Itungi-Como Park Luth.; CVP Report for May 30, 2011

2008 CVP
Companion Village Project
5th Visit Year Three
May 30, 2011
Village Itungi
Pastor Damian Ngandango and Ass. Pastor Barton Wikedzi
Companion Como Park, St. Paul
Attendees 9
Weather for the past month Dry
Reporters Gabriel, Don and Karen

Most of the members of this Parish were attending a funeral ceremony. We did not conduct a formal demonstration meeting. We went straight to the plot and started demonstrating there.
Purpose of the visit
• Explain and demonstrate how to take yield measurement
Topics
1. Greetings
Don delivered greetings from Como Park-St. Paul, Saint Paul Area Synod and US Ag Advisory Committee. He spoke about the importance of getting the right yield measurements and explained why they are highly needed.
2. Demonstrations
We demonstrated how to measure the 10 m row (in three different locations within the demonstration plot) for the yield determination, this was demonstrated by using a miter tape, we used spray paint to mark the demarcations within which the measurements should be taken. These measurements are to be taken from both corn and beans.

Plots information
Corn plot looks good; the ears are big and well filled. Spacing is okay. They are matured but not yet dried. Beans plot is good too. There few spots with of poor germination, however the plot looks better than that of last year.

Comments
 They like the bean and corn variety introduced here. Some of them said they have adopted few techniques and apply to their fields.

Conclusions
There much improvements in their plots this year. We encouraged them to keep the good work. We insisted on the importance of taking the yield data as instructed.