Kidabaga 16th July, 2010

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
6th Visit Year Two
16th July, 2010


Village Kidabaga
Pastor Joyce Ngandango
Companion Faith Lutheran Church
Attendees 7
Reporters Gabriel, Ibrahim and Pastor Lunodzo

Purposes of the visit
• To collect the yield measurement
• To deliver grain storage chemical “Shumba”
• End of season discussion and planning for the next farming season
Topics
1. We went through the handout
• 6th Visit instruction handout
2. Harvesting
Both Corn and beans have not been harvested yet. We gave them instructions on how to get the yield measurements. We insisted that we want to get the measurements to put in our records and for them to know what are the good seeds and the benefit of use fertilizers.
3. Storage
We instructed them on how to store grain for home usage and for selling at the time of high price. We instructed how to mix grain storage pesticides “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. We left the pesticides to them to mix with their harvested grains.
4. Discussion about the farming seasons
We told them that in both corn and bean plots instructions were not properly followed. The institute and their companion congregation have not been happy with the way they take care their demonstrations plots. We told them that unless they promise to move the plots close to the church and handle the plots properly there will be no demonstration plots in the coming farming seasons.

Conclusion
We left the task to them to discuss about the progress of the demonstration plots. We told them to give us the feedback. We insisted the importance of the demonstration plots to them and to the community around them.