Nduli - CVP Visit Report - July 30-2012

2012 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Four July 30th, 2012 Village Nduli Pastor Laiton Muyinga Companion Christ the King Lutheran Church Attendees 13 Weather for the past month Dry & Clear Reporters Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan and Venance 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. The corn harvest is good despite the dry spell which occurred between the end of January and March this year. The dry spell occurred at critical stages for the corn development, we were all afraid that they would lose all the corn but it seems the crop residue management and other techniques adopted worked well to rescue the crop. Congratulations to the pastor and the parishioners for the good job they have been doing. The yield was as shown in the table below: Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 12.8 bags (77tins and 4 liters) 1.75 tins (10 tins and10 liters) 3. Storage The Pastor complained of insect infestation in corn which began from the field. Two types of insects; the beetle of the genus Sitophilus and the flying moth Sitotroga cerealella are prominent. The pastor and the parishioners are aware of the insects and had taken care already by mixing the grain with ‘shumba’ a storage pesticide provided to them by the institute which acted well to halt the insect activity. There was no further insect activity at the time of the visit. Corn variety is good. It yields higher than the local variety. Bean crop has been low due to the dry spell. 4. Adoption Most of the parishioners have been adopting some of the techniques. District Pastor showed us his yield which he got from his farm after using the techniques. Kisinga, a preaching point of the parish harvested 11bags from an acre after adopting some techniques from the demonstration plot. Comments/questions  We shared their enthusiasm for good performance despite the drought which exists in their area  We advised them to take care of the insects as soon as they appear by using the right insecticide at the correct dose. Conclusion We congratulated them for the good job they have done in the demonstration plot. We encouraged them to adopt the techniques taught and apply them in their own plots. This is probably the leading parish which has been doing very well in the plot and many members are adopting the techniques. They are doing other money earning activities such as honey harvesting & processing, peanut butter making and cooking oil extraction. The Pastor, has been selected to participate in the famous farmers’ day in Mbeya popularly known as” Nanenane agricultural Fair” to show their products and demonstrate on how they do it.