📝 Form 1 — Farm Profile & Plastic Flows Level: Intermediate ⏱️ Estimated: 10 Minutes Module: FARM

Inputting Plastic Flow Items and Allocating 11 End-of-Life Fates

Standard procedures for recording annual plastic quantities, conversion factors, lifespan, and percentage allocations across 11 end-of-use fates.

Target Roles: SURVEY USER, ADMIN, SUPER ADMIN
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📋 Prerequisites Before Starting
Farm Draft (Form 1) successfully initialized.

Steps to Add Plastic Flow Items

  1. Open the farm detail page in draft status.
  2. Scroll down to the Plastic Flow Items (Material Flows) section.
  3. Click the + Add Plastic Flow Item button.
  4. Complete the dialog fields:
    • Plastic Category: Select the item type (e.g., Mulch film, Fertilizer sacks, Pesticide bottles, Polybags, Irrigation drip pipes, Tying cords).
    • Annual Quantity: Enter the quantity purchased, applied, or replaced per year.
    • Unit of Measurement: Select Rolls, Pieces/Units, Sacks, Bottles, Meters, or Kilograms.
    • Lifespan: Number of growing seasons or years the item is utilized before disposal (e.g., mulch film = 1 season/year; drip tape = 3 years).
  5. Allocate 11 End-of-Use Fates:

    Distribute where the plastic goes once it reaches end of life. The total allocation must equal exactly 100%:

    • Fate 1 (Disposal - Formal Municipal Landfill / TPS)
    • Fate 2 (Burn - Open Field Burning)
    • Fate 3 (Bury - On-farm Ground Burial)
    • Fate 4 (Dump Farm - Uncontrolled Piles in Farm Corners)
    • Fate 5 (Waterway - Discarded into Canals / Streams / Rivers)
    • Fate 6 (Recycle - Sold to Waste Dealers / Waste Banks)
    • Fate 7 (Reuse - Reused for Alternate Agricultural Purposes)
    • Fate 8 (Collected Scheme - Retrieved by Vendor Take-Back Schemes)
    • Fate 9 (Stored - Indefinitely Stored Without Disposal Plan)
    • Fate 10 (Left on Field - Abandoned and Disintegrated in Soil)
    • Fate 11 (Other - Alternative Unspecified Fates)
  6. Click Save Plastic Item.
🎯 Expected Results
Plastic items inventoried with fate allocations summing to exactly 100% and calculated into annual kilograms.
⚠️ Common Pitfalls & Troubleshooting
Allocations across 11 fates not totaling 100%. The system rejects saving if the total is less or greater than 100%.
🔒 Security & Data Privacy Notice
Quantity estimates must be based on respondent disclosures or actual purchase records, not arbitrary guesses.

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Filling commodity profiles, land area, irrigation, annual plastic item inventories, and 11 end-of-use fates.

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