2011CVP
Companion Village Project
2nd Visit, Year One
October 21, 2011
School Pommern Secondary School
Head Master Haran Ngede
Companion Faith Lutheran, Forest Lake
Attendees 2 teachers and 18 students
Weather for the past month Dry
Reporters Gabriel, Nafeti, 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 the them
• 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.
Questions/ comments
They asked about fertilizer requirement
We are recommending using four bags of NPK fertilizer for one acre of corn and the same amount for one acre of beans.
They asked what seeds are suitable in the area are.
We told them that the seeds suitable in that are those which have medium maturity period and we are going to use some in the demo plot for them to learn.
Conclusions/Recommendations
We requested them to keep the same group of students for the management purpose. This group will be responsible to manage and handle the demonstration plot.
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