Ipogoro - Augustana Luth; CVP Report for Jan 20, 2011

2008 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
4th Visit 3rd Year
January 20, 2011

Village Ipogoro
Pastor NIckson Mwitula
Companion Augustana, West St. Paul
Attendees Male 6 Female 6
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti, Roger and Pongolani

Purpose of the visit

• Deliver fertilizer for 2nd application
• Deliver bean seeds and NPK fertilizer for planting beans
• Deliver pesticides (Thionex) and Sprayer
• Give instructions on bean planting and 2nd fertilizer application on the corn plot


Greetings
Roger delivered greetings from St. Paul Area Synod and Iringa Diocese. Roger also gave a summary of what we are instructing them to do on our demonstration plot and the importance of using the techniques on their own farms.

Review of the handouts
We gave them and went through the handouts for the 4th visit containing detailed information on;
• The importance of regular weeding
• Planting bean seeds and NPK fertilizer placement
• 2nd fertilizer application
• Pesticide application and instructions on how to use the sprayer.

Delivery

Type/Variety Amount
Bean seeds Wanja 40kg
Fertilizers NPK 2 bags
CAN 2 bags
Pesticides Thionex ½ Litre





Demonstrations

Corn plot
Corn plants are knee high and they are ready for 2nd fertilizer application. Corn looks good and they were planted using the recommended spacing and they had good germination. We demonstrated how to apply CAN fertilizer and pesticide on the corn plot.

Bean plot
Beans will be planted anytime from the end of January once they get rain. We gave them instructions on how to plant beans were given.


Questions from the audience
1. Why do we plant beans in late January?

Beans should be planted in late January in order to utilize rain water in February and March especially for low land areas where there is little rain and it rains for short time. For those planting in high altitude areas where there is enough rainfall beans can even be planted in March.

2. If there are no pests in the field is there any need to apply pesticide?
If there are no pests in the field there is no need to apply pesticide. We recommend that you regularly visit the plot so that if are there any signs of pests then you can apply pesticide.

Comments;
A good number of people have started using our techniques on their own farms and Pastor Nickson told us that if we can get time we can visit his farm which is five acres in size he planted using our recommended practices. Two other people also told us that they have five acres each and they planted the same way we have told them to plant.

Conclusion
Ipogoro has good looking corn and so far is one of the best plots in the region.