Nduli-Christ the King; CVP Visit Report for June 7, 2011

2008 CVP
Companion Village Project
5th Visit Year Three -- June 07, 2011
Village Nduli
Pastor Laiton Muyinga
Companion Christ the King Lutheran, New Bringhton
Attendees 4
Weather for the past month Dry
Reporters Gabriel, Don and Karen
Before we went to Nduli we stopped in one of the Hardware store and buy Aluminum sheet. The institute of Agriculture is working on researching the better storage facilities for the local farmers which might reduce post harvest crop loss and help the farmers to store their crops and sell when price goes up. Nduli is one of the place where one of the locally made storage facility (Grain silo) is been built. The aluminum sheets will be used for building shading structure for the silo.
Purpose of the visit
• Explain and demonstrate how to take yield measurement
Topics
1. Greetings
Don delivered greetings from Christ the King-New Bringhton, Saint Paul Area Synod and US Ag Advisory Committee. He spoke about the importance of getting the right yield measurements and explained why they are highly needed.
2. Demonstrations
We demonstrated how to measure the 10 m row (in three different locations within the demonstration plot) for the yield determination, this was demonstrated by using a miter tape, we used spray paint to mark the demarcations within which the measurements should be taken. These measurements are to be taken from both corn and beans.

Plots information
Corn plot looks good. Spacing has been properly followed; the ears are big and well filled. They are matured but not yet dried. The variety introduced here is drought resistant variety.
The bean plot has been harvested and the measurements were taken as instructed. The yields are good.
Comments
 They asked if we what methods farmers in USA use to store their crops
Farmers in USA store their crops in big metal silos which allow warm are to pass through the grains and dry them to the right moisture content. Moreover some do put their crops in the big grain elevators which are own by co-operatives or individual businessmen. The elevators have been constructed in such a way grains are stored for long time without been damaged. However those facilities are not available in Tanzania, farmers are advised to sun dry well their crop and put storage pesticides before they store their crops.

Conclusions
This parish has been very good candidate for these agriculture training program. They work hard, follow instructions and they get good results. Pastor told us many people have been adopting the techniques. We encouraged them to keep the good work.