Ifunda CVP Visit Report - Jan 27, 2013

2010 CVP Companion Village Project 4th Visit Year Three January 27, 2013 Village Ifunda Pastor Elay Mwinuka Companion House of Prayer, Oakdale Attendees 28 Weather for the past month Rainny Institute staff Gabriel, Roger and Rev. Mang’ulisa We drove for about 2 km to the preaching point of Ifunda called Ifunda shuleni were the plot is located. Pastor led us with the motorcycle. It is located in the Ifunda secondary school area. After seen the plot we drove back to the parish for the demonstration meeting. Topics 1. Greetings Roger delivered greetings from House of Prayer, Oakdale and US Institute of Agriculture Advisory Committee 2. Review of the handouts  4th visit instructions • Discussion about germination, Replanting and Pest • Weeding after planting • Second fertilizers application 3. Demonstrations We demonstrated ways to apply fertilizers in corn as the second application. Farmers participated in apply fertilizers in their demonstration plots. Insecticide Application. We delivered a bottle of pesticides and reminded them on the ratios to be used to apply the fields. 4. Delivery. We delivered fertilizers and insecticides Item Fertilizers for Corn Pesticides Variety/Type NPK Thionex Amount 2Bag 1 bottle Demonstration plots The corn plot has been ploughed and planted. It was planted on December 24, 20012. Spacing is good and plants look good. There were signs of insects damaging the plants. We instructed Pastor to spay the pesticides and organize for the fertilizer secon application. Bean has not been planted yet. Questions/Comments from Audience  Why bean flies come to the beans They might be following food or they are using the plants as habitat. The important thing is to control the flies as soon as possible because the flies can be vector of micro-organisms that course diseases or can destroy the plants directly causing what is known as bean ‘maggot’ disease.  What is the good fertilizer for the second application Most of the nitrogenous fertilizers are good for the secon application. However in the demonstration plots we will use NPK with high content of nitrogen. We beleave this fertilizers will help the plants to grow faster and healthy.  Sometimes beans become yellow, why? This might be a disease symptom or and indication that plants lack nitrogen nutrient. It is advised to use fertilizers when you plant to supply required nutrients to the plants  Can NPK be used in rice? Yes, NPK know as Cereal is the fertilizer made special for all type of cereals including rice. You can apply that NPK to the rice fields. Conclusion We demonstrated the fertilizer application in front of the Pastor’s house. We encouraged them to adopt the techniques and use in their own farms. We will be back in May for another demonstration meeting.