Ifuwa-CVP Visit Report-Apr 24-2012

2012 CVP Companion Village Project Visit Report 5th Visit 2nd year April 24, 2012. Village Ifuwa parish Pastor Gervas Nziku Companion Lord of Life Lutheran Attendees 9 Weather Cloudy and moist Reporters Rev. Mangu’lisa, Venance and Pongolani Purpose of the visit • To explain and demonstrate how to take yield measurement Topics 1. Went through the handouts o 5th Visit handout o Yield recording sheet 2. Demonstrations We demonstrated how to measure the 10 m row (in three different locations within the demonstration plot) for the yield determination; this was demonstrated by using a tape measure, tassels from plants within the 10m were removed to mark them for easy identification at the time of harvesting. Plots information Corn does not look very good. The space between lines and between plants is much wider than the recommended; number of plants may be close to expected since the size of the plot looked bigger than half an acre. The plot was weedy. The corn is mature but not yet dry. It will take about two months to completely dry. Beans are close to flowering stage. Bean plants are not in lines and it will be difficult to get the right number of plants in a 10m row. Comments They moved their corn plot away from where they had it last year to get away from termites. There is a big improvement when compared to last year’s performance; they will have a bigger harvest than last year although the harvest will be below the CVP target. They seem to be hard workers and the Pastor is active and seems to be committed. Conclusion We told them to continue weeding until when the corn is about to be harvested. We also advised them to adhere to the planting of corn at a spacing of 60cm between lines and 20cm between plants, 30cm between lines and 10 cm between bean plants.