MONITORING AND RECORD-KEEPING FORMAT FOR SMALLHOLDER CULTIVATION OF A TRANSPLANTED VEGETABLE CROP

1 Farmer ........................................................................
a Name ...........................................................................
b Address ........................................................................
 
2 Site .............................................................................
a Location .......................................................................
b Altitude ........................................................................
c Topography ...................................................................
d Soil type .......................................................................
e Rainfall: ........................................................................
Mean annual (mm) ..........................................................
Mean monthly (mm) ........................................................
f Temperature: Mean monthly maximum and minimum ..............
g Water supply for irrigation (source, quality, reliability) ...........
h Vegetation ....................................................................
i Previous land use ...........................................................
3 Area of Crop ................................................................
a Total area of farm (ha) ...................................................
b Current year's planting (ha) .............................................
b Previous year's planting (ha)................ Production (kg) .......

4 Land Preparation

Date
Operation
Method
Cost
Outcome
         

5 Nursery Activities (where seedlings are produced for transplanting)

Date
Operation
Materials used
(type, quantity, cost)
Labour
(quantity, cost)
Outcome
         

6 Transplanting (where practised)

Date
Area planted
No.of seedlings
Spacing
Cost
Outcome
           

7 Sowing (where direct seeding is practised)

Date
Area
Seed (gm)
Method
Spacing
Cost
Outcome
             

8 Fertilizer Application

Date
Area
Amount (Kg)
Type
Material cost
Labour cost
Impact
             

9 Irrigation

Date
Area irrigated
Method
Material Quantity/Cost
Labour Amount/Cost
Impact
           

10 Weed Control

Date
Area weeded
Method
Material Quantity/
Cost
Labour Amount/
Cost
Impact
           

11 Pest and Disease Control

Date
Type of pest/
disease
Impact pre-treatment
Treatment Date/Type
Materials Quantity/
Cost
Labour Amount/
Cost
Result of treatment
             

12 Harvest

Date
Area
State of crop
Method
Cost
Outcome
           

13 Sorting, Cleaning, Packing

Date
Method
Materials
Quantity/
Cost)
Labour
Amount/
Cost
Outcome
         

14 Production and Sales

Area harvested
Date planted
Date harvested
Quantity harvested (kg)
Quality Grade/%
Value of crop sold
           

15 Comments

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Related information: Records normally kept by each partner

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