Mkimbizi - Immanuel; CVP Visit Report for Feb 7-2011

2009 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
4th visit Year One
February 7, 2011

Village Mkimbizi
Pastor Ambrosi Mwakikoti
Companion Immanuel Lutheran, Saint Paul
Attendees Male 3 Female 5 (1st time attendees: 2)
Weather for the past month Dry
Reporter Gabriel and Rev Mang’ulisa

This is one of the dry sites in Iringa; we had to deliver bean seeds and fertilizers earlier in the season. Therefore in this visit we delivered pesticides only. In this visit we met the Evangelist Hezron Maahaki and Treasurer Braita Nkyami, Pastor was not around. He had other responsibilities somewhere else.

Purpose of the visit
• Bean planting demonstration
• Fertilizer applications demonstration
• Bean seeds and fertilizers delivery

Topics
1. Going through handout with attendees
 4th Visit handout
2. Demonstrations
We demonstrated how to plant beans in the appropriate spacing and how to make fertilizer application to the beans. We also demonstrated how to make the second application of fertilizer to the corn.
3. Delivery
Bean seeds and fertilizers were delivered on the January 18. Today, we delivered pesticides only. The seeds and fertilizers delivered were:
Type/Variety Amount
Bean seeds Wanja 30kg
Fertilizers NPK 2 bags
Urea 1 bags
Pesticides Thionex ½ Litre

4. Plots
Corn
We did not get into the corn plot which is in the preaching point of this Parish, about 4km from here. Last month we visited the plot with the visitors from Immanuel Lutheran, St. Paul. The corn was at knee high, and second application was already done. The plants look nice. However evangelist told us that the plants were attacked by leaf eating insects. We gave them pesticides to control that type of insects.

Bean
Bean plot has been planted since January 19.

Comments/Questions
 Since rain has stopped for a while, can we plant beans anyway?
Yes, you can plant beans but be careful of not mixing fertilizers and seeds
 Since rain has stopped for a while, can we do the second application of fertilizers in corn?
Yes, you can apply fertilizers in the corn as long as the corn is at knee high. Make sure you observe the 5cm distance from the plant to were you make holes for the fertilizers application
 The evangelists advice parish members who attended the meeting to adopt the techniques and plant early in the season to utilize the whole rains obtained in the rainy season

Conclusion

We conducted demonstration outside the church. We encouraged them to take care of the plot and adopt the techniques in the coming farming season.