2011CVP
Companion Village Project
2nd Visit, Year One
October 18, 2011
Collage Kilolo VTC
Manager/Principal Edger Elius Njuyui/Castor Sanguya
Sponsor Ron Reed
Attendees About fifty students and teachers
Weather for the past month Dry
Reporters Gabriel, Rev. Mang’ulisa and Pongolani
Purposes of the visit
• Measuring demonstration plots
• Delivering rain gauge
• Discuss soil analysis results
Topics
1. Review of the handouts
Together with them we went through the handouts
• 2nd Visit Instructions
• DIRA and Institute of Agriculture Village Plot Agreement
• Plot Management FAQs
2. Demonstrations
• Rain gauge
We told them we need to know the annual rainfall record of their area. We instructed them on how to record rain using a rain gauge. One set of rain gauge was handed to them with instructions on how to read and record the data.
• Plots
We went outside of the church and together we measured the 1acre plot using meter tape. We measured two ½ acres plots, one for corn and another one for beans. We insisted them to clean the plot at the time when they wait for seeds and fertilizers.
Questions/ Comments from Audience
Companion Village program started?
The program was started in 2008 in ten parishes around Iringa Diocese and at the moment the program has more than 40 plots in Parishes and Secondary schools and one Vocational Traning Collage. For those who started in 2008 and 2009 have been experiencing a higher increase in maize yield each year.
They asked on how to take rainfall data.
Basically you take rainfall data after every 24 hours. Read the level of water then record in the sheet provided. Empty the gauge, then return it in the same position for next yield.
Conclusions/Recommendations
We encouraged them to participate every time when we make visits here so that they can learn all the farming practices we are teaching and take them back home to practice in their own farms.
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