Ng'ang'ange - Roseville Lutheran; CVP Report for Oct 28-2010

2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
3rd Visit 2nd Year
October, 28, 2010

Village Ng’ang’ange
Pastor Simon Msula
Companion Roseville Lutheran church
Attendees Male 5 Female 6 ( Had a funeral)
Weather Sunny,beautiful,cool
Reporters Nafeti,Phil, Pongolani

Purpose of the visit
• Delivering seeds and fertilizers
• Demonstrating corn planting and fertilizer applications

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 right at the church where people are able to see the progress of the plot which will accelerating technology uptake. 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. Corn seeds will be delivered later (they are not yet available in the shops in Iringa town).

Crop Seeds Fertilizer
Varieties Amount Type Amount
Corn H6303 8kg (4bags ) NPK 100kg (2 bags)







Questions and comments


• Concern about ear rot last year, occurred after maturity and Pastor Msula suggested that we should establish variety trials for high altitude areas.
We are doing variety trial at Mgongo for low land areas of Iringa and in future we are going to consider about having variety trial at Lulanzi where seeds suitable for high land areas will be tested.

• Replanting after that did not germinate; do they need to dig another hole?
In case of enough rain make a hole or Use hoe handle to make a hole and place seed in a hole but no need of additional fertilizer.
• We have insect eating corn and bean roots;
Use crop rotation to break the life cycle of insects, use insecticide apply according to instructions
• In case if hard soil is it recommended to practice minimum tillage?
Yes it is recommended except in the case of hard pan you can plough to break the hard pan for one year and then go on with minimum tillage.

Conclusions:
This year we are going to use a different corn variety from the one we planted last year in order to avoid the problem of ear rot. The plot which last year was planted corn should be planted beans this season and that which beans were planted to be planted corn this season.