Isimani-Holy Trinity, Newington, New Hampshire-CVP Report May 25, 2011

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
5th Visit First year
May, 25 2011

Village Isimani
Pastor Naboth Chaula
Companion Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Attendees 10
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti, Don, Karen , Mang’ulisa and Pongolani

Purpose of the visit
• Explain and demonstrate how to take yield measurement
Topics
1. 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 kind of yield we expect from Nduli and Mgongo research farms areas with the same climate/ weather with Ismani.
2. Went through the handouts
o 5th Visit handout
o Yield recording sheet
o Rain record sheets to know the amount of rain received during this season
3. Demonstrations
We were supposed to demonstrate how to measure the 10M row of corn and take the yield data. They harvested corn before we visited them as they had problems with termites eating corn and corn stalk while still on the field. Then we told them to record the total yield of corn after shelling them. They also didn’t plant beans and
Sorghum because of drought situation they had this season.


Comments
• They harvested corn before they receive instructions from the institute of agriculture because they had problems with termites. But we told them that next time before they take any action regarding the demo plot they should call us and we will instruct them how to handle the problem as we usually used to tell them.
• From the rain record it showed that they got some rain in February and March which I thought they were supposed to plant beans and sorghum but they didn’t do that when we asked them they said it was not enough to grow.

Conclusion
Pastor Naboth Chaula was not present and he was represented by Cotino Mhanga. We told them to take the yield data from corn.