Lugala CVP Visit Report for Aug 3-2012

2012 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year One August 3, 2012 Village Lugala (pp of Ipogoro Parish) Pastor/Evangelist Nixon Mwitula/Lazaro Nyinge Companion Augustana Lutheran Attendees 12 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Pongolan and Venance 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: Both corn and beans were harvested and threshed. We saw well dried corn in good shape put in plastic bags. The harvest was as shown in the table below: Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 8.5 bags 1.2 bags 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: Corn variety and the bean seed was commented as good; therefore, they asked for the same seed variety for the next planting season. It was their first time to have the CVP and still they did very well. They were highly organized by the evangelist Lazaro Nyinge still young and dynamic. They followed the spacing very well. The beans did not do very well though. When we asked them what happened to the beans, they said it was affected by the bad weather which hit the area in January – March this year. 5. Adoption: It is their first time to have a demonstration plot; therefore, it was not easy to notice any adoption to the new farming methods, though the parishioners showed enthusiasm to their performance and appreciated the farming methods taught. Comments/questions  We encouraged the church members to practice the good farming methods in their personal plots and show others how to do it.  They were eager to learn on the use of “shumba “pesticide and learn the precautions to take before and after use of the pesticide.