Ifuwa - CVP Report Oct 11-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 3rd Visit, Year Three October 11, 2012 Village Ifuwa Pastor/Evangelist Gervas Nziku Companion Lord of Life Lutheran Attendees 07 Weather for the past month Dry and Sunny Reporters Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan, and Venance Ifuwa is among the distantly located villages and the road conditions are not reliable especially during the rainy season, we had to deliver corn and bean seeds this time of the year. Upon our arrival, there were some seven attendees waiting to begin the meeting in the pastor’s house. We started the meeting soon after arrival. Purposes of the visit: • To demonstrate planting of corn and beans and fertilizer applications. • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration: Planting and fertilizer applications Ifuwa village is having the CVP for the third time, therefore we involved the parishioners to review the planting and fertilization procedure for corn and beans and the spacing required for each crop. They could follow the demonstration very well. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans at planting.. 3. Rainfall record sheets We gave them the rainfall record sheets and insisted that they should continue recording the amount of rain that falls. 4. Delivery We delivered corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers as indicated in the table below Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety H 625 and H614 Uyole 98 YaraMila cereal YaraMila Winner Amount 2 bags and 2bags 40kg 2 bags 2 bags Conclusion The Pastor and the parishioners were actively involved and asked a good number of questions pertaining to the new fertilizers. Based on their last season’s performance , we hope that they will produce more crops in the next season and many of them will begin copying the good farming practices that we teach them.