Research Methodology in Agricultural Sciences

Part 1. NATURE OF RESEARCH.- Chapter 1. Foundations of agricultural research.- Chapter 2. The research process, key concepts and terminologies.- Chapter 3. From topic selection to research objectives and hypothesis.- Chapter 4. Literature review.- Part 2. RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND ETHICS.- Chapter 5. Research proposal.- Chapter 6. Literature review.- Part 3. RESEARCH DESIGNS.- Chapter 7. Overview of research designs.- Chapter 8. Fundamentals of experimentation.- Chapter 9. Common experiments and field layout.- Chapter 10. Farming systems research and on-farm experimentation.- Chapter 11. Research designs for impact evaluation studies.- Chapter 12. Non-experimental designs-surveys.- Chapter 13. Non-Experimental designs-qualitative and participatory research approaches.- Chapter 14. Common designs for qualitative research.- Chapter 15. Mixed research designs.- Chapter 16. Sampling.- Part 4. DATA COLLECTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES.- Chapter 17. Data collection in biophysical experiments.- Chapter 18. Methods and tools of data in non-experimental designs I.- Chapter 19. Methods and tools of data in non-experimental designs II.- Part 5. DATA PROCESSING, ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION.- Chapter 20. Quantitative data analysis i.- Chapter 21. Quantitative data analysis ii.- Chapter 22. Survey data analysis using statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS).- Chapter 23. Qualitative data analysis.- Chapter 24. Data presentation and visualization.- Part 6. REPORTING AND DISSEMINATION OF FINDINGS.- Chapter 25. Disseminating research findings.- Chapter 26. Structure of a scientific paper.- Chapter 27. Journal selection, submission, and review of manuscript.- Chapter 28. Scientific writing skills and presentations.