Nduli-Christ the King; CVP Visit Report for Nov. 11 (or 9th?)-2010

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
3rd Visit 3rd Year
November, 11 2010

Village Nduli
Pastor Laiton Myinga
Companion Christ the King
Attendees Male 4 Female 7
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti,Phil, Itiweni, Pongolani

Purpose of the visit
• Delivering seeds and fertilizers
• Demonstrating corn planting and fertilizer applications
• Provide information on Micro-finance institute

Greetings
Before we began the demonstration, Phil delivered greetings from St. Paul Area Synod and US Institute of Ag advisory committee
Review of the handouts
Together with them we went through the handouts
• 3rd Visit Instruction
• Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications
• Fertilizer needs template

Demonstrations
o Planting and fertilizer applications
The demonstration plot is outside the church. We demonstrated on how to place seeds and how to apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart.
o Seeds and fertilizers
We delivered 2 bags of NPK and corn seeds.

Crop Seeds Fertilizer
Varieties Amount Type Amount
Corn Pioneer 3253 8kg (4 bags ) NPK 100kg (2 bags)








Questions from the audience
• How to apply manure on our farms?
Manure can be applied in the field by spreading them on the surface of the soil.
• What kind of spacing to use with manure?
Use the same spacing as recommended for commercial fertilizers and take into consideration the amount of manure you have.
• We need seeds that are drought tolerant, are those we use in the demo plot right ones?
We plant seeds which we do think that they are suitable for that area. The seeds we use in our demo plot are the short duration ones.
• Comments on what have you learned:
-The yield is increasing
-You can get more crops from a smaller area
-Use of improved varieties will give better yield than local varieties
-Planting takes long time but we get higher yield
-They can see the importance of crop residue in adding organic matter to the soil.
• Other things we should be teaching.
Have oil extraction classes

Conclusion
• Pastor Laiton Myinga and the Treasurer were present
• Yields: 2009 corn 11 bags and 2010, corn 8bags and 5tins beans.