Ipalamwa Secondary School CVP Visit Report-Aug 23-2012

2010 Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Three August 23, 2012 Village Ipalamwa Secondary School Headmaster Minga, C.J. Companion Raquet Family Fundation Attendees 04 Weather for the past month Dry and warm Reporters Rev.Mangu’lisa, Pongolan and Venance Purposes of the visit: The purpose of the visit to Ipalamwa Secondary School changed from the routine purposes of collecting the yield measurement and delivering grain storage chemical “Shumba” because there was no yield to measure and was no need to deliver the chemical “shumba”. Instead there was a discussion between us and the new headmaster to the school and the other members of staff on what will be in the coming season after losing all the corn and beans which were grown this season. All the crops which were grown this season disappeared after the closure of the school and no one was able tell us where the crops were. Ipalamwa parish had taken care of the crops until when they had matured but unfaithful people harvested the crops for their own use. The New headmaster wanted the program to continue for the benefit of the students, members of staff and people living near the school. He argued that since he is new to the school, he would take care of the plot and be held responsible for any irregularity. The school bursar also new to the school supported the headmaster and agreed to work hand in hand with the headmaster to make sure the school plot works according to the Institute teaching and performs well. They were advised to move the plot close to school environment where the crops can be seen by everyone and be managed easily. Decision After the discussion we agreed to take the matter to the University for Scrutiny, get response from the sponsoring congregation and let them know their fate when we come back for input distribution in October. Conclusion It is obvious now that the success of the CVP lies largely on the supervising pastor/ evangelist or head of the school’s interest on farming. The previous head of the school had no interest on farming. We are therefore optimistic that the current leader is interested and therefore let them have another chance of operating a demonstration plot.

Ipalamwa Secondary School

Companion Village Project Visit Report 5th Visit 2nd year April 25, 2012. Village Ipalamwa Secondary School Pastor Ombeni Sawike Companion Raquet Family Foundation Attendees 7 Weather Cloudy and Misty 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 to the few students who were waiting to be transported to Lutangilo Secondary School, parish Pastor, and the school pastor 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 and the tassels of the measured lines were broken to identify the lines. Plots information The corn plot was in a bad shape. The lines were widely spaced and plants were more than 30cm apart instead of the recommended 20cm. The plot had a lot of weeds and plants looked yellowish an indication for lack of Nitrogen. Bean plants were not in lines and the plot had weeds as well. Comments CVP at this school is facing a serious problem because the school has been closed on administrative matters and the students have been transferred to a neighboring school called Lutangilo Secondary School. Therefore, the students are not there to take care of the CVP anymore. It was decided that the Parish should take over the plot from the school. However, it was encouraging to see the Parish Pastor and some members of the Parish accompany us to visit the school plot. Conclusion After visiting the school plot and sitting for a discussion, the Parishioners agreed to take care of the school plot until when the school resumes. In fact, the Parishioners have already started taking care of the plot. They promised to plan for a day when they will weed the plot.

Ipalamwa Sec Sch CVP Report for Jan 20-2012

Companion Village Project
4th Visit Year 2
January, 20.2012

Village Ipalamwa Secondary School
Pastor Ombeni Sawike
Companion Raquet Family Faundation
Attendees 13
Weather for the past month Good amount of rainfall for crop growth
Institute Staff Venance, Rev. Mang’ulisa, and Edman
Purpose of the visit
• Delivering fertilizers, pesticides and bean seeds
Topics:
Review of the handouts, 4th visit instructions;
• Discussion about germination, Replanting and Pest control
• weeding after planting
• Monthly weeding after tasseling
1. Demonstrations: There was a demonstration on planting and fertilization of beans on rows 30cm apart and 10cm between plants. Also there was a demonstration on how to do second application of fertilizer on corn.
2. Insecticide Application. We instructed them on how to apply the insecticide correctly on both corn and beans and the rates to apply.
3. Delivery: The following items were delivered;

Item Fertilizers Insecticide Hand sprayer
On maize For beans
Variety/Type CAN NPK Thionex 35 EC
Amount 2bags 2bags 1 Litre 1
Discussion and conclusion
Planting spacing for corn was much wider than the recommended and the plot had many weeds. Plot for planting beans was not prepared. We advised the teachers to supervise weeding and prepare the plot for planting beans.
We also suggested students selected to participate in the CVP to have at least 3 year existence in the school in order to learn the program effectively. Form fours cannot participate fully because they don’t have enough time to see the impact of the learned practices.

Ipalamwa Sec Sch CVP Report for Sept 16, 2011

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
6th Visit (and 1nd Visit for the coming year) Year one
September, 16 2011
Village Ipalamwa sec school
Headmaster OmbeniSawike
Companion Raquet Family Foundation
Attendees About 20 students
Weather Dry
Reporters Gabriel and Rev. Mang’ulisa

This meeting was held together in the parish church. Students and Parish members participated in the meeting. Since this is the distant located plot, we delivered seeds and fertilizers for the preparation of the coming farming season

Purposes of the visit
• To collect the yield measurement
• To deliver grain storage pesticides, seeds and fertilizers
• End of season discussion and planning for the next farming season

Topics
1. Review of the handouts
• 6th Visit instruction handout
• Yield recording sheet
2. Harvesting
Both corn and beans have been harvested. The yields are very low
Crop Corn Beans
Yield per ½ acres 2 bags 2 tins

3. Discussion about the farming season
there has been problem with the management and the plot location. We told them that since last year was the first year to them, we expect better management of the plot this year. We told them to choose the location they think the plots will be successful next farming season. The same corn and bean variety will be used next farming season.
4. Demonstration
Planting and fertilizer applications:
We demonstrated on how to plant and apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans.

5. Delivery
We delivered corn and bean seeds and fertilizers
Item Corn Fertilizers for corn
Variety H6303 NPK
Amount 4bags 2 bags

Conclusion
We told them that we would like to see improvement on the plots next year. The aim of the plots is to teach students better farming practices. When plots are good, students will be attracted to learn and then to pass the knowledge to their parents.

Ipalamwa Sec Sch CVP Report for June 7, 2011

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
5th Visit 1stYear
June, 07 2011

Village Ipalamwa sec school
Headmaster Ombeni Sawike
Companion Raquet Family Foundation
Attendees About 40 students
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti ,Gabriel,Don,Karen and Mang’ulisa
We held the meeting at the Parish with participants from the Parish and students from the Secondary school. After the meeting went to respective demo plots parish members at the parish plot and students at the Secondary school.

Purpose of the visit
The purpose of the visit is to demonstrate and give instructions on yield measurement.

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 important of the yield data we are expecting to take from the demo plot.

Topics
Went through the handouts
• 5th Visit handout
• Yield recording sheet
• Rain record sheets to know the amount of rain received during this season

Demonstrations
We demonstrated how to measure the 10m row of beans and collect the required data for plant population. They had already harvested corn before we visited them and the looks to have low harvest compared to the plot at the parish.

Comments
• We told them next time they should let us know first before they take any action regarding the demo plot as we usually tell them.
• We told them to learn also from the parish because crops at the demo plots at the parish have better yield compared to plot at secondary school and the district pastor promised us to make a follow up next season to all the demo plots next year.

Conclusion
We told them to work on the instruction we give them for the success of demo plots.

Ipalamwa Secondary School - Raquet Family Foundation

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report Year One
4th Visit, February 3, 2011

School Ipalamwa Secondary School
Headmaster Ombeni Sawike
Companion Raquet Family Foundation, Mound
Attendees 3 teachers and 42 students
Weather Cloudy and Dry
Reporters Gabriel and Rev. Mang’ulisa

The headmistress is not around; she had a meeting to attend in Iringa Town. We met other teachers and discussed with them the demonstration plot. Before the demonstration meeting we visited the demo plot in the Secondary School. Later on the demonstration meeting was conducted in the Parish church which is very close to the School. Both students and Parish members attended in the same place.

Purpose of the visit
• Bean planting demonstration
• Fertilizer applications demonstration
• Bean seeds and fertilizers delivery
Topics
1. Going through handout with attendees
 4th Visit handout
2. Demonstrations
We demonstrated how to plant beans in the appropriate spacing and how to make the fertilizer application to the beans. We also demonstrated how to make the second application of fertilizer to the corn.
3. Delivery
Corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers for the first application were delivered in the October visit. Today we delivered fertilizers (CAN) for the second application in corn, pesticides and sprayer pump
Type/Variety Amount
Fertilizer CAN 2 bags
Pesticides Thionex 1 liters
Sprayer pump Knapsack Capacity 16 liters

4. Plots
Corn
There has been poor germination in this plot. The spacing was not properly followed. We told them the importance of following instructions that lead to a nice demo plot. People will be attracted to lean from a nice plot.
Bean
We instructed them to begin the preparation for the bean plot. Beans are planted late in the season in this area.

Comments /Questions
 While doing replanting, is it required to reapply fertilizers?
No, it not required to reapply fertilizers. Since fertilizer was applied at the planting time, it is expected to be in the soil at the time of replanting
 How long should I wait before do replanting?
One week after the beginning of germination, replant where seeds have not germinated

Conclusion

We told teachers that we need the plot to be taken care of very well. The plot is the learning tool to them and the students. We expect them to do a better job in the bean demo plot.

Ipalamwa Secondary School - CVP Report Oct 5-2010

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report Year One
2nd Visit
October 5, 2010

School Ipalamwa Secondary School
Headmaster Obeni Sawike
Companion Raquet Family Foundation, Mound
Attendees 4 teachers and about 50 students
Weather Cloudy and Dry
Reporters Gabriel, Nafeti, Don and Rev. Lunodzo

Purpose of the visit
• Measuring the demonstration plots
• Delivering rain gauge, seeds and fertilizers
• Demonstrating corn planting and fertilizer applications

This school is in the Ipalamwa village. The village is far away from Iringa town. Due to nature of the landscape (mountainous) and rough road which is not good during the rainy season, we had to make this visit before November. We carried fertilizers and bean seeds to deliver. The headmistress is new here. Last time we came to this school, we met another headmaster. We met Form Four Students doing their national examinations. We had the demonstrations with the few students from other classes.

Greetings
In the beginning of our demonstrations, Don delivered greetings from St. Paul Area Synod and US Institute of Ag advisory committee
Review of the handouts
Together with them we went through the handouts
o 2nd Visit Instructions
o DIRA and Institute of Agriculture Village Plot Agreement
o Plot Management FAQs
Demonstrations
o Rain gauge
We told them we need to know the annual rainfall of their area. They were instructed how to record rain using a rain gauge. One set of rain gauge was handed to the Ag teacher.
o Plots
We went with them outside and together we measured the 1acre plot using miter tape. We measured two ½ acres plots, one for corn and another one for beans.
o Planting and fertilizer applications
We told them the importance of having high plant populations and applying fertilizers. It was demonstrated how to plant seeds (Both corn and beans) and how to apply fertilizers.



o Seeds and fertilizers
We delivered 2 bags of NPK for corn and 2 bags of NPK for beans. We are planning to test two types of seed varieties here, PAN 691 and H6303. We managed to buy and deliver PAN 691. We told them the H6303 will be shipped to them once bought.

Crop Seeds Fertilizer
Varieties Amount Type Amount
Corn PAN 691
H6303 8kg4kg
Not yet delivered NPK 100kg (2 bags)
Beans Urafiki 40kg NPK 100kg (2 bags)

Comments
One of the member of the staff said he knows the local pesticides from the woods which is used to control the corn stalk bores. He asked us if we can take and research it.
We told him we are actually not doing the pesticides research right now therefore it will be difficult for us to work on that. However we will be happy to know it.
 They were wondering how are they going to control weeds with minimum tillage
We told them that with minimum tillage, one has to start to prepare the farm before the rain season starts. Monthly weeding helps to control weeds during the growing season.
 They asked us why we insist the usage of industrial fertilizers while they know these fertilizers destroy soil.
We told them that it is not true that the usage of fertilizers destroy soil, what destroys soil fertility is the bad usage of the fertilizers. If one uses the wrong kind of fertilizers or wrong amount of fertilizers he/she destroys the soil fertility. We took soil samples from their areas for the soil analysis. The soil analysis results and recommendations help to determine type and the amount of fertilizers that is suitable to their areas.

Conclusion/Recommendation
We told them that if the road will not be bad during the rainy season, we can make other visits in November and December. We will ship the corn seeds via bus once they are available in the local shops in Iringa town.

Ipalamwa Secondary School - CVP Report Mar 25-2010

2010 CVP
1st Visit, Year One
March 25, 2010


School Ipalamwa Secondary School
Headmaster Leuterius Mheni
Companion Raquet Family Foundation, Mound
Attendees About 200 students
Elevation 1667m
Weather Very long rain season (Nov – Aug)
Reporters Gabriel, Ibrahim, Roger and Rev. Lunodzo
In this visit we were accompanied by people of Bega Kwa Bega (Shoulder to shoulder). They were going to meet with the sponsored students. We drove on pieces of very rough road. We met very cheerful students who received us with songs and dancing around our car. We had a general assembly; Rev. Lunodzo Mang’ulisa introduced us to the students and members of the stuff. Students prepared couple of songs for us. After the general assembly, we met with the headmaster in his office. We started our meeting with students who were gathered in one classroom.
Purpose of the visit
• Introducing the CV project to the congregation
• Taking the soil samples for soil analysis
• To deliver box file and a hand hoe
Topics
1. Handouts
The handouts were distributed to all then reviewed
• CVP Plot record of events
• DIRA – Institute of agriculture agreement
• Chronological Plot Management of Crops Planted in November/December 2010
• CVP Instruction – 1st Visit
2. Agricultural background
We asked students about agriculture in this area. They said crops which are cultivated here are Corn, beans, peas, wheat and potatoes. The corn seeds used are improved varieties; Hybrids (H625, H6302, H628 and H627). Farmers use fertilizers such as DAP and CAN. Only one fertilizer application is done. Yields are 6-10 bags/acre for corn and 2-4½ bags/acre.
3. Soil sampling
After the meeting in the classroom we went outside. Together with about 10 students, we took soil samples from 4 points in the school farm, a place where the demonstration plot is expected to be. Two types of samples were taken, from 6 inches depth and 12 inches depth. The samples will be taken to the laboratory for soil analysis
Comments/questions from audience
• The Assistant Headmaster asked how big they can farm.
We told them that they can farm as big an area as the school can support and use the techniques we teach, however the institute of Agriculture will support 1 acre because that is the agreement between the institute and their companion congregation.
• How can the Institute help them?
We are going to help them by providing modern farming demonstrations in the demonstration plot. We shall offer consultancy in other agricultural activities they are going to do.
• When is the demonstration plot going to be established?
The demonstration plot will be established this year. We take the soil samples this March; we will come back to measure with them the plot in August. The crops are going to be planted in November or December, 2010 depending on the weather condition (This has been discussed in Chronological Plot Management of Crops Planted in November/December 2010 handout).
• Why are we not encouraging local varieties?
We do not encourage local varieties because they do not have characteristics such as high yield and diseases resistance like improved ones.
• Improved corn varieties are easily damaged when stored after harvesting
If one follows proper recommendations of corn storage, he/she will prevent corn damage by insects
• They have long rain season, with just short period of sunny days, how effective will the “monthly weeding” be?
Monthly weeding helps to suppress weeds. By doing monthly weeding, the weeds do not go to seed and this will help control the number of weeds in the farm.

Conclusions
We left the school telling them that we shall come back with more demonstrations in our next visit. We asked the students to be attentive and learn.