2010 CVP
Companion Village Project
6th Visit (3rd visit for coming season) 2nd Year
September, 16, 2011
Village Ipalamwa
Pastor Ajenista Maliga
Companion Mount Calvary, Eagan
Attendees 22
Weather Sunny
Reporters Nafeti, Gabriel, Rev. Lunodzo and Pongolani
Purposes of the visit
• To collect the yield measurement
• To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers
• End of season discussion and planning for the next farming season
Topics
1. Review of the handouts
• 6th Visit instruction handout
• Yield recording sheet
• 3rd Visit Instruction
• Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications
2. Harvesting
They have harvested both corn and beans. The yield data for both crops is as tabulated below.
Crop Corn Beans
Yield per ½ acres 7bags and 10 litres 4 bags and 2 tins
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
The corn variety rotted because of long rainfall season. We planned to do late planting in the coming season together with planting local corn variety and one improved corn variety.
5. Adaptation
They think that people will start using the techniques from the coming season because they have already seen how crops were at the demonstration plot.
Comments/questions
They have problem of corn rotting and they suggested changing corn variety the coming growing season. We plan to plant half of the corn plot local variety and the remaining half improved corn variety
We think also of doing late planting so that corn mature during the dry season
Conclusion
We told them to keep on doing the good work in the coming season. Since this was their first year the yield they got is encouraging and they promised to work harder next season.
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