Lundamatwe

2010CVP Companion Village Project 5th Visit Year Two May 16, 2012 Village Lundamatwe Pastor Nixon Mwitula Companion Augustana Attendees 9 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Gabriel and Don and Karen We made this visit the same day we did a visit to Ipogoro Parish. In this visit we were accompanied by Pastor of the Parish. We met the evangelist and parish members waiting for us. We conducted demonstration outside the church close to the demonstration plot Purpose of the visit • Demonstrating on how to take yield measurements Topics 1. Greetings Don delivered greetings on behalf of Augustana Lutheran, Saint Paul Area Synod and US Ag Advisory Committee 2. Review of the handouts o 5th Visit handout o Yield recording sheet 3. Demonstrations Pastor is expert in taking the yield measurement because Ipogoro Parish has been one of the best parishes in running the program. We let the pastor run the demonstration to the Parish members of this small church. Outside the church, close to the plot short presentation on how to take the yield measurements was conducted Plots information • Corn has matured and dry ready to be harvested. The soil here is sandy. Much of the nutrients do leach easily. We advised them to add cow manure and continue with the practice of leaving crop residues after harvesting. This will add organic matter in the soil and improve soil fertility. • The beans are now dried. They are ready to be harvested. We instructed them to do crop rotation to control bean disease occurrence. Comments from audience  Pastor encouraged parish members to adopt the techniques and use them in their famers. The program will be meaning if only this is done. On behalf of the parish members he thanks Augustana Lutheran and the Institute of Agriculture for supporting and conducting the demonstration plots Conclusion We told them that we will be back in July/August to take the harvest records and rain data. However we told them whenever they have a problem they can give us a call. We will be happy to help solving any agricultural problem they face.