Ipogoro - Augustana Luth; CVP Report for May 26,2011

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
5th Visit 3rd Year
May, 26 2011

Village Ipogolo
Pastor NIckson Mwitula
Companion Augustana Luth.
Attendees 11
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti, Don, Karen, Mang’ulisa and Pongolani
At Ipogoro we happened to have ward executive officer and Village executive officer who are government leaders of that area. Ward executive officer wanted to know the recommended fertilizer for planting and 2nd application suitable for Ipogolo area the information which will help them when they request the subsidized fertilizer.

Purpose of the visit
The purpose of the visit is to demonstrate and give instructions on yield measurement.

Greetings
Pastor Lunodzo Mang’ulisa introduced the Ag. Institute staff and he also delivered greetings from the Iringa diocese. Don delivered greetings from St. Paul area Synod and US Ag.Isnstitute Advisory Committee. Done also explain the important of the yield data we are expecting to take from the demo plots.

Review of the handouts

• 5th Visit handout
• Yield recording sheet
• Rain record sheets to know the amount of rain received during this season

Demonstrations

We were supposed to demonstrate how to measure the 10M row of corn and beans then record the yield data. They harvested corn and beans before we visited them. Then we told them to record the total yield of corn and beans.

Comments;
• They like the corn and bean variety which we provided them to grow on the demo plots
• Ward executive officer suggested that if possible to train all the farmers around the area before they got the subsidized inputs so that they can use them properly. Pastor Nixon said he will be able to teach them all the things we teach them regarding corn and bean production, he will invite also pastor Laiton from Nduli to help him.

Conclusion
We thanked the pastor and church members for the good work they did on corn and bean plots and encouraged them to do the same even on their own farms.