Kilolo Star Vocational - CVP Visit Report- Aug 27-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year One August 27, 2012 Village Kilolo Star Pastor/Evangelist Castor Sanguya Companion Kilolo Star Water Project Attendees 06 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Pongolan and Venance Purposes of the visit: • To collect yield measurement and 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: The school was late to plant corn this year; the seed and fertilizers were kept for use in the coming season. The school recorded a bean yield of 7tins and 4 liters which is a low yield. 3. Storage: We instructed the attendees on how to store the beans for home usage and for selling at the time of high price. We instructed how to mix storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of beans per bottle of the pesticide recommended. We left the pesticide to them to mix with their harvested beans. 4. Discussion about the farming season: The school was in recess, therefore, students were on vacation; the six attendees were members of staff. Four of them had participated fully in attending the demonstration plot, therefore, had some comments about this season’s bean farming. They thought the variety of beans was good for production and tolerant to the rainy weather. However, they said the cooking quality was not very good and thus the market for it was low. They thought they planted the beans a bit late in the season and will try to plant earlier in the coming season. They promised to prepare land for corn early to be able to plant at the right time in the coming season. 5. Adoption: There was no any testimony for adoption of the techniques taught so far. Comments/questions  We encouraged the teachers to practice the good farming methods in their personal plots and teach the students.  They were curious to know if the chemical “shumba “pesticide was not harmful to the users. We cleared their doughty by emphasizing adherence to the instructions provided by the manufacturer and use the chemical carefully.  We advised them to prepare land early so that they can plant corn in the next planting season.