Kiponzelo - CVP Report Oct 11-2010

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report Year One
2nd Visit
October 11, 2010

Village KIPONZELO
Pastor JEZBELI NDENDYA
Companion Gustavus Adolphus Luth. Church
Attendees 13
Weather for the past month Dry
Reporters Gabriel and Rev. Lunodzo

Purpose of the visit
• Measuring demonstration plots
• Delivering rain gauge
Topics
1. Review of the handouts
Together with them we went through the handouts
o 2nd Visit Instructions
o DIRA and Institute of Agriculture Village Plot Agreement
o Plot Management FAQs
2. Demonstrations
o Rain gauge
We told them we need to know the annual rainfall of their place. We instructed them on how to record rain using a rain gauge. One set of rain gauge was handed to the pastor.
o Plots
We went outside of the church and together we measured the 1acre plot using miter tape. We measured two ½ acres plots, one for corn and another one for beans.

Comments
 They asked if they can use a fertilizer called SA since they did not hear us mentioning it.
We told them that SA has the characteristic of increasing soil acidity. According to the soil analysis their soil is acidic. We would not recommend SA for this kind of soil.
 They wanted to know how many application they are suppose to do in corn and beans
We told that we recommend two applications of fertilizers for corn; at the planting and when the crops reach at knee high. For beans we recommend one application, at the planting.

Conclusions/Recommendations
We had to finish early here because we were supposed to go to another Parish in the same day. We told them that we shall come back in November for the planting and fertilizer demonstrations.