Mgama - St. Paul Luth - CVP Report Nov 23-2011

2011CVP
Companion Village Project
3rd Visit, Year One
November 23, 2011

Village Mgama
Pastor Edward Mgeyekwa
Companion St. Paul Luthern
Attendees 12
Weather for the past month Dry
Reporters Gabriel and Don
Purpose
• Delivering seeds and fertilizers
• Demonstrating planting and fertilizer application
Topics
• Greetings
Before we began the demonstration, Don delivered greetings from St. Paul Area Synod and US Institute of Ag advisory committee
• Review of the handouts
Together with them we went through the handouts
- 3rd Visit Instruction
- Plant population and Fertilizer applications
- Fertilizer needs template
• Demonstrations
o Planting and fertilizer applications
We demonstrated on how to plant seeds and how to apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together.
o Seeds and fertilizers
The following were delivered
Corn Seeds Fertilizers
Variety Amount (kg) Type Amount (bags)
H614 8 NPK 4

o Crop residues and weeding
Don spoke about the importance of doing weeding and leaving crop residues
Questions/comments
 How to deal with termites’ problem?
Do regular weeding to keep the farm clean and if the problem is severe use pesticides that has been designed to control termites
 Why is it recommended to mix seeds and fertilizers?
Fertilizers can kill the seed and prevent germination. Place a seed and fertilizer at least 5cm apart
 How many times should we weed?
Do weeding whenever there is the need of weeding of the farm. You should not let the weed to grow more than 3inches

Conclusion
Their plots are about 1km from the church. We told them to make sure the plots gets all the management recommended according to the instructions. We expect success in this village.