Kivalamo CVP Visit Report - May 23-2012

Companion Village Project Visit Report 5th Visit 5th year May 23, 2012. Village Kivalamo parish Pastor Faus Duma Companion Elim Lutheran Church Attendees 11 Weather Moist and cold Reporters Rev. Mangu’lisa, Venance and Pongolani Purpose of the visit • To explain how to take yield measurement Topics 1. Went through the handouts o 5th Visit handout o Yield recording sheet We went through the handout to make sure the Parishioners could remember the procedures to be followed when taking yield measurements. 2. Demonstrations There was no any demonstration because they had already harvested corn and beans. Corn information Kivalamo Parish is on the mountains characterized by heavy rains for more than eight months in a year. The soil is moist throughout the year. The Parishioners had planted two varieties of corn; the local and the new seed from the institute of agriculture (H. 6303) so that they can compare them for the rotting property. When we visited, we saw the harvested corn placed on the floor of the storeroom. Some of it was badly rotten but some other was better. They could tell easily that the badly rotten was the new seed from the institute of agriculture and the local seed performed better against the rotting problem. The beans were already used up for either food or seed to parishioners. Comments We all agreed that the local corn seed should be used to plant in the CVP next season because it tolerates the rotting problem. It was agreed that the Institute of Agriculture should bring the corn and bean seed at the sixth visit so that they can plant between July and August. Conclusion Kivalamo and Idunda are two parishes which can do better with the CVP only if they can plant in July – August season and use local variety seed which is very different from the other parishes which plant in November – December and use the certified seed. Therefore, inputs have to be sent to Kivalamo and Idunda during the sixth visit.