2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
6th Visit 1st year
July, 28 2011
Village Ifuwa
Pastor Gervas Nziku
Companion Lord of Life Lutheran
Attendees 6
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti, and Pongolani
Purposes of the visit
• To collect the yield measurement
• To deliver grain storage chemical “Shumba”
• End of season discussion and planning for the next farming season
Topics
1. Review of the handouts
• 6th Visit instruction handout
• Yield recording sheet
2. Harvesting
They have harvested corn and shelled ,beans were not yet harvested. The corn yield was very low than what we expected of not less than 15 bags of corn in half an acre.
Crop Corn Beans
Yield per ½ acres 7 Tins and 15 Litters
3. Storage
We instructed them on how to store grain for home usage and for selling at the time of high price. We instructed how to mix grain storage pesticides “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended.
4. Discussion about the farming season
They had low yield this season because of the problems they faces during the growing season. They got very low rainfall during the season and another thing was the termites eating corn plants on the field. They are planning to plant beans this time of the year.
5. Adaptation
3 attendees said they started to practice some of the techniques we have been teaching them. They have seen yield increase on those plots compared to those grown using their own ways of farming.
Comments/questions
They requested to move the plot to the preaching point for next season because it will help to escape from termites as most of termiticide doesn’t control them permanently.
Conclusion
We encouraged them to do better next farming season. We told them the plot management is highly emphasized for the success of the whole program in their parish.
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