Mlafu - CVP Report May 13-2010

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
5th Visit Year One
May 13, 2010


Village Mlafu
Pastor Daison Mpesa
Companion Our Saviour’s, Still water
Attendees 32
Weather for the past month Dry
Reporter Gabriel, Ibrahim, Rev. Mang’ulisa

Purposes of the visit
• Instructing how to take yield measurements
• To deliver a tin and Liter for yield measurement

Topics
1. Rain records
We checked the records and write down in our notebook for analysis. In this season the village got enough rainfall.
2. Review of Handouts
o 5th visit handout was reviewed
o Yield measurement sheet was reviewed and two copies were provided for yields recording.
3. Demonstration
It was demonstrated how to take the yields in 10m in different three rows. We told them to record the number of plants (and of ears for corn) and volume in liters in the yield sheet provided. To get good comparison, we asked them to do the same in one of the neighbor’s plot(s).
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Plots
• Corn plot
Corn plot looks fine. The ears are not dried enough to be harvested. Members of the congregation are happy with the corn variety we have introduced to them. Good yield is expected in this plot.
• Bean plot
The beans are in the flowering stage. There are two parts of the plot, each has different planting date. We told them, next time they should make sure they have the same panting date in the whole plot. There are leaf-eating bugs; we instruct them to spray the pesticides (Thionex) we gave them called. This will prevent flower damage by these bugs.

Comments/questions from audience
 They asked what corn plants should be counted and what should not be counted?
We told them that as instructed in the handout, the corn plants which should be counted are those with ears to be harvested
 How about the rotten corn, should they be counted too?
The rotten corn which will be discarding should not be counted because they will not contribute in the volume measurements. However they should be put in the records so that we may not how many ears rot. Knowing the number of rotten ears will help us to determine the suitability of the variety

Conclusions/Recommendations
We did not have village leaders today. We asked Pastor to invite them to attend our next meeting. We delivered one tin and one liter for taking yield measurements.