RESEARCH
Climate Smart Advisors can assist clients with a range of scientific and statistical services from experimental design through implementation and analysis. Our services include:
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Measuring Vulnerability and Resilience
- Methodology for developing appropriate indicators
- Household vulnerability and resilience
- Crop vulnerability assessments
- Region or Country level vulnerability and resilience
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Experimental Design for Validity, Reliability and Replication
- Factorial experiments
- Blocking
- Replication
- Statistical Power
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Soil and Crop Analysis
- Soil Nutrient Status: N, P, K, Ca, S, Mg, Cu, B, etc.
- Carbon: Organic C, Inorganic C, Labile C
- pH, Cation Exchange Capacity, Moisture Retention, Bulk Density, Penetration Resistance
- Plant tissue N, P, K, S, Ca, Mg
- Lifecycle Analysis (LCA)
- Embodied Energy
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Nitrous Oxide (N2O), Methane (CH4) Emissions
- Virtual Water (H2O)
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Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
- Investment and Operating Costs
- Discounted Valuation
- Estimated Amoritization Period (i.e. Payback)
- Optional Inclusion of GHG Offsets
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Scientific Surveying
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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Methods
- International Review Board (IRB) Certification
- Sampling Size Determination
- Validation of Test Questions
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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Methods