Lugala - CVP Visit Report Nov 21-2011

2011CVP
Companion Village Project
3nd Visit, Year One
November 21, 2011

Village Lugala
Evangelist Lazaro Nyinge
Companion Christ Lutheran
Attendees 8
Weather for the past month Claudy
Reporters Gabriel and Don

Purpose
• Delivering seeds and fertilizers
• Demonstrating planting and fertilizer application
Topics
• Greetings
Before we began the demonstration, Don 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 and Fertilizer applications
- Fertilizer needs template
• Demonstrations
o Planting and fertilizer applications
We demonstrated on how to plant seeds and how to apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together.
o Seeds and fertilizers
The following were delivered
Corn Seeds Bean Seeds Fertilizers
Variety Amount (kg) Variety Amount (kg) Type Amount (bags)
Pioneer 3253 8 Wanja 40kg NPK 4

o Crop residues and weeding
Don spoke about the importance of doing weeding and leaving crop residues
Questions/comments
 Can we use Urea to our farms?
Yes you can use urea in your farms. Urea is good nitrogenous fertilizers and it will be suitable to your soil. In the demonstration plot we are going to use CAN which is as good as Urea
 How can we recognize fake fertilizers before we buy?
It is difficult to recognize fake fertilizers by naked eyes. However, I would advise you to buy seeds and fertilizers from reliable agrochemical dealers.
 Can you be able to come on Sunday so that you can talk to large crowd?
It is difficult to do that because we do not work on Sunday. However we will think about that.

Conclusion
We gave them an example of the success of Ipogoro and we advised them to learn from the great performance of their Parish. We told them they can ask their Pastor if they have questions about the plots. Pastor has been in the program for three years and he is expert now.