Monitoring activities
Meteorology
- Meteo measurements by 2 weather stations.
- Rainfall recording by 5 rain gauges (daily totals) and 2 rain gauges (intensity)
- Outflow at subwatershed level (2 hydrometric stations)
- Piezometric levels at 5 monitoring wells.
Repeated measurements (2 weekly/ monthly)
- Soil moisture with portable TDR probe and/or gravimetric method,
- Steady state infiltration rate, using double ring infiltrometer (mm/h)
- Plant cover, species diversity/density, soil surface state, biomass, range production.
Agronomical activities by stakeholder
- Dates and type of tillage: ploughing, sowing, weeding, harvest and other inputs (fuel, labour, etc)
- Animal practices (stocking density)
Yield assessment
- Total yield in kg/ha
- General yield quality or herd/grazing quality assessment
- General impression by stakeholder (advantages/disadvantages)
- Comparative assessment with regular practice
