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RESILIENCE SNAPSHOT
Date
Province, area
Village
Name and
Surname
Gender
Age
No of years in
CRA
Increased
diversity in
farming
Yes/No
Before
Y/Nnow
Size/no before
Size/no now
Comment:
why or why
not
Gardening
Field cropping
Livestock
Treesand
other
resources
Increased
growing season
Yes/no
Before
Yes/no
Now
Comment
Gardening
Fieldcropping
Livestock
Treesand
other
resources
Increased CRA
practice
diversity
No of practices
Before
No of
practices
Now
Name new practices (Use water, soil ,crops, livestock and
naturalresources)
Traditional
practices
List of
practices
Comments
Examples are seed saving, traditional livestock breeds,
banana basins, aloes and ash for pest control ….
Increased
productivity
List crops and
livestock types
Amount before
(in kgs/tons),
10,20,50kg
bags/containers
,
Proportion
consumed vs
sold (e.g.) 70%
(thus 70%
eaten)
Amount now(in
kgs/tons,
10,20,50kg
bags/containers
Proportion
consumed vs
sold (e.g.)
70% (thus
70% eaten)
Gardening
Fieldcropping
2
Livestock
Treesand
other
resources
Increased food
security
No of food
types, no of
times/week
Before
No of food
types, no of
times/week
Now
Comment: Where has increase ordecrease come
from
Increased crop
diversity
No of crops
planted before
No of new crops
now
Comment: give names of crops
Gardening
Fieldcropping
Treesand
other
resources
Mixed cropping
/ Crop rotation
Yes/NoBefore
Yes/NoNow
comment: give example
Gardening
Fieldcropping
Treesand
other
resources
Livestock
Integration
practices
Yes/NoBefore
Yes/NoNow
Description;e.grotational grazing,
herding, fencing, water sources
e.g.erosion control,clearing of
aliens, re-planting
Grazing
management
Restoration
firebreaks
3
fodder
production
Cutting and
baling of veld
grass
Winter
supplementati
on
Cutting and
feeding or
storage of
fodder crops
List of water
sources
availabl
e to farmer
Sources of
water (incl
RWH
Before/now
Reliability of
each (Score_
enough all the
time (1), some
,someof the
time (2), little
and sporadic
(3))
Comment
Wateruse
e\iciency
Implemented practices
to increase water
holding capacity
Implemented practiced to
reduce water run-o\
Comment
Improved soil
health
List of options
Yes/no
Comment
Softer
(improved
structure)
Darker
(improved
organic matter)
Fewer soil pests
and diseases
Better able to
deal with heat
and drought
Redundancy
in nutrients,
inputs and
suppliers
List of nutrient
sources available
to farmer.
List of suppliers
(gardens, fields
livestock)
List of sales outlets
(gardens, fields,
livestock)
Comments
Increased
livelihood
Income options
Income options Now
Comments
Scale:1=social grants; 2=
remittances; 3=farming
4
diversity/
options
Before
income;4= small business
5=other (describe)
Increased
income
Income before
(ave monthly
from farming)
Income now
(ave monthly
from farming
Comments
Savings (safety,
security,
achievement)
Amount per
month Before
Amount per
month Now
Use of savings;
1=food
2=household use
3=education
4= production
5=small business
6=other
Change in agricultural productive
assets (categorise in equipment,
livestock, etc..)
Village Loans
and Savings
Associations
Are you part of
VLSA group Y/N
Name of the
VSLA group
Number of
years
participated
Average
amount
loaned
Use of loan
Collabora
tive
actions/s
ocial
agency
Activities in groups
Before- name
Activities in groups
Now
How is the
group/social
agencies helpful?
What does the
group do? (incl
emergency
support)
E.g. savings, stokvels, local insurance
church, learning groups, coops,
farmers associations, work teams,
selling, inputs, farmers centres, water
committees, livestock groups …
1
2
3
4
5
Informed
decision
making
Information used to choose activities
Before
Information used to choose activities Now
e.g. Other community members, learningingroups,writteninfo,radio,facilitators,
extension o\icers, etc
1
2
5
3
4
Knowledge
sharing
How did they share
knowledge before?
How do they share
knowledge now?
What type of knowledge is shared? Categorise
eg. Livestock, farming, water, business
1
2
3
4
Positive
mindsets
Rate your
mindset Before
Rate your
mindset now
Comment(look into personal attitudes, motivations
and beliefs)
SCALE: -1=less positive about the
future; 0=the same; 1=more positive
about the future; 2=much more
positive
6
Issues
Pastpractice
Present practice
Impact (incl soil
health and fertility
and soil and water
conservation
Lessons
7
Use a scale of 0-3
0=no change
1=some positive change
2=medium positive change
3= high positive change
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRACTICES
Soil
Water
Productivity
P&D
control
labour
Cost and
maintenance
Livelihoods
Adaptation
Name of practice
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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