Kitowo CVP Visit Report - May 3-2012

2010 CVP Companion Village Project 5th Visit Year Two May 03, 2012 Village Kitowo Pastor Hezron Kiswaga Companion First Evangelical Lutheran, Rush City Attendees 11 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Gabriel, Don and Karen . Purpose of the visit • Demonstrating on how to take yield measurements Topics 1. Greetings Don delivered greetings on behalf of First Evangelical Lutheran - Rush City, Saint Paul Area Synod and US Ag Advisory Committee 2. Review of the handouts o 5th Visit handout o Yield recording sheet 3. Demonstrations It was demonstrated on how to measure the 10 m row (in three different locations within the demonstration plot and neighbors farm), this was demonstrated by using a 10 m string. Farmers were instructed to count the number of corn plants and ears. Yield recording sheets were provided. Plots information • The corn plot looks very good this year. The instructions have been properly followed. Generally there has been good management to the plot. We expect people will start adopting the farming techniques after visiting this plot. High yield is expected here • In the bean plot, there has been bean disease when plants were in earlier stage. Spraying was done which help to control the disease. The plants look good. We instruct them to do weeding in the bean plot Conclusion We did not have much time for questions in the meeting because of the rain. It started raining and we had to go back to the Pastor’s house. However before we left Don insisted the importance of timely weeding. He also reminded them that the yield data are very important in evaluating the effectiveness of the program.