Mwatasi-Trinity,Stillwtr., CVP Report for Oct 28-2010

2008 CVP
Companion Village Project
3rd visit Year Three
October 28, 2010
Village Mwatasi
Pastor Elias Kadinde
Companion Trinity, Stillwater, MN
Attendees Male 4 Female 4
Weather for the past month Dry, sunny
Ag Institute staff Gabriel, Fred and Pastor Mang’ulisa

Purpose of the visit
• Delivering seeds and fertilizers
• Demonstrating corn planting and fertilizer application

Greetings
Before we began the demonstration, Fred 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
• 3rd Visit Instruction
• Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications
• Fertilizer needs template

Demonstrations
o Planting and fertilizer applications
We walked to their plot which is on the slope of the mountain. 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.

o Seeds and fertilizers
We delivered 2 bags of NPK and corn seeds H6303

Crop Seeds Fertilizer
Varieties Amount Type Amount
Corn H6303 8kg (4 bags) NPK 100kg (2 bags)

o Discussion about last season
They thank the institute of agriculture and their companion congregation (Trinity, Still water) for the program. They said some of them have been adopting the techniques. They requested the microfinance program start so that they can be able to get small loans. They said most of them are willing to change the way they farm to modern farming however they do not have enough capital to buy inputs (seeds, fertilizers and pesticides).



Questions/comments from the audience
 What should we do to get more crops as we tried last year and the yield were not as good as expected
Last year you had rotting disease. Moreover spacing was wider than what is recommended in the corn field and replanting was not done. This year you should follow all the instructions properly. We are trying to get the seeds of the corn variety which is resistant to the rotting disease
 Pastor said that they had problems with planting and spacing in the demonstration plot last year because there were many volunteers working in the farms and some did not follow the instructions. This year the church will chose small group of people to work in the farm. The rest will be observers.

Conclusion
They asked us to visits even members’ farms next time to we come here. We told them that will depend with our schedule. We asked them to follow the instructions so that they may have good yield in their plots.