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Follow-up to On-Farm Research Question
Several weeks ago I posted a question about information on how to conduct
on-farm research. Thank you to everyone who responded. I appreciate all
the information. Here's what I found out (listed in no particular order).
Cheers.
Dave Chaney
Education Coordinator
SAREP
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Hildebrand, P.E. and J.T. Russell. 1996. Adaptability analysis: A
method for the design, analysis and interpretation of on-farm
research-extension. Iowa State University Press, Ames IA.
Janke, Rhonda, Dick Thompson, Ken McNamara, Craig Cramer. 1990. A Farmer's
Guide to On-Farm Research. Rodale Institute, Emmaus, PA.
Doing your own research. 1986. pp.44-45 in The Farmer's Fertilizer
Handbook. Regenerative Agriculture Association, Emmaus, PA.
Anderson, Dan. On-Farm Research Guidebook. Department of Agricultural
Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana.
Contact Dan Anderson at 217-333-1588 or aslan@uiuc.edu
Exner, Rick and Richard Thompson. 1992. The Paired-Comparison: A God
Design for Farmer-Managed Trials. Iowa State University Extension.
Contact Rick at dnexner@iastate.edu
Rzewnicki, Phil E., Richard Thompson, Gary W. Lesoing, Roger Elmore, Charles
Francis, Anne Parkhurst and Russell Moomaw. 1988. On-farm experiment
designs and implications for locating research sites. American Journal of
Alternative Agriculture 3(4):168-173.
Miller, Baird, Ed Adams, Paul Peterson and Russ Karow. On-Farm Testing: A
Grower's Guide. Washington State University, Pullman. (May also want to get
"Using an On-Farm Test for Variety Selection.")
Web site http://drycrops.wsu.edu/crop_management/testing.html
AGSTATS. A statistics program for simple field trials written for IBM
compatible computers. Send disk and postage return mailer, or check for
$5.00 made out to Oregon State University, addressed to Russ Karow, Crop
Science Building 131, OSU, Corvallis, OR 97331.
Peterson, R. G. 1994. Agricultural Field Experiments: Design and Analysis.
Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY., 409 pp.
Anton Doroszenko at CAB International (a.doroszenko@cabi.org) also did a
search for me and sent the following results.
References:
Nabasa, J.\ Rutwara, G.\ Walker, F.\ Were, C. (1995) Participatory rural
appraisal: practical experiences. Chatham, UK; Natural Resources Institute
(NRI) iv + 52 pp. ISBN 0-85954-392-7
Petersen, R. G. (1994) Agricultural field experiments: design and analysis.
New York, USA; Marcel Dekker Inc. x + 409 pp. ISBN 0-8247-8912-1
Mettrick, H. (1993) Development oriented research in agriculture: an ICRA
textbook. Wageningen, Netherlands; International Centre for Development
Oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA) xxv + 291pp. ISBN 90-73041-16-3
Tripp, R.\ Woolley, J. (1989) Planning stage of on-farm research:
identifying factors for experimentation. Mexico City, Mexico; CIMMYT. 85 pp.
ISBN 968-6127-02-X
Nordblom, T. L.\ Ahmed, A. K. H.\ Polts, G. R. (Editors) (1985) Research
methodology for livestock on-farm trials. Proceedings of a workshop held at
Aleppo, Syria, 25-28 March 1985. Ottawa, Canada; International Development
Research Centre. 313 + 42pp. ISBN 0-88936-446-X
Hildebrand, P. E.\ Poey, F. (1985) On-form agronomic trials in farming
systems research and extension. Boulder, Colorado, USA; Lynne Rienner
Publishers, Inc. 162 pp. ISBN 0-931477-11-5