This study focuses on applied research as a service to a client with a problem that research can help solve. Because applied research has a definite purpose, there is usually a time constraint, a deadline by which the work must be completed, as well as a limit on the resources the client has available or is willing to use.

Planning And Conducting Applied Agricultural Research

Science & Math

Andrew, Chris O.

Hildebrand, Peter E

Biological Sciences

CRC-Press

The desire to resolve problems through pragmatic observation, systematic evaluation, and coordinated action persists with each new generation of researchers. A timeless task that bears individual, social, and often cultural characteristics, problem resolution is essentially an experimental process. Routine and methodology can enhance both its process and outcome. Reflecting the authors' combined total of more than fifty years of experience helping students and colleagues, both in developed and less advantaged countries, Applied Agricultural Research is focused on helping researchers improve their methodology skills. The authors consider the practical difficulties inherent in designing real-world research projects that can be completed within the available time and whose results are applicable to the problem at hand. They urge researchers to approach the task as a client-oriented service.

Applied Agricultural Research: Foundations And Methodology

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Westview Press

On-farm testing, using adaptability analysis, can ensure that technologies which perform better in poorer environments are not overlooked and can be appropriately recommended. This step-by-step guide to the method uses the Brazilian Amazon as its model.

Adaptability Analysis: Method for the Design, Analysis and Interpretation of On-Farm Research-Extension

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Wiley/Blackwell

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