Trial development, management and evaluation
Project Overview
This project will provide training for 15 South Australian farming system groups in the design, implementation and evaluation of effective trial and demonstration sites to achieve sustainable agriculture. Two series of workshops will be undertaken with initial workshops addressing trial design, site selection and management, and developing an understanding of appropriate machinery that can be used to improve trial management. Participants will visit sites and see improved placement and management of trials and demonstrations that are leading to increased accuracy and scientific robustness of results recorded for these sites. The second series of workshops will focus on developing skills in trial analysis, reporting and evaluation.
Timeframe
July 2013 – December 2014
Project Activities
The Project includes:
- Two workshops on trial design, trial site selection and trial management
- Two workshops on trial analysis, reporting and evaluation
- Publications on trial design, management and evaluation
Project Outcomes
Workshop One
The following materials are available following the series one workshops:
Resources:
Workshop One Presentations:
Workshop Two
The following materials are available following the series two workshops
Workshop program outline:
Workshop Two Presentations:
- Introduction to Workshop Two
- Session1_Statistical Evaluation of Farm Trials
- Session2_Statistical Evaluation of Farm Trails
- Session3_Statistical Evaluation Farm Trials
- Session4_Statistical Evaluation Farm Trials
- Extension & Evaluation of Projects
Trial Planning Checklist
At the conclusion of this project a checklist for conducting small plot trials has been produced. The checklist provides a summary of the series of workshops conducted by Roger Lawes from the CSIRO and Beverley Gogel and Dini Ganesalingam from the Statistical Analysis for the Grains Industry in South Australia in 2014.
A checklist for conducting small plot trials-version1
More Information
For further details, contact Mark Stanley 0427 831 151 or mark@regionalconnections.com.au
