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F2 - Community Garden monitoring form



Slow Food Monitoring and Evaluation System

for the Gardens Project in Africa

This form will be first filled in by the Community Garden Slow Food Coordinator at the establishment of the Community Garden. Once per year, possibly at the end of the main cropping season, it will be filled in again with the information relevant to the cropping season that just closed. For some questions, the responses will have to reflect the collective views of all Community Garden members. The information requested in Info 1 to Info 4 is the same requested in F1, Profiles of the Slow Food Community Garden Key Persons. Info 5 and 6 must provide information on who fills in this form and when.


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General informations





First name, family name




Cropping season that is reported in this form

Garden administrative location


GPS coordinates (Decimal degrees - DD)

Partnership

Please indicate the name of any other partner different from Slow Food and the Twin Garden/s, who support/s the Garden. The type of support can be, for example: advocacy, garden management advice, funds, seeds and propagation material, tools, equipment, training.

Community Garden membership profile

This question asks for the number of members of the Community Garden aggregated by sub-group formed on the basis of gender, age and role in the household. The answer must be based on the complete list of all members; one copy of the list should be kept by the Community Garden Treasurer, one by the Slow Food Garden Coordinator and one sent to Slow Food headquarters. The list should be updated every time there is a change in membership. It will include the following information:

NameGenderBirthMember sinceContactFamily status Other Community Garden members are part of the same householdReason should a person stop being a member
First and family nameM / Fyearyearphone and/or emailhousehold head or memberYes / Noe.g., moving out of the village, death, personal reasons









The term ‘young’ includes any person in the age group 18-32 years (SFYN definition); adult is anyone from the age of 33 years; children anyone below the age of 18 years.

Please add any comment considered useful on the members of the Community Garden

Community Garden size

Please report the total area of the Garden during the reported cropping season. If a Garden managed by the same Community comprises plots located in different sites, please report here the sum of the area of all plots .


Please add any comment considered useful on the members of the Community Garden

Community Garden location

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate to all options about the location of the Garden during the reported cropping season .

please specify


Please add any comment considered useful on the location of the Community Garden


Distance from the closest market.

Please provide the requested information on the distance between the Garden and the closest market during the reported cropping season



Please add any comment considered useful on the distance between the Garden and the closest market


Security and visibility of the Garden

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate to all options about the security and visibility of the Garden during the reported cropping season


Please add any comment considered useful on the security and visibility of the Community Garden

Crops

Timing of the reported cropping season in relation to the local rainy season pattern

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate to all options about the timing of the reported cropping season in relation to the local rainy season/s


Please add any comment considered useful about the timing of the reported cropping season


Annual and biennial crops grown during the reported cropping season in the Garden.

Please list all the annual and biennial crops grown in the Garden in the reported cropping season; if they are included in the Ark of Taste or they are a Presidium; the approximate area they occupy; and their intended use. If there are more than 10 species, group all the minor ones under ‘Others’.

Annual and biennial cropsArk of Taste productPresidium productLocal species or varietySpecies or variety at risk of extinctionApproximate area occupied in %, from 1 to 100% Intended use


Please add any comment considered useful on the annual and biennial crops grown in the Garden.



Perennial crops and trees grown during the reported cropping season in the Garden.

Please list all the perennial plants, including shrubs and trees, grown in the Garden in the reported cropping season; if they are included in the Ark of Taste or they are a Presidium; if they are a local species or varieties and are at risk of extinction; the approximate area they occupy; and their intended use. If there are more than 10 species, group all the minor ones under ‘Others’.

Perennial plants grown during the reported cropping seasonArk of Taste productPresidium productLocal species or varietySpeces or variety at risk of extinctionApproximate area occupied in %, from 1 to 100% Intended use


Please add any comment considered useful on the annual and biennial crops grown in the Garden.


Seeds and vegetative propagation materials

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate for all options about the sources of seeds and vegetative propagation materials used in the Garden during the reported cropping season



Please add any comment considered useful on the procurement of seeds and vegetative propagation material

Source of water

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate during the reported cropping season to all options about the sources of water used in the Garden; whether the water was/is paid and the water lifting method



Please add any comment considered useful on the water used in the Garden.

Irrigation and soil-moisture conservation methods

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate to all options about the irrigation and soil-moisture conservation used in the Garden during the reported cropping season



Please add any comment considered useful on the irrigation and soil-moisture conservation methods

Soil fertility and soil management practices

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate to all options about the soil fertility and soil management practices used in the Garden during the reported cropping season



Please add any comment considered useful on the soil fertility and soil management practices

Pest and disease management practices

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate to all options about the pest and disease management practices used in the Garden during the reported cropping season



Please add any comment considered useful on the pest and disease management practices.

Community Garden logbooks

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate during the reported cropping season, to both statements below



Objectives of the Community Garden

Please discuss and agree with all the members of the Community Garden and all other key stakeholders, as considered appropriate.


Please assess the importance of each objective of the Garden during the reported cropping season, by ticking for each option the appropriate level of importance


Please add any comment considered useful on the objectives of the Garden

Governance of the Community Garden
Please list the names, roles and functions of the Community Garden members responsible for its governance, during the reported cropping season, as well as the gender and age of each person


N.First and family nameRoleFunctionGenderAge
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Please add any comment considered useful on the governance roles and functions of the Garden


Management of the Community Garden

Community Garden decision making mechanism: please answer Yes or not

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Community Garden work organization: please answer Yes or No
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Destination and distribution of the Community Garden products: please provide percentage values from 0% to 100% as appropriate for all options  
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Please add any comment considered useful on the management of the Community Garden

Training events and materials

Please answer Yes or No as appropriate to all options about access to training material and events carried out during the reported cropping season

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Please add any comment considered useful on training and awareness raising concerning the Garden. About Slow Food training and awareness raising events at the Garden, please inform if a separate report was prepared and sent to Slow Food Gardens Team

Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Community Garden

Please discuss and agree with all the members of the Community Garden

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Challenges of the Community Garden
Please discuss and agree with all Community Garden members


N.Please answer Yes or No and comment as appropriate about the challenges that the Garden has faced during the reported cropping seasonYes/NoPlease provide additional information as appropriatePlease indicate the solution you have identified
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Garden size




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Fencing the Garden




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Availability of seeds and propagation material




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Availability of natural fertilizers (manure, compost, etc.)




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Access to water and management




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Pests and diseases control




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Availability of tools and equipment




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Financial resources for Garden management




9Garden governance


10Garden management


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Knowledge of Slow Food gardening practices





Please add any comment considered useful on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Community Garden



Please add any comment considered useful on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Community Garden

Privacy policy

The personal data contained in the form are processed in compliance with the GDPR and in accordance with the privacy policy that the data controller has made available to the link http://privacy.slowfood.com/english, with specific regard to the chapter "Recipients of newsletters and commercial, promotional and sales-oriented communications".
By filling in and sending this form you declare that you have read and understood the privacy policy and that you do not object to the processing provided for therein.

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