F2 - Community Garden monitoring form

Slow Food Monitoring and Evaluation System

for the Gardens Project in Africa

This form will be preferably filled in by the Slow Food Gardens Coordinator with the collaboration of the Garden Manager. The form should be filled in once per year, during or at the end of the cropping season, with the information relevant to the on-going or just closed cropping season. For some questions, the responses will have to reflect the collective views of all Community Garden members. The information requested in the section General Information about country, name and type of garden is the same as requested in F1, Slow Food Community Garden Key Persons and geographical location. The Slow Food Garden code will be entered by SF.

The form can be filled on paper and data transferred later in the on-line Confluence platform; or it can be directly filled in the on-line Confluence electronic platform.

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Please list all the crops grown in the Garden during the reported cropping season, as well as the shrubs and trees that also are in the Garden; and indicate if they belong to one of the four categories suggested if they are annual/biennial crops or permanent shrubs and trees; and their main intended uses. Please follow these rules: if the crops are included in the Ark of Taste or are a Presidium, write in column (a) the name as registered in the on-line catalogue of the Slow Food Foundation Web site; should you not know the crop name in English, please indicate the local name; if a crop does not belong to any of the categories indicated in (b) to (e), please answer Yes to Other; if there are more than 12 crops/ shrubs/trees, please list the minor ones in the open-ended question below.

Crops

Crops/shrubs/trees in the Garden during the reported cropping season	Ark of Taste product	Presidium product	Local species or variety	Species or variety at risk of extinction	Other	Crop/shrub/ tree is annual/ biennial or perennial	Main intended uses
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other
							food animal feed medicinal use other

Please add any comment considered useful on the crops, shrubs and trees grown in the Garden during the reported cropping season, including crops’/shrubs’/trees’ name and category if there are more than 12 species or varieties

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

Please add any comment considered useful on the objectives of the Garden. Most importantly, if the Garden has been an incentive for member and non-member households to develop their own garden at home, please indicate how many have done so (approximate number).

Governance of the Community Garden

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

First and family name	Role	Gender	Age

Please add any comment considered useful on the governance roles of the Garden

Management of the Community Garden

Community Garden decision making mechanism: please answer Yes or not
The Garden Governance decides what crops to grow and how: * Yes No
The Garden Governance decides about the destination and distribution of the products: * Yes No
The Slow Food Gardens Coordinator participates in the decision about what crops to grow and how: * Yes No
The Slow Food Gardens Coordinator participates in the decision about the destination and distribution of the products: * Yes No
All members of the Garden participate in the decision of what crops to grow and how: * Yes No
All members of the Garden participate in the decision about the destination and distribution of the products: * Yes No
Each Garden’s member/household decides on his/her own about which crops to grow and the destination and distribution of the products: * Yes No
Other, please specify :

Community Garden work organization: please answer Yes or No
All members work on all Garden plots: * Yes No
Each member/household works on the assigned plot/s: * Yes No
All members work together according to planning: * Yes No
Each member/household works in the Garden whenever she/he/it wants: * Yes No
Other, please specify :

Destination and distribution of the Community Garden products: please provide percentage values from 0% to 100% as appropriate for the three initial options
Products used by member households: *
Products sold to generate revenue for the Garden: *
Products used for demonstration events in the Garden: *
Please, answer Yes or No, as appropriate to the following options Products and/or revenue from the sale distributed among all members in equal parts: * Yes No Products and/or revenue from the sale distributed among all members according to time worked: * Yes No Products sold to generate income for other community activities: * Yes No Products and/or revenue from the sale donated to the poorest members: * Yes No Products and/or revenue from the sale donated to the poorest households in village: * Yes No 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 and use of training material and about events carried out during the reported cropping season
The Garden has access to the Slow Food training material on gardening in hard copy: * Yes No
The Garden has access to the Slow Food training material on gardening on-line: * Yes No
The Garden has access to training material on gardening by other organizations in hard copy: * Yes No
The Garden has access to training material on gardening by other organizations on-line: * Yes No
The Garden regularly uses the Slow Food training material on gardening : * Yes No
The Garden regularly uses the training material on gardening by other organizations: * Yes No
Over the last 12 months, Slow Food organized training events at the Garden: * Yes No
Over the last 12 months, Slow Food organized community awareness events at the Garden: * Yes No
Over the last 12 months, other partners organized training events at the Garden: * Yes No
The Garden is used as a training area on gardening for the local/another school: * Yes No
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 all replies with all the members of the Community Garden
The work of the members in the Garden…: *
The production from the Garden… : *
The income and/o savings generated by the Garden products…: *
The learning process at the Garden… : *
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 all replies with all Community Garden members

Please answer Yes or No and comment as appropriate about the challenges that the Garden has faced during the reported cropping season	Yes/No	Please provide additional information as appropriate	Please indicate the solution you have identified
Garden size	Yes No
Fencing the Garden	Yes No
Availability of seeds and propagation material	Yes No
Availability of natural fertilizers (manure, compost, etc.)	Yes No
Access to water and management	Yes No
Pests and diseases control	Yes No
Availability of tools and equipment	Yes No
Financial resources for Garden management	Yes No
Garden governance	Yes No
Garden management	Yes No
Knowledge of Slow Food gardening practices	Yes No

Other, please specify :

Please add any comment considered useful on the challenges faced by the garden

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

Please discuss and agree all replies 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 selecting the appropriate level of importance for each option
Support to organize awareness raising events about the Garden: *
Support to organize training events for the members of the Garden: *
Support in funds or kind to expand and improve the Garden: *
Support in funds or kind for crop management (seeds, vegetative propagation materials tools, equipment, fertilizer, pest and disease control): *
More frequent technical supervision: *
Other, please specify :

Please add any comment considered useful on the support that the Community Garden 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