2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
6th Visit First year
July, 26 2011
Village Ismani
Pastor Naboth Chaula
Companion Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Attendees 19
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti, and Pongolani
Purpose of the visit
• To collect the yield measurement
• To deliver grain storage chemical “Shumba”
• End of season discussion and planning for the next farming season
1. Review of the handouts
• 6th Visit instruction handout
• Yield recording sheet
2. Harvesting
Corn have been harvested and threshed but they got very low yield than what we expected not less than seven bags from quarter an acre. They had two main problems drought and termites eating corn while on the field. They failed to plant beans because they didn’t get enough rainfall.
Crop Corn Beans
Yield per ¼ acres 5Tins
3. Storage
we instructed them on how to store grain for home usage and for selling at the time of high price. We instructed how to mix grain storage pesticides “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended.
4. Discussion about the farming season
Corn variety they planted was a good variety in spite of the low yield they got which result because of lack of adequate rain.
5. Adaptation
As this was their first year most of they didn’t star using the techniques on their own farms and they said things they learned will help them to grow crops in the coming season
Comments/questions
They said because of the weather problems they are facing more people would like to buy food rather than buying farming inputs. We told them that weather usually changes from one season to another so what happed this season it might not be the same next year so they should keep trying every season.
Conclusion
Pastor Naboth Chaula Closed the training and he encouraged people who attended to try to use the techniques even if they are not sure with the weather situation. We thanked them for their participation to this program.
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