Magulilwa - Amazing Grace; CVP Visit Report for Feb 1, 2011

2009 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
4rd Visit 2nd Year
February 1, 2011

Village Magulilwa
Pastor Tula Lukosi
Companion Amazing Grace
Attendees Male 7 Female 4
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti, Roger and Pongolani

Purpose of the visit
• Deliver fertilizer for 2nd application
• Deliver bean seeds and NPK fertilizer for planting beans
• Deliver pesticides ( Thionex) and Sprayer
• Give instructions on bean planting and 2nd fertilizer application on the corn plot

Greetings
Roger delivered greetings from St. Paul Area Synod and Iringa Diocese. Roger also gave a summary of what we are instructing them to do on our demonstration plot and the importance of utilizing these techniques on their own farms.

Review of the handouts
We gave them and went through the handouts for the 4th visit containing detailed information on;
• The important of regular weeding
• Planting bean seeds and NPK fertilizer placement
• 2nd fertilizer application
• Pesticide application

Delivery

Type/Variety Amount
Bean seeds Urafiki 30kg
Fertilizers NPK 2 bags
CAN 2 bags
Pesticides Thionex 1 Liter







Demonstrations

Corn plot
They planted corn in December and had a very good germination. They are about knee high very close to being ready for the 2nd fertilizer application. We gave the instructions on how to apply CAN fertilizer and pesticides in case they observe signs of pest damage in the plot.

Bean plot
We delivered bean seeds and demonstrated how to plant them. They are aiming to plant beans at the beginning of February.

Questions

1. What is the bean variety that we are going to plant in the plot?
The bean variety we are going to plant this year is Urafiki.

2. What is the spacing to use when planting green peas?
You can use the same as with beans.

Comments
They had comments on the use of techniques that farmers can only grow in small area and harvest a lot of corn/ beans.

They asked for a big sprayer which can hold a reasonable amount of pesticide.

Conclusion
The people at Magulilwa they are cooperative and they are egger to learn the farming practices we are teaching them.