Ng'ang'ange CVP Visit Report - May 22-2012

Companion Village Project Visit Report 5th Visit 4th year May 22, 2012. Village Nga’nga’nge Parish Pastor Simon Msula Companion Roseville L utheran Church Attendees 09 Weather Cloudy and cold Reporters Rev. Mangu’lisa, Venance and Pongolani 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 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 tape measure, sticks were fixed at the beginning and at the end of the 10m row in order to mark the row in which plants were counted and recorded. Plots information The Corn plot is far away from the church. The corn plants were too widely spaced between lines and plants. The plants were at maturing stage. Parishioners had already harvested beans and used it. The beans harvested measured about 4 buckets (about 80kg) only which is very little as compared to other villages in the production of the same crop. Just to make comparison, Wasa Parish harvested about 390kg (more than 4.8 times as much). Comments My assumption is that, there is less impact of the CVP because the demonstration plot is located at a distance far from the church where parishioners and other village members can’t observe what is going on in the plot. The distance is a hindrance for the members to go to work as well. It’s unfortunate that they could not find a site for the CVP near the church because the soil was unsuitable. Conclusion It seems CVPs located near the churches where parishioners and other villagers can see make more impact than plots located far away from people’s eyes.