Kilolo-6th CVP Visit - Aug 25-2009

Ag Inst – Kilolo
6th CVP Visit
(Partner – King of Kings, Woodbury, MN)
August 25, 2009 Pastor Yona Kinganga

Notes about this crop:
Remember the corn plot at Kilolo was one of the best corn crops of the CVP plots.
The number of people attended was 20. I was impressed the way they have been recording almost all the events instructed by the Institute of Agriculture. They haven’t thrashed their corn yet, they showed me the pile of corn inside the room at pastor’s house. I instructed them to thrashed corn as soon as possible since the corn looked dry enough.

They did harvest all the corn with mould or fungal diseases (Fussarium sp) and put into bags, the idea was to know and estimate the percentage damage caused by disease.

The reasons for the better yield

I stressed the successfully of the plot was due to their hard working and followed the Ag Institute’s recommendation and doing everything in a timely manner that is why the harvested ears of corn are big and well filled out.

Records:
Demonstration plot;
Ø First 10 meters – harvested amount 4.5 Kg or Liters of shelled corn.
Ø Second 10 meters –harvested amount 5.0 Kg or Liters of shelled corn
Ø Third 10 meters-harvested amount 6.0 Kg or Liters of shelled corn
Average in 10 meters in line is 5 Kg or Liters of shelled corn.

Neighbor’s farm; Pastor Kinganga’s Farm
Ø First 10 meters- harvested amount 3.0 Kg or Liters of shelled corn.
Ø Second 10 meters –harvested amount 2.25 Kg or Liters of shelled corn
Ø Third 10 meters –harvested amount 2.5 Kg or Liters of shelled corn
Average in 10 meters in line is 2.5 Kg or Liters of shelled corn.

The price of corn in One tin of shelled corn is 4,000/= TShs. (price due to August, 2009 and it is subjected to change anytime going up or down) until it will be subjected going up in October and no chances of going down again. We recommended they should store and sell when the price is up (Suggested time to sell is January, 2010)
Beans price is 14,000/= to 15,000/= per tin.
Seed Varieties:
Beans; they are happy with Urafiki Variety we introduced to them; they prefer to continue growing it this year 2009/2010 growing season.
Corn; they doubt with H628 reasons, it grows too tall and fall/lodge off after mature and attacked by fungal diseases due to high moisture.
With consultations with seed experts we may try H 6303 (note, we still need make decision on this matter) this variety of corn is tolerable with high moisture at maturity stage and work fine in high altitude especially in Dabaga area.

Problems occurred in 2008/09:
- Lack of sprayers, they rented from the neighbor and the Inst of Ag were charged 13,000/= TShs for 5 days. (2 times spraying)
- Stolen corn (approximately 1.5 bags of shelled corn.