2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
Visit Report
6th Visit 2nd Year
September, 07 2011
Village Magulilwa
Pastor Tula Lukosi
Companion Amazing Grace
Attendees 4
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti,Gabriel and Rev. Mang’ulisa
Purposes 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
Topics
1. Review of the handouts
• 6th Visit instruction handout
• Yield recording sheet
2. Harvesting
The harvesting of both beans and corn have been done, they have shelled corn and threshed beans. The results of what they got are as tabulated below.
Crop Corn Beans
Yield per ½ acres 9bags 1 bag and 2litres
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. We left the pesticides to them to mix with their harvested grains.
4. Discussion about the farming season
They had enough rainfall during the season and they timely applied fertilizer and weeding was done properly. They had problems with chicken eating corn plants after germination and this can be solved by early planting, planting the same time when farmers are planting their farms.
5. Adaptation
Pastor said few people have started using the techniques on their own farmers but they have not yet harvested but they think they will be able get more corn on those plots.
Comments/questions
They suggested planting both corn and beans in December. We will work to get those seeds at the right time for them to plant.
Conclusion
We congratulated them for the good job they have done this year and encouraged them to keep doing good job not only for the demonstration plot but also on their own farms.
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