{"id":73,"date":"2015-10-06T09:53:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/fba-601-research-methods-in-agroforestry\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:43:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:43:15","slug":"fba-601-research-methods-in-agroforestry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/study\/fba-601-research-methods-in-agroforestry","title":{"rendered":"FBA 601: Research Methods in Agroforestry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course Learning Outcome<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the completion of the course, students should have acquired the ability to:<\/span><\/p>\n

       1. Identify research problems;<\/span><\/p>\n

       2. Plan and implement research plans;<\/span><\/p>\n

       3. Analyse and interpret the obtained information; and<\/span><\/p>\n

       4. Produce learned research reports that provide appropriate solutions to the problems <\/span><\/p>\n

Course contents<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nature of scientific enquiry, concepts of causation, literature review and the research question. Conceptualization and measurement; data collection instruments, validity, research study designs, threats to validity; selection of study subjects and size. Planning for data collection, management and analysis. Research ethics; research proposal and management; characteristics of empirical research, statistical data analysis. Interpretation of research results, report writing and presentation. Evaluation of research performance. Research methods in Agroforestry: Field experimentation and On-Farm research: Considerations for experimental designs\/sampling procedures; randomisation, replication and blocking\/local controls; data collection procedures; statistical analyses (e.g. bivariate and multivariate analysis and analysis of variance); uniformity trials (e.g. plot size, shape, and guard areas for different types of experiments (sole crops, mixed crops, agroforestry trials)), evaluation of mixed crop systems – LER _ its uses and limitations, variants of LER (RYT, ATER RIR etc), indices of competition, variability, missing plot technique, transformation, interpretation and results dissemination <\/span><\/p>\n

Required Readings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

     1. J.B. Raintree (1987)<\/span>. D & User’s Manual: An introduction to Agroforestry Diagnosis <\/span><\/p>\n

           and Design. ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya. Pp 110. <\/span><\/p>\n

     2. Marcelino Avilla & Susana Minae (1991).<\/span> Diagnosis and Design (D & D) <\/span><\/p>\n

           Methodology. Agroforestry today (July-September 1991), Vol.3, No. 3   <\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Readings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

     1. P.J. Wood and J. Burley (1991). <\/span><\/span>A Tree for All Reasons: the introduction and <\/span><\/p>\n

           evaluation of multipurpose trees for agroforestry. Publisher. ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya <\/span><\/p>\n

           ISBN: 92-9059-075-0.<\/span>
       2. G. Schroth and F.L. Sinclair (2003). <\/span><\/span>Trees, Crops and Soil Fertility: Concepts and <\/span><\/p>\n

           Research Methods. CABI Publishing. ISBN: 0851995934. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Course Learning Outcome On the completion of the course, students should have acquired the ability to:        1. Identify research problems;        2. Plan and implement research plans;        3. Analyse and interpret the obtained information; and        4. Produce learned research reports that provide appropriate solutions to the problems Course contents Nature of scientific […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":705,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/655"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}