience U Lele World Development 18 (9), 1207-1219, 1990 | 135 | 1990 |
| Technological change, distributive bias and labor transfer in a two sector economy U Lele, JW Mellor Oxford Economic Papers 33 (3), 426-441, 1981 | 124 | 1981 |
| Rural Africa: modernization, equity, and long-term development U Lele Science 211 (4482), 547-553, 1981 | 124 | 1981 |
| Aid to African agriculture. Lessons from two decades of donors' experience. U Lele Aid to African agriculture. Lessons from two decades of donors' experience., 1991 | 121* | 1991 |
| The fourth industrial revolution, agricultural and rural innovation, and implications for public policy and investments: a case of India U Lele, S Goswami Agricultural Economics 48 (S1), 87-100, 2017 | 108 | 2017 |
| Measuring food and nutrition security: An independent technical assessment and user’s guide for existing indicators U Lele, WA Masters, J Kinabo, JV Meenakshi, B Ramaswami, J Tagwireyi, ... Rome: Food Security Information Network, Measuring Food and Nutrition …, 2016 | 104 | 2016 |
| Markets, marketing boards, and cooperatives in Africa: issues in adjustment policy. U Lele, RE Christiansen | 99 | 1989 |
| Cotton in Africa: an analysis of differences in performance. U Lele, N Walle, M Gbetibouo Cotton in Africa: an analysis of differences in performance., 1990 | 97 | 1990 |
| Fertilizer policy in Africa: lessons from development programs and adjustment lending, 1970-87. U Lele, RE Christiansen, K Kadiresan | 93 | 1989 |
| Brazil: Forests in the balance: Challenges of conservation with development UJ Lele World Bank Publications, 2000 | 88 | 2000 |
| The food and agriculture organization of the United Nations U Lele, S Goswami Food for All, 630-706, 1998 | 80 | 1998 |
