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

Country: *

Name of the garden: *

Date establishment of the Garden (month/year):

Name of the person compiling the form: *

First name, family name

Role of the person compiling the form: *

Email of the person compiling the form: *

Compilation date of the present form: *
Day Month Year

Cropping season that is reported in this form

Cropping season: *

Year: *

Garden administrative location

Region: *

Province: *

County/District: *

Municipality/Parish: *

Village/Town/City neighborhood: *

Total number of people living in the village/town/city neighborhood (approximate): *

GPS coordinates (Decimal degrees - DD)

Latitude :

Longitude :

Partnership

Name of the Slow Food Community or Convivium of reference : *

Name/s of any Twin Garden associated to this Community Garden:

Other partners supporting the Slow Food garden:

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:

Name	Gender	Birth	Member since	Contact	Family status	Other Community Garden members are part of the same household	Reason should a person stop being a member
First and family name	M / F	year	year	phone and/or email	household head or member	Yes / No	e.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.

Adult women: *

Women head-of-household: *

Young women: *

Adult men: *

Men head-of-household: *

Young men: *

Households that are members of the Community Garden: *

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 .

Measurement unit: *	Value: *

Please add any comment considered useful on the members 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

Measurement unit: *	Value: *	Minutes on foot: *

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

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

During the short rainy season: * Yes No

During the long rainy season: * Yes No

After the short rainy season: * Yes No

After the long rainy season: * Yes No

All year long: * Yes No

Other, please specify :

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 crops	Ark of Taste product	Presidium product	Local species or variety	Species or variety at risk of extinction	Approximate 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 season	Ark of Taste product	Presidium product	Local species or variety	Speces or variety at risk of extinction	Approximate 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.

Community Garden logbooks

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

The Garden has a logbook to record all crop-related information, e.g., planting/sowing/treatment/harvesting date, variety, quantity of seed, yield, diseases and pests, etc: * Yes No

All decisions on the functioning of the Garden are registered in a logbook: * Yes No

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
1	Produce healthy and good food for the garden members (food quality): *
2	Produce more food for the garden members (food quantity): *
3	Produce food for the lean season for garden members: *
4	Produce food also in case of drought or floods for garden members: *
5	Generate savings for garden members through the consumption of products from the Garden: *
6	Generate income for garden members by selling the products of the Garden: *
7	Improve the health of the Garden members : *
8	Training/learning about sustainable gardening practices: *
9	As an incentive for members to establish a garden of their own: *
10	Be part of a network of people who share the same interests: *
11	Other, please specify :

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 name	Role	Function	Gender	Age
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Other, please specify :

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
1	The Garden Governance decides what crops to grow and how: * Yes No
2	The Garden Governance decides about the destination and distribution of the products: * Yes No
3	The Slow Food local Coordinator participates in the decision about what crops to grow and how: * Yes No
4	The Slow Food local Coordinator participates in the decision about the destination and distribution of the products: * Yes No
5	All members of the Garden participate in the decision of what crops to grow and how: * Yes No
6	All members of the Garden decide together the destination and distribution of the products: * Yes No
7	Each Garden’s member/household decides what crops to grow and the destination and distribution of the products: * Yes No
8	Other, please specify :

	Community Garden work organization: please answer Yes or No
1	All members work on all Garden plots: * Yes No
2	Each member/household works on the assigned plot/s: * Yes No
3	All members work the same amount of time in the Garden, in shifts: * Yes No
4	Each member/household works in the Garden whenever she/he/it wants: * Yes No
5	Other, please specify :

	Destination and distribution of the Community Garden products: please provide percentage values from 0% to 100% as appropriate for all options
1	Products consumed by member households: *
2	Products sold to generate revenue for the Garden: *
3	Products and/or revenue from the sale distributed among all members in equal parts: *
4	Products and/or revenue from the sale distributed among members according to time worked in the Garden: *
5	Products and/or revenue from the sale donated to the poorest members: *
6	Products and/or revenue from the sale donated to the poorest households in the village/town/neighborhood: *
7	Products sold to generate income for other community activities: *
8	Products used for demonstration events in the Garden: *
9	Other, please specify :

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
1	The Garden has access to the Slow Food training material on gardening in hard copy: * Yes No
2	The Garden has access to the Slow Food training material on gardening on-line: * Yes No
3	The Garden has access to training material on gardening by other organizations in hard copy: * Yes No
4	The Garden has access to training material on gardening by other organizations on-line: * Yes No
5	The Garden regularly uses the Slow Food training material on gardening : * Yes No
6	The Garden regularly uses the training material on gardening by other organizations: * Yes No
7	Over the last 12 months, Slow Food organized training events at the Garden: * Yes No
8	Over the last 12 months, Slow Food organized community awareness events at the Garden: * Yes No
9	Over the last 12 months, other partners organized training events at the Garden: * Yes No
10	The Garden is used as a training area on gardening for the local school: * Yes No
11	Other, please specify :

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
1	The work of the members in the Garden…: *
2	The production from the Garden… : *
3	The income and/o savings generated by the Garden products…: *
4	The learning process at the Garden… : *
5	Other, please specify :

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

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 season	Yes/No
1	Garden size	Yes No
2	Fencing the Garden	Yes No
3	Availability of seeds and propagation material	Yes No
4	Availability of natural fertilizers (manure, compost, etc.)	Yes No
5	Access to water and management	Yes No
6	Pests and diseases control	Yes No
7	Availability of tools and equipment	Yes No
8	Financial resources for Garden management	Yes No
9	Garden governance	Yes No
10	Garden management	Yes No
11	Knowledge of Slow Food gardening practices	Yes No

Other, please specify :

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

Support from Slow Food that the Community Garden would like to receive in future

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

	Please assess the importance of each type of support that the Garden would like to receive from Slow Food in future, by marking with Yes or No the appropriate level of importance for each option
1	Support to organize awareness raising events about the Garden: *
2	Support to organize training events for the members of the Garden: *
3	Support in funds or kind to expand and improve the Garden: *
4	Support in funds or kind for crop management (seeds, vegetative propagation materials tools, equipment, fertilizer, pest and disease control): *
5	More frequent technical supervision: *
6	Other, please specify :

Please add any comment considered useful on the support that the Community Garden members would like to receive from Slow Food

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F2 - Community Garden monitoring form

Slow Food Monitoring and Evaluation System

for the Gardens Project in Africa