F3 - Monitoring questionnaire to measure Community Gardens’ impact at household level

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Slow Food Monitoring and Evaluation System

for the Gardens Project in Africa

Objective

This form has the purpose of capturing and measuring the results, or immediate changes, and the impacts, or longer-term changes, of Community Gardens on member households. Changes are assessed by comparing a few indicators of household’s conditions ‘before and after’ its participation in the Community Garden, based on household members’ memory.

This information will contribute learning and evidence to Slow Food and its partners about the contribution of the Gardens in Africa programme to the improvements of participants’ livelihoods.

How to select the Gardens and the households where to apply the F3 form

The form will be used during interviews to be carried out once per year in a number of ‘representative gardens’ and randomly selected households that are members of the selected gardens.

By ‘representative garden’ is intended a Community Garden that, according to your knowledge of the area, broadly represents all other Gardens in a given district/county/area, based on the crops grown in the gardens, the number of members, the agroecological practices used and the challenges faced in managing the garden. If possible, the F3 form should be applied in at least 30% of the Community Gardens in each country.

Once the ‘representative gardens’ have been identified, please select randomly 30% of the total number of households that are members of those gardens. An easy way to choose randomly is to get a complete list of the households, and select every third one. If the number of member households is below 10, please interview at least 3 households, that better represent all others in terms of number of household members and level of income. If possible, at least one of the selected households should have developed its own agroecological garden after becoming member of the Community Garden.

Every year different Gardens, and households, should be selected to apply the F3 form, unless otherwise requested by SFI.

Interview organization

Interviews should take place with the household member/s who is/are member/s of the Community Garden and if possible, with the Household Head. Please reassure participants that information will be used in a confidential manner. Experience so far indicates that each interview will approximately take 30 minutes.

Before each interview, the SF Gardens Coordinator or the Garden Manager will assign a code to the household (to be reported in Question 4 below), developed as follows: the Slow Food Garden Code, a progressive number for each household and the ongoing year (e.g., 16200/01/2023). The code will be used to allow maintaining confidentiality about the households when entering the data in the Confluence-based system.

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Please provide the requested information about the household composition and profile at the time of the interview

Household size

Please tick all the options below, as appropriate, about the number of household members - by age and gender - at the time of the interview

Adult woman/women (36 years old or above)
Young woman/women (16 to 35 years old)
Female children (15 years old or younger)
Adult man/men (36 years old or above)
Young man/men (16 to 35 years old)
Male children (15 years old or younger)
Person/s living with disability/ies

Gender and age of the Household Head

Please tick all the options below, as appropriate, about the gender and age of the Household Head

The household head is female (e.g., widow)
The household head is male
The household head is 35 years old or younger
The household head is 36 years old or above

Professional occupation of the Household Head

Please tick all the options below, as appropriate, concerning the main professional occupation of the Household Head

His/her main sector of work is Agriculture
His/her main sector of work is Livestock
His/her main sector of work is Fisheries
His/her main sector of work is Beekeeping
He/she mostly manages an Informal business
He/she mostly manages a Formal business (e.g., shop)
He/she is an employee in the Public or private sector
His/her main sector of work is another one

Household members’ participation in the Community Garden

Please tick all the options below, as appropriate, to indicate which household member/s regularly work/s in the Community Garden.

Household Head
Adult woman/women, 36 years or above
Young woman/women, 16 to 35 years
Adult man/men, 36 years or above
Young man/men, 26 to 35 years
Children, during school holidays

Please add any comment considered useful about the profile of the Household Head and the work of the household member/s in the Community Garden

Main sources of household’s income

Please tick all the options below, as appropriate, to indicate a maximum of 3 main sources of income of the household

Agriculture (crops growing)
Vegetable gardening
Raising livestock (e.g., cattle, goats, sheep, chicken, rabbits, etc.)
Fisheries and/or aquaculture
Beekeeping
Informal business
Formal business (e.g., shop)
Employment in the public or private sector
Other

Please add any comment considered useful on the main sources of income of the household

Use of the Community Garden products by the household

Please tick all the options below, as appropriate, to indicate how the household used the Garden products it has received, by percentage brackets

Consumption within the household
Sale
Exchange for other products (barter)
Seeds for the next cropping season
Gift
Other

Please add any comment considered useful about the household’s use of the Community Garden products

Frequency of fresh produce consumption by the household

Please complete all the statements below, as appropriate, indicating how often the household consumed/consumes fresh produce

Before the Community Garden was established the household consumed fresh produce…
Before the Community Garden was established, the household bought fresh produce…
Currently, during the Community Garden cropping season, the household consumes fresh produce…
Currently, during the Community Garden cropping season, the household buys fresh produce…

Please add any comment considered useful about the household’s consumption of fresh produce

Household’s food consumption DURING THE WEEKS BEFORE THE MOST RECENT HARVEST (lean period)

Please tick all the statements below, as appropriate, about the household’s consumption during the lean period

Before the establishment of the Community Garden, the household had to reduce the quantity of all type of food during the lean period
Before the establishment of the Community Garden, the household had to change the type of food consumed during the lean period
Before the establishment of the Community Garden, the household had to reduce the number of meals during the lean period
Currently, since the establishment of the Community Garden, the household has to reduce the quantity of all type of food during the lean period
Currently, since the establishment of the Community Garden, the household has to change the type of food consumed during the lean period
Currently, since the establishment of the Community Garden, the household has to reduce the number of meals during the lean period

Please add any comment considered useful about the household’s food consumption during the weeks/months before new harvest (lean period)

Impact of the Community Garden on the household’s resources
Please tick all the options below, as appropriate, about the impact of the Garden on the household’s resources

The Garden generated savings and/or additional income
The Garden increased food availability for household members
The Garden contributed to pay school fees for children
The Garden contributed to pay for medical assistance/purchase of medicines
The Garden contributed to pay for house improvement
The Garden contributed to pay for livestock (cattle, sheep, goats)
The Garden contributed to pay for courtyard animals (poultry, rabbit)
The Garden contributed to pay for investment in the farm
The Garden contributed to pay for investment in a new business
The Garden contributed to pay for other expenses
The Garden contributed to seed availability and accessibility
The Garden contributed to availability of other products (e.g., animal feed, medicinal plants, etc.)

Please add any comment considered useful about the impact of the Garden on the household’s resources

Effects of external negative events (Covid-19 pandemic, war, climate change, etc.) on the household in relation to the Community Garden

Please complete all the statements below, as appropriate, about the effects of external negative events on the household in relation to the Community Garden

The contribution of the household members to the Community Garden…
The household’s consumption of fruits and vegetables from the Community Garden…
The household’s income/savings related to the products of the Community Garden…

Please specify which external event is referred to and add any comment considered useful about its effects on the household in relation to the Community Garden

Results of the trainings organized at the Community Garden

Please tick all the statements below, as appropriate, about the results of the trainings at the Community Garden

Household members have learned about agro-ecological gardening
Household members have learned about the SF philosophy on good, clean and fair food
Household members have learned about food conservation and transformation
Household members have applied what they have learned at the Community Garden in their own garden
Household members have received/have seen the SF publications on agroecological gardening
Other

Please add any comment considered useful about learning and training at the Community Garden

Household’s own agroecological vegetable garden

Please tick all the statements below, as appropriate, about the household’s own agroecological vegetable garden

The household had its own agroecological vegetable garden before joining the Community Garden
The household has established its own agroecological vegetable garden since joining the Community Garden
The household consumes the production of its own vegetable garden
The household sells the production of its own vegetable garden
The household does not have its own vegetable garden due to lack of space
The household does not have its own vegetable garden due to lack of time
The household does not have its own vegetable garden due to lack of financial resources to establish it
The household does not have its own vegetable garden because the Community Garden provides it with sufficient fresh produce

Please add any comment considered useful about the household’s own vegetable garden

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