Nyanzwa - CVP Report May 17-2010

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
5th Visit Year One
May 17, 2010


Village Nyanzwa
Pastor Luhwano Mwafute
Companion Easter Lutheran Church
Attendees 200
Weather for the past month Very Dry
Reporters Ibrahim, Gabriel and Lunodzo

We went with Pastor Paul Harris from Easter Lutheran and Mwandelema- veterinarian from DIRA who is responsible for livestock keeping- He addressed the issues related to Dairy goat keeping.
Purpose of the visit
• Explain and demonstrate how to take yield measurement.
• Deliver two containers (20 liters and 1 liter size) and a 10 m string.
Topics
1. Greetings
Pastor Lunodzo gave greetings on behalf of the DIRA, Easter Lutheran Church, Saint Paul Area Synod and US Ag Advisory Committee for volunteering to provide fund and to implement of Ag training program
2. Went through the handouts
o 5th Visit handout
o Yield recording sheet
o Rain record sheets to know the amount of rain received during this season
3. Demonstrations
We demonstrated how to measure the 10 m row (in three different locations within the demonstration plot and neighbors farm) for the yield determination, this was demonstrated by using a 10 m string, how to measure and count the number of corn plants and ears. After shelling they are supposed to measure the amount of grain by using a one liter container that was given to them by the institute of Ag.
These measurements are done to both corn and beans.

Plots information
Beans are not yet planted, they will plant beans at the irrigation sites end of May, 2010.
Corn not yet harvested, but they didn’t perform better due to excessively drought.





Comments
 We had a large number of people a little bit over 200 villagers; we also had people and village government leaders from near by village called Igunda. People are appreciated the program and they believed the crops could have been good but because of draught they don’t look good.
 They will plant beans end of this month (May) because they are going to irrigate.
 The drought affected the corn plot and they are not going to have a better yield.
Questions from audience and answers

 They asked how they can determine the amount of rain.
We told them, the rain gauge that was given to them will help to determine the amount of rain received. To get better results, they have to record effectively.
 They told us normally they experience draught, is there any possibility of the Institute to construct dam or Irrigation scheme?
The answer is no, the Institute is only able to provide training for the time being however we reminded them discuss with government leaders and see if there is possibility.
 They are about to plant beans this month, how should they apply fertilizer?
They should apply during the planting time. We recommended them to place fertilizer 5 cm away from the seeds. For beans they should put “seed, seed, fertilizer, seed, seed, fertilizer etc”

Conclusions/Recommendations
We appreciated them for their turn up to the meeting and encouraged them to practice what we are training them for the better life improvement.