Methodology

Evidence over enthusiasm.

TerraEvidence organizes agricultural information without hiding uncertainty, contradictions, or the limits of a source.

1Preserve

Keep the original report or source context intact.

2Separate

Distinguish observations, claims, hypotheses, and recommendations.

3Check

Review method compatibility, applicability, and contradictions.

4Communicate

Show what is supported, limited, missing, or unresolved.

What AI can do

AI can help search, organize, compare, and translate information. It is not the scientific evidence authority.

What recovery means

Recovery preserves earlier work and its provenance. It does not validate a claim, citation, mechanism, or recommendation.

What changes an interpretation

Laboratory method, units, reporting basis, crop, soil, climate, history, and intended use can all change what is appropriate.

What the library preserves

Sources, evidence status, contradictions, research gaps, version history, and review dates remain part of the record.