Magulilwa CVP Visit Report - Jan 14-2013

2009 CVP Companion Village Project 4th Visit Year Four January 14, 2013 Village Magulilwa Pastor Tula Lukosi Companion Amazing Grace Attendees 5 Weather Rain Ag institute staff Gabriel, Roger and Rev. Mang’ulisa Purpose of the visit • To deliver fertilizers for second application and pesticides Topics 1. Greetings Roger delivered greetings from St. Paul Area Synod and Amazing Grace. 2. Review of the handouts  4th visit instructions • Discussion about germination, Replanting and Pest • Weeding after planting • Monthly weeding after tasseling 3. Demonstration on second fertilizer application on corn We demonstrated ways to apply fertilizers in corn as the second application. Farmers participated in apply fertilizers in their demonstration plots. They even share with us new ways of applying fertilizers they have been taught by other agencies 4. Insecticide Application. We instructed them on how to apply the insecticide on both corn and beans and the recommended rates to apply. 5. Delivery. We delivered fertilizers and insecticides Item Fertilizers for Corn Pesticides Variety/Type NPK Thionex Amount 2Bag 1 bottle Demonstration plots Corn was planted Decmber 12, 2012 and beans December 24, 2012. Corn plot look nice. Spacing is good and Plants are abot to get at knee high. We instructed them to do weeding before applying fertilizers. Bean plot is located somehow far from the church. Pests affecting the plot checken from near by houses eating the young plants. Questions/Comments from Audience  Church leaders said many people in the village has adopted the closely planting techniques. Most of the villagers have reduced planting spacing from 90cm they used to to 60 cm interrow spacing  What is the best time o apply fertilizers (Second application)? As discussed in the training section, the best way to apply fertilizers is when the plants are at knee high  Can we apply pesticides using sand as we normally do traditionally? As long as you follow recommendation such as diluting the pesticides, 30cc in 15 litres of water, you can follow those traditional ways of applying pesticides  How about mixing fertilizers? It is mostly not recommended. Mixing of fertilizers do not harm the plants but it is uneconomical way to mix two types of fertilizers before application  NPK called winner, is it for beans only? That type of fertilizers is suitable for beans and vegetables. You can use it in tomatoes, coffee, onions etc. Discussion and Conclusion The plot is good. They sid that this is their fouth year in the program and they have learned a lot. We encouraged them to adopt the farming techniques taught. Better farming practices woul increase crop yields if they are adopted and used by farmers.