Nduli-Christ the King; CVP Visit Report Jan 31-2012

2008 CVP
Companion Village Project
4th Visit Year Four
January 31, 2012

Village Nduli
Pastor Laiton Muyinga
Companion Christ the King Lutheran, New Bringhton
Attendees 7
Weather for the past month (Rain has stopped for three weeks)
Inst staff Gabriel, Roger, Venance and Steve
In this visit we were accompanied by Steve Clarke, crop storage expert from Compatible Technology, USA.
Purpose of the visit
• Delivering fertilizers and pesticides
• To talk about corn storage and the use of grinders

Topics
1. Demonstration
Pastor is an agricultural expert by now. We expect him to teach and instruct his parish members at the time of planting beans and applying fertilizers/pesticides in the crops
2. Seeds and fertilizers
The following have already been delivered before this visit
Item Fertilizers for Corn Pesticides
Variety/Type CAN Thionex
Amount 2Bag 1 liter
Bean seeds and fertilizers were delivered in November, 2011

Corn Plot
Corn looks good. Spacing is good, weed management is good and almost all instructions have been properly followed.
Corn storage
Steve asked questions about storage and responded to their questions. We visited at mud silo and metal silo and collect samples for recording. Steve instructed on how to collect the samples to determine the condition of the stored crops. In both cement silo and metal silo corn is fine. The crop has been stored since August, 2011. There is no insect or rodent damage. There is no sign of molding or rotting. It is an indication that the cement silo and metal silo are one of the best ways to store crops. These are the storage techniques planned to be introduced to the farmers in Iringa by the Institute of Agriculture.
Grinder
Women group demonstrated on how they make pinnate butter using the small hand grinder, how they pack them and sell. The grinder was made by Compatible Technology Company.

Conclusion
In this visit, Steve Clarke from Compatible Technology spent most of the time talking with the parish members about storage and other post harvest handling of the crops. Pictures show Parish members taking corn out of the cement silo ready for selling.