Ipalamwa Sec Sch CVP Report for June 7, 2011

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
5th Visit 1stYear
June, 07 2011

Village Ipalamwa sec school
Headmaster Ombeni Sawike
Companion Raquet Family Foundation
Attendees About 40 students
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti ,Gabriel,Don,Karen and Mang’ulisa
We held the meeting at the Parish with participants from the Parish and students from the Secondary school. After the meeting went to respective demo plots parish members at the parish plot and students at the Secondary school.

Purpose of the visit
The purpose of the visit is to demonstrate and give instructions on yield measurement.

Greetings
Pastor Lunodzo Mang’ulisa introduced the Ag. Institute staff and he also delivered greeting from the Iringa diocese. Don delivered greetings from St. Paul area Synod and US Ag.Isnstitute Advisory Committee. Done also explain the important of the yield data we are expecting to take from the demo plot.

Topics
Went through the handouts
• 5th Visit handout
• Yield recording sheet
• Rain record sheets to know the amount of rain received during this season

Demonstrations
We demonstrated how to measure the 10m row of beans and collect the required data for plant population. They had already harvested corn before we visited them and the looks to have low harvest compared to the plot at the parish.

Comments
• We told them next time they should let us know first before they take any action regarding the demo plot as we usually tell them.
• We told them to learn also from the parish because crops at the demo plots at the parish have better yield compared to plot at secondary school and the district pastor promised us to make a follow up next season to all the demo plots next year.

Conclusion
We told them to work on the instruction we give them for the success of demo plots.