Research methods
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Research strategy, methodology and writing
- A guide to organizing writeshops. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction and International Potato Center - Users' Perspective with Agricultural Research and Development.
> 2010, 61 pages. Related PAEPARD blog post: [[1]]
- CTA scientific writing for agricultural sciences File:Scientific_writing.pdf
- The Green Book - Graduate Research in SSA http://www.ruforum.org/sites/default/files/ResearchMethodsResources/research/ResMetRes/teaching/teaching.html#Greenbook
- Cornell 7 Steps of Research http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill1.htm
- DFID guides for research and statistics http://www.jic.ac.uk/services/statistics/readingadvice/booklets/topBAK.html#contents
- ACIAR guide on participatory research approaches [[2]]
- ACIAR guide on field experiments with forages and crops http://aciar.gov.au/files/node/2155/mn053_part_1_pdf_15377.pdf
Research design and statistics
- GenStat Discovery Version - statistical package, downloadable for free http://www.ruforum.org/sites/default/files/ResearchMethodsResources/research/GDE/documentation.html
- ILRI guides for research design, data management, statistical analysis and reporting http://ilri.org/biometrics/default.htm
- R in a Nutshell File:2010 R in a Nutshell.pdf
Tools for specific research questions
- Feeds assessment tool (FEAST, developed by Duncan et al.) includes a focused PRA [[3]], manuals & templates free for download.
Participatory variety selection research
- Quantitative Analysis of Data from Participatory Methods in Plant Breeding (by Bellon & Reeves, 2002); contents and individual chapters, particularly on Mother-Baby-Trials, available from: http:apps.cimmyt.org/Research/Economics/map/research_tools/manual/Quantitative/Contents.htm; full book available from: http:apps.cimmyt.org/Research/Economics/map/research_tools/manual/Quantitative/quantitativeBellon.pdf.
- Data management for participatory varietal selection (by Virk & Witcombe, 2002); available from: http://www.cazs.bangor.ac.uk/ccstudio/AboutUs/VLSearch_page3.php?id=71
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