Kilolo Star Vocational CVP Visit Report - May 11-2012

2012 CVP Companion Village Project Visit Report 5th Visit 1st Year May 11, 2012. Village Kilolo Star Pastor Castor Sanguya Companion Kilolo Star Water Project Attendees 57 Weather Dry and cool Reporters Pongolan, Rev. Mangu’lisa and Venance. Purpose of the visit • To explain and demonstrate how to take yield measurement Topics 1. Went through the handouts o 5th Visit handout o Yield recording sheet 2. Demonstrations A 10m row of beans was measured and the number of bean plants counted and recorded on a yield record form. This row was marked by inserting in the soil two sticks; one at the beginning of the row and another at the end of the row. Then, students were taught to repeat the same steps in two other rows of the plot and finally harvest the recorded beans, thresh them, measure and record the volume obtained in liters. They were asked to do the same on a neighboring field for comparison. Plots information It is their first year to have the CVP. They did not plant corn because they did not prepare the plot on time. They had a hard time preparing the same plot for beans because the land had big lumps of soil after plowing and required to be harrowed by tractor. The teacher supervising the plot said he requested for a tractor to harrow the plot but did not get it. However, they managed to harrow by hand. Beans were doing well and expected to harvest average yield. Comments They had followed the spacing between plants and within plants very well. Probably they can’t achieve 100% performance due to some gaps which arose due to failure of germination (they did not do replanting) and death of some plants due to pests and diseases. Also, excessive rain encouraged some fungal and bacterial diseases in many places this year including Kilolo Star. Some bean plants were infected by bean aphids. We asked them if they had applied the insecticide given to them (Thionex 35 EC). They said they sprayed twice, but the aphids could still be seen on some plants. They were advised to continue applying (for future crops) when infestation reappears. Conclusion The school administration should be supportive to the program to make it successiful. The teacher who coordinates the program alone cannot succeed without a strong support from the school administration.