Lundamatwe CVP Visit Report Aug 2-2012

2012 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Three August 2, 2012 Village Lundamatwe (pp of Ipogoro) Pastor/Evangelist Nixon Mwitula/Nason Msungu Companion Augustana Lutheran Attendees 02 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Gabriel, 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. The yield was as recorded in the table below:- Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 3.5bags 3.5tins (tin approx.20litre vol.) 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 pesticide “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 was commented as good. It yields higher than the local variety. Bean crop was affected by the dry spell that occurred between January and March this year; as a result the yield of beans recorded was low as seen above in the table. 5. Adoption: According to the evangelist of this preaching point and the Pastor, a few members are adopting some techniques taught by the institute. They plant in rows and space plants wider than the spacing adopted in the demonstration plot because they can’t afford to buy as much fertilizer as applied in the demonstration plot. Comments/questions:  We told them to continue adopting the techniques and they will be receiving extension education because their sponsorship ends this year. . Conclusion We expect to continue educating them through the extension program which is to begin in the near future.