Ugesa CVP Visit Report - Sept 4-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project & PCT 6th Visit, Year One September 04, 2012 Village Ugesa Pastor Pascal Fyataga Companion Christ Lutheran Attendees 07 Weather for the past month Sunny Reporters Gabriel and Pastor Mang’ulisa In this visit we were accompanied by Ms Itiweni. She is microfinance officer from Tumaini University. She came here to conduct training about microfinance and look at the micro loans record keeping. 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 were harvested and threshed. Pyrethrum flowers are now picked. Crop Corn Beans Pyrethrum Yield per ½ acres 6 bags 5tins Flower picking has began 3. Flower drying and cereals Storage The weather here is cloudy and rainy like. Drying pyrethrum flowers is challenging like. PCT is working on developing a wooden-nylon structure that might help farmers in safely drying flowers. We trained them on marketing of the food crops. We told them that food crops should be stored for domestic uses and then the excess can be sold in the month when crop prices are highest. We instructed on how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. 4. The past farming season The pyrethrum plot is doing well. The new pyrethrum nursery will be establish and managed by the parish. Corn has performed well, however the variety seem not suitable with this area. Next farming season, new variety will be introduced here. The beans were affected by the rain patterns. Better planting timing is needed. Conclusion We instructed the parish to prepare small land for the pyrethrum nursery. The PCT will provide seeds. The land should be ready when the seeds arrive. We promised them we will change the corn seed variety in accordance with the climatic condition of this area.