Research Tools
A collection of links to data collection, statistical, and other tools.
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We all live in a world where we need to havegood quality data, quickly and (ideally) inexpensively, for better decision making. And to share that with partners to build collaboration and transparency and makedata openas a reusable public good. Of course, we should also protect the privacy of this...
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CIAT, our researchers, and staff are committed to creating and sharing knowledge openly and globally with partners. We do so through truly collaborative research as well as through the sharing of our research outputs,data, and information products. All our publications, tools, and datasets are...
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Canopeo is a rapid and accurate green canopy cover measurement tool. Use this app to quantify the percent canopy cover of live green vegetation for any agricultural crop, turf, or grassland based on downward-facing photos taken with your mobile device.
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GPS Field Area Measure useful as map measurement tool for outdoor activities, sports, range finder applications, bike tour planning, or run tour planning, explore golf area, land survey, golf distance meter, field pasture area measure, garden and farm work and planning, area records,...
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BioLeaf - Foliar Analysis identifies automatically the injured leaf regions caused by insect herbivory and then estimates the defoliation percentage related to the total area by using images either captured from the phone or loaded from the photo gallery.
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Open Data Kit (ODK) is a free and open-source set of tools which help organizations author, field, and manage mobile data collection solutions. ODK provides an out-of-the-box solution for users to: Builda data collection form or survey (XLSFormis recommended for larger forms); Collectthe data on...
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A global public domain database maintained by FAO with more than two million structured bibliographical records that cover many aspects of agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, human nutrition and extension from over 100 participating countries. The...
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As a general conclusion of this study, both chemical and physical limitations are affecting crop yields and tree production. Special attention needs to be given to the introduction of crop or tree species that are tolerant of high pH. Crop production should be focused on the better land that has...
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27/4/2018 When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today’s students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, the fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a...
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Mobile & Web Application for free and easy data collection.
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1/1/2009 Widely adopted by universities, colleges, and secondary schools, the MLA Handbook gives step-by-step advice on every aspect of writing research papers, from selecting a topic to submitting the completed paper. For over half a century, the MLA Handbook is the guide millions of writers have relied...
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Lightning Talk, ECHOEast Africa Pastoralist Symposium, March 29, 2022. Presenter: Nate Flood
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This is a repository of agricultural research outputs and results produced by different parts of CGIAR and partners. It indexes reports, articles, press releases, presentations, videos, policy briefs and more. Visit the community of your choice; search across the whole site; sign up for email...