Ifunda CVP Visit Report - Nov 19-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 3rd Visit, Year Three November 19, 2012 Village Ifunda Pastor Elay Abraham Mwinuka Companion House of Prayer Lutheran Attendees 04 Weather for the past month Dry and warm Reporters Location Gabriel , Happy, Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan, and Venance Altitude:1681m above sea level 08002.711S 035028.013E Inroduction Ifunda Parish has been looking for a better site for the CVP, unfortunately has not yet secured any ideal site to date. The land around has a hard pan underneath the soil surface, therefore unsuitable for growing annual crops. Upon arrival, we met only four members of the church waiting to begin the demonstrations. Purpose of the visit • Delivering seeds and fertilizers • Demonstrating planting and fertilizer application Topics covered • Review of the handouts - 3rd Visit Instruction - Plant population and Fertilizer applications • Demonstrations Planting and fertilizer applications; It was demonstrated on how to plant seeds and how to apply fertilizers. It was insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. Seeds and fertilizers The following seeds and fertilizers were delivered: Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety H 625 Uyole Njano NPK cereal NPK winner Amount 4bags 27 kg 2bags 2 bags In addition to the inputs listed above, they were given a half liter of thionex pesticide for insect pest’s control. Comments/Questions The parishioners were undecided about the CVP site whether to move it to a place with better soils or continue to work at the current site where soils are shallow and lack organic matter. Conclusion: They were advised to move the CVP to a preaching point called Muhimbi where the soils are thought to be better. We hope the shift will work for the betterment of the CVP.