Ihemi-Christiania Luth., CVP Report for Aug 1, 2011

2008 CVP
CompanionVillage Project
6th Visit Year Three
August 1, 2011
Village Ihemi
Pastor AnaniaKadege
Companion Christiania Lutheran, Lakeville
Attendees 6
Weather for the past month Dry
Reporters Gabriel and Rev. Mang’ulisa
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
Both corn and beans have been harvested. We met them threshing the corn with hand (hand beating). We tested the moisture content of the corn, it was 16%. We told them to dry more the corn (until moisture content gets below 12%) before they pack and store in the bags. This year the corn plot have done well, the management was good and the yield is high. Unfortunately bean plot was infested by bean maggots. Almost all plants dried at flowering stage.
Crop Corn Beans
Yield per ½ acres 12 bags 2.5 tins
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. We left the pesticides to them to mix with their harvested grains.
4. Discussion about the farming season
Corn variety is good. It yields higher than the local variety. Bean crop has been a failure due to a disease.
5. Adaptation
Most of them have been asome of the techniques. District Pastor showed us his yield which he got from his farm after using the techniques.

Comments/questions
 We instructed them to apply pesticides within 3-5 days when the bean plants emerge so that to kill the bean flies that lay eggs which later or turn into bean maggots and kill the plants. We will remind them at the time we bring bean seeds in this village.
 They said would like to try growing bean variety called “khaki”. The variety has a good market in this area. We told them that we will see if we can get the variety from the research institutes were we buy the bean seeds.

Conclusion
We congratulated them for the good job they have done in the demonstration. We encouraged them to adapt the techniques taught. Pastor and Parish members are very happy with the performance of the corn demonstration plot this year.