Principles and types of research; Philosophy of science and scientific method; Developing a research proposal; Planning and conducting research; Methods and tools of data collection and analysis; participatory research process and methods; Computer software packages; Interpretation and application of descriptive and inferential statistics in forestry/agroforestry: Farmer/community research (experimental and innovation); Technical writing and presentation.
By the end of the course students should be able to plan, implement, analyse, interpret and report forestry research findings