Ifuwa - CVP Report Oct 6-2010

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report Year One
2nd Visit
October 6, 2010

Village Ifuwa
Pastor Gervas Nziku
Companion Lord of Life, Maple Grove
Attendees 17
Weather 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 is another long distant parish we have in the program. Since we are not sure with the condition of the road during the rainy season, we carry with us seeds and fertilizers to deliver (We normally do this in the 3rd visit). Since the church is still under constructions, we had to conduct the demonstration in other place. Thanks to the Headmistress of the nearby the Primary school who invited us to conduct a demonstration meeting in the school.
Greetings
Before we began the demonstration, 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 place. We instructed them how to record rain using a rain gauge. One set of rain gauge was handed to the pastor.
o Plots
The land the parish planned to use for the demonstration plot have been taken back by the owner. The other parish’s land is far away from the village. The Parish requested the land from the nearby primary school and the Headmistress accepted the request. We insisted that the school should be aware that this land will be used for three years. We went with them to this land 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 demonstrated on how to place seeds (Both corn and beans) and how to apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm from each other.
o Seeds and fertilizers
We delivered 2 bags of NPK for corn and 2 bags of NPK for beans. Moreover we delivered corn and bean seeds

Crop Seeds Fertilizer
Varieties Amount Type Amount
Corn H614 8kg NPK 100kg (2 bags)
Beans Uyole 96 30kg NPK 100kg (2 bags)


Comments
 They asked us we have told them not to burn the crop residues after harvesting, how are they going to control the termites?
We told them that there is a pesticide to control the termites. We will introduce the pesticides before the starting of the rainy season.
 They asked us why they should put fertilizers at the knee high, why not at the teaseling stage.
We told them that, the type of fertilizers applied is nitrogenous fertilizers which help plants to grow. We apply at this time because we want plants to grow and have good health.

Conclusion
We finished demonstration and remind them to follow all the instructions in the demonstration plot. While we were demonstrating, we were suddenly surrounded by a crowd of primary school students. It seems like they enjoy learning farming techniques.