Goals, Objectives and Literature Review

1. Goals, Objectives and Literature Review

2. The contract • Group and sponsor information • Project concept • Group and sponsor obligations • i.e. You provide final report and they will take time to orient you to the project • Timeline- be specific of activities

3. Breaking down the problem:goals and objectives

4. Analysis • Purpose of Literature review • To orient yourself to the topic • Avoid duplicating efforts • Help define your project objectives • Sources • Journals, Ministries websites, internet http://www.uvm.edu/~gflomenh/St_Lucia/

5. Literature review method • Start broad • Narrow down focal question • Say how what you’re going to do and specifically how you’re going to do it

6. Overview: Global climate change 1) The role of agriculture in climate change -Livestock -Energy -Indirect – fertilizer production (speak with Marvin Hall) Soil tillage -SOC -N runoff/ detrification -Energy -Indirect – fertilizer production (speak with Marvin Hall) Potential to mitigate GHG emissions (soil) -Economics -Other benefits MIG for GHG mitigation Importance of modeling -types of models -Parton recommends: DNDC or DAYCENT We chose ____

7. Analysis • Literature review • To orient yourself to the topic • Avoid duplicating efforts • Journals, Ministries websites, internet • Problem statement- justifies how your project will contribute to solving the problem. Checklist. • Describe problem • How will your project contribute to solving the problem? • Describe similar projects as models • Explain how you will communicate results to solve problem

8. Methodology • Once you have your goal how will you go about achieving it? • Methods of how you will accomplish each objective? • These may include surveys, interviews and sources of information. • Delegate responsibility and use timeline.