Mwatasi CVP Visit of Nov 13-09

2009 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
1ST Visit-YEAR TWO
November 13, 2009


Village Mwatasi
Pastor Elias Kadinda
Companion Trinity, Still water
Attendees 7 (4 Women, 3 Men)
Weather for the past month Rainy
Reporters Gabriel Malima and Phil Larsen


The pastor is new here. He has 2 months since he started to work to this Parish. However he has been updated about the CVP plot by the last Pastor.

Purpose of the visit
• Planting and fertilizer application demonstrations
• To deliver seed and fertilizer
Topics
1. Greetings
Phil delivered greetings from Trinity (Stillwater), the Saint Paul Area Synod and US Advisory Committee
2. Going through the handouts
o Fertilizer need template
o Plant population handout
o Fertilizer application handout
3. Demonstrations
It was demonstrated how to measure inter row spacing (60cm) and intra row spacing (20cm). Using a string and a hand hoe, it was demonstrated how to plant and apply fertilizer. One seed was placed every 20 cm and by using a bottle cap, fertilizer was applied 5cm from the seed on each side.
4. Fertilizer and seed delivery
According to the soil analysis of the soil of this area, the type of fertilizer recommended was NPK (10-18-24) . The congregation was given 2 bags of NPK and 4 bags of H614 maize seed.







Comments/questions from audience
 We had a discussion about corn varieties they have been farming here. They said the main problem they have is corn ear rotting before harvesting. This must be cause by a fungal disease. We told them to try the variety H614. One member said he has once used that Hybrid and he did not get the corn disease problem. We hope H614 will do well in this area.

Conclusions/Recommendations
They promise to follow all the instructions this year.

NB:
• 1 bag of NPK is 50kg and 1 bag of seed is 2kg