If you prefer to use alternative applications for data collection, you are free to do so. However, to ensure that you gather the necessary information per farm and plot (a farm contains one or more plots), please follow the requirements below.

Data Required per Farm

Field Data type Mandatory? Description
Reference Number Local Partner Free text No Unique identifier from the local partner's system
Community Reference Number Free text No Unique identifier for the Farmer Community
Address Free text Yes The relevant address information on the street level
Village Free text Yes The village where the farmer is located
Site Free text No The site or department where the farmer is located
Region Free text No The region (or parish, chiefdom, province, state, or subcounty) where the farmer is located
Land Use List of values Yes Select one of the dropdown values that provides information on the type of land use of the farmer
Farmer Agreement Signed Yes/No Yes To understand if an agreement between the local partner and the farmer (including a consent statement) has been signed. An upload is not accepted without a signed agreement
Land Ownership List of values Yes To understand if land ownership is validated. The answer has an impact on the upload, as a farmer cannot be fully uploaded if land ownership is not validated (i.e., pending/no)
Primary Contact First Name Free text Yes First name of the farmer
Primary Contact Last Name Free text Yes Last name of the farmer
Main Language List of values Yes The main language spoken by the farmer
Phone Free text Yes If available, please provide the phone number of the farmer. If not, please type '000' in case the farmer has no phone number
Email Free text No If available, please provide the email of the farmer
Gender List of values No The gender of the farmer
Birth Year YYYY No The birth year of the farmer. Anything else won't be accepted due to privacy legislation
Available Communications List of values No The available ways of communication to get in contact with the farmer
Number in Household Number Yes Select one of the dropdown values that provides information on the type of land use of the farmer
Contact Sub Type List of values Yes The sub-contact type. In case not available, please select 'N/A'

Data Requirements per Plot

| Local Partner Reference Plot | Plot 1 | Free text | No | Possibility for the local partner to log the reference name or number of the plot they are uploading | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Agroforestry type | Plot 1 | List of values | Yes | Type of agroforestry applicable to the plot | | Plot polygon | Plot 1 | Free text | Yes | Specify the GPS polygon details, using the WGS 84 standard, in format Decimal Degrees (DD). See http://geojson.io/ for help with putting the polygon already in  GeoJSON. Other ways of writing it down are also accepted but not preferred. | | Main cash crop | Name species | Plot 1 | Free text | No | Name of the main cash crop on the plot | | Main cash crop | Planting year | Plot 1 | YYYY | No | Estimate of year in which this cash crop has been planted | | Main cash crop | Quantity on plot | Plot 1 | Number | No | Number of this cash crop species planted on the plot, the value needs to be between 1 and 99999 | | Main cash crop | Yield per year (kg) | Plot 1 | Number | No | Amount of yield for this cash crop on the plot  | | Secondary cash crop | Name species | Plot 1 | Free text | No | Name of the second cash crop on the plot | | Secondary cash crop | Planting year | Plot 1 | YYYY | No | Estimate of  year in which this cash crop has been planted | | Secondary cash crop | Quantity on plot | Plot 1 | Number | No | Number of this cash crop species planted on the plot, the value needs to be between 1 and 99999 | | Secondary cash crop | Yield per year (kg) | Plot 1 | Number | No | Amount of yield for this cash crop on the plot  | | Other cash crop | Name species | Plot 1 | Free text | No | Name of the tertiary cash crop on the plot | | Other cash crop | Planting year | Plot 1 | YYYY | No | Estimate of year in which this cash crop has been planted | | Other cash crop | Quantity on plot | Plot 1 | Number | No | Number of this cash crop species planted on the plot, the value needs to be between 1 and 99999 | | Other cash crop | Yield per year (kg) | Plot 1 | Number | No | Amount of yield for this cash crop on the plot  |


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