To ensure comparability between the results of the soil and water conservation field trials, a blueprint was developed for all the site implementation plans.

Content

• General: location of the monitoring plots
• Summary: brief summary of the problems at this particular location and the SWC chosen, summary from Research Theme 3
• Location description: soil type, relief, climate and photo's of the plot/field area
• Stakeholder info: name, level of technology applied on this location
• Land use: crop, rotation, grazing practice etc.
• Conservation measures and experimental setup: short description of SWC measures, experimental setup, plot layout, situation map
• Monitoring activities
• Timetable of activities
• Analysis strategy