Ng'ang'ange - Roseville Lutheran; CVP Report for Jan 18-2011

2009 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
4rd Visit 2nd Year
January 18, 2011

Village Ng’ang’ange
Pastor Simon Msula
Companion Roseville Lutheran Church
Attendees Male 2 Female 6
Weather Cloudy
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)
• Give instructions on bean planting and 2nd fertilizer application on the corn plot

Greetings
Roger delivered greetings from St. Paul Area Synod and the Iringa Diocese. Roger also gave a summary of what we are instructing them to do on our demonstration plot and the importance of Utilizing these 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 important of regular weeding
• Planting bean seeds and NPK fertilizer placement
• 2nd fertilizer application
• Pesticide application

Delivery

Type/Variety Amount
Bean seeds Urafiki 30kg
Fertilizers NPK 2 bags
CAN 2 bags
Pesticides Thionex ½ Liter

Demonstrations

Corn plot
Corn Plants were planted and they had problems with rainfall after they planted which resulted into some seeds failing to germinate. They did replant in the holes where seeds didn’t germinate and still they faced the same problem of some not germinating. We demonstrated the 2nd fertilizer application.


Bean plot
Beans will be planted in March and we demonstrated how to plant them in terms of spacing between plants and lines and how to put NPK fertilizer during planting.


Questions

1. Corn seeds when planted using fertilizers doesn’t germinate, what is the cause of that?
If corn seeds are planted as we recommend that fertilizer should be 5cm from seed there is no possibility of fertilizer killing the seed even if there is not enough moisture in the soil. But if you place both seed and fertilizer in the same spot and there is inadequate moisture in the soil there is the possibility of seeds not germinating as fertilizer will drain water from seed through Osmosis.

2. What is preferred to add in the soil between manure and commercial fertilizers?
Incase if you are able to find enough manure to apply then we highly encourage you to use manure because manure in addition of adding nutrients in the soil also improves soil organic matter, soil structure and also control soil erosion.

Comments;
Pastor made a comment on the possibility of moving the plot to another location next season because they think the problem with corn germination is due to the kind of soil. The soil in this plot does not hold water not because of lack of organic matter, and also because it was previously a forest.

Conclusions:
We encouraged them to attend our meetings in large numbers and to inform all villagers’ when we visit so that they can attend the trainings and benefit from what we teach them.