F2 - Community Garden monitoring form

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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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Date establishment of the Garden (month/year):

Please indicate which cropping season is referred to in the form since the establishment of the Slow Food Garden (first, second, third, etc.) and the calendar year in which it was implemented.

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 and one by the Slow Food Garden Coordinator. The list should be updated every time there is a change in membership. Slow Food suggests that the list comprises 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 16-32 years; adult is anyone from the age of 33 years.

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

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

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

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

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 and indicate: if they belong to one of the four categories suggested, the approximate area they occupy in the Garden; and their intended use. Please follow these rules: if the crops are included in the Ark of Taste or are a Presidium, please report in column (a) the name as registered in the on-line catalogue of the Slow Food Foundation Web site; indicate the local name should you not know the crop name in English; 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 6 crops, please list the minor ones in the open-ended question below.

Annual and biennial crops	Ark of Taste product	Presidium product	Local species or variety	Species or variety at risk of extinction	Other	Approximate area occupied in %, from 1 to 100%	Intended use

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

Please list all the perennial crops, including shrubs and trees grown in the Garden in the reported cropping season and indicate: if they belong to one of the four categories suggested, the approximate area they occupy in the Garden; and their intended use. Please follow these rules: if the crops are included in the Ark of Taste or are a Presidium, please report in column (a) the name as registered in the on-line catalogue of the Slow Food Foundation Web site; indicate the local name should you not know the crop name in English; 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 6 crops, please list the minor ones in the open-ended question below.

Perennial plants grown during the reported cropping season	Ark of Taste product	Presidium product	Local species or variety	Species or variety at risk of extinction	Other	Approximate number of plants	Intended use

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

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

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 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

Community Garden decision making mechanism: please answer Yes or not

Community Garden work organization: please answer Yes or No

Destination and distribution of the School Garden products: please provide percentage values from 0% to 100% as appropriate for the three initial options



Please, answer Yes or No, as appropriate to the following options

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

Please discuss and agree all replies with all the members 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
Fencing the Garden
Availability of seeds and propagation material
Availability of natural fertilizers (manure, compost, etc.)
Access to water and management
Pests and diseases control
Availability of tools and equipment
Financial resources for Garden management
Garden governance
Garden management
Knowledge of Slow Food gardening practices

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

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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Type

Women head-of-household (HOH)

Adult women not HOH

Young women not HOH

Men HOH

Adult men not HOH

Young men not HOH

Thanks for your help.

F2 - Community Garden monitoring form

Below you will find the version of the completed online form.

Date establishment of the Garden (month/year):

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.

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 .

Location of the Garden during the reported cropping season .

Distance between the Garden and the closest market during the reported cropping season

Security and visibility of the Garden during the reported cropping season

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

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

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

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

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

Sources of seeds and vegetative propagation materials used in the Garden during the reported cropping season

Sources of water used in the Garden; whether the water was/is paid and the water lifting method

Irrigation and soil-moisture conservation used in the Garden during the reported cropping season

Soil fertility and soil management practices used in the Garden during the reported cropping season

Pest and disease management practices used in the Garden during the reported cropping season

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

PImportance of each objective of the Garden during the reported cropping season, by the appropriate level of importance

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	Gender	Age
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	Community Garden decision making mechanism
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	Community Garden work organization
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	Destination and distribution of the Community Garden products: percentage values from 0% to 100%
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5
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	Access to training material and events carried out during the reported cropping season
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	Please discuss and agree with all the members of the Community Garden
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N.	Challenges that the Garden has faced during the reported cropping season	Yes/No	Additional information	Solution identified
1	Garden size
2	Fencing the Garden
3	Availability of seeds and propagation material
4	Availability of natural fertilizers (manure, compost, etc.)
5	Access to water and management
6	Pests and diseases control
7	Availability of tools and equipment
8	Financial resources for Garden management
9	Garden governance
10	Garden management
11	Knowledge of Slow Food gardening practices

	Importance of each type of support that the Garden would like to receive from Slow Food in future
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2
3
4
5
6

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.

Read and accepted *

See you soon,
The Slow Food Food team