PommernSecSchool-Faith Luth.Forest Lake,MN-CVP Report Jan 11-2012

2011 CVP
Companion Village Project
4th Visit Year One
January 11, 2012

Village Pommern Sec
Headmaster Haran Ngede
Companion Faith Lutheran, Forest Lake
Attendees About 30 students
Weather for the past month Rainy
Ag Institute staff Gabriel, Rev. Mang’ulisa, Roger and Venance

Purpose of the visit
• To deliver bean seeds, fertilizers and pesticides

Topics
1. Greetings
Roger delivered greetings from Faith Lutheran, Forest Lake and St. Paul Area Synod. He told students about the successes the program have in other parishes where instructions were properly followed.
2. Review of the handouts,
 4th visit instructions
• Discussion about germination, Replanting and Pest
• Weeding after planting
• Monthly weeding after tasseling
3. Demonstration on second fertilizer application on corn
There was demonstration on planting and fertilization of beans on rows 30cm apart and 10cm between plants. Also there was a demonstration on how do second applications of fertilizer in corn
4. Insecticide Application.
We instructed them on how to apply the insecticide on both corn and beans and the recommended rates to apply.
5. Delivery.
We delivered been seeds, fertilizers and insecticides
Item Beans Fertilizers for Corn Fertilizers for beans Pesicides Sprayer
Variety/Type Uyole Njano CAN NPK Thionex Handspeyer
Amount 30 kg 2Bag 2 bags 1 Litre 16Litre

Corn and Bean Plots Discussion
Corn was planted on December 13, 2012. The plants look good. We told them weeding should be done soon to allow plants to grow healthily. Spacing has been followed, though not in all parts of the farm. Few areas the spacing is wider than recommended. Beans have not been planted yet. They will be planted soon as this is the time to plants leguminous crops in this area. We instructed than to prepare the land for planting bean by removing weeds.


Questions/Comments from Audience
 Are we going to apply fertilizers in bean plot too?
Yes, you should apply fertilizers in the bean plot at the time of the planting. However, in bean fertilizer application will be done once.
 Are the fertilizers containing chemicals that might have side effect to the human being when crops are consumed?
Fertilizers are scientifically synthesized in the industries. Yes they are chemical however this chemical degraded in the soil to release nutrients to the plants. As far as it is known these nutrients do not have side effects to the human beings when plants are consumed.
 When should we plant beans
This is the time. As soon as you prepare your plot please plant the beans
 Sometimes we experience insect eating the roots or shoots of the bean plants and cause the plant to dry. What should we do?
To control those insects, please spay pesticides (Thionex) 3 – 5 days after germination of the plants. Spraying at this time will kill the flies that lay eggs which then develop into bean maggot and kill the plant

Conclusion
The demonstration plots here have a supervision of the person appointed to do this work who is known as Project co-coordinator Ms. Hilda Mella. We assumed the plot in this School will have success comparing with plots in other schools because of this system of supervision. We told them that whenever they have problem with the plot, they should contact us for advice and instructions.