Lulanzi Parish CVP Visit Report - Sept. 5-2012

2009 CVP Companion Village Project & PCT 6th Visit, Year Three September 05, 2012 Village Lulanzi Pastor Tuluwene Gavile Companion Christ Lutheran, Lake Amo Attendees 11 Weather for the past month Cloudy and cold Reporters Gabriel and Pastor 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 corn has been harvested but not yet shelled. Beans have been harvested and threshed, however not yet measured. Pastor said the records will be sent to us in the next week. Pyrethrum picking has not yet started due to late transplanting 3. Flower drying and cereals Storage we told them that food crops should be stored for domestic uses and then the excess can be sold at the month when crop prices are highest. We instructed on how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. However we advise them to grow pyrethrum as a cash crop. PCT is working on developing a wooden-nylon structure that might help farmers in drying flowers in the villages that experience frequent rains and cloudy conditions. 4. The past farming season Pyrethrum plot The pyrethrum was late planted. The seedlings were weak hence some of them died. We reminded them that new pyrethrum nursery will be established and managed by the parish. Thus getting the seedlings for the demonstration plots will be easy. Corn and bean plots The villagers have asked for the different corn variety. They said that the variety introduced here did not perform as well as expected. They also requested new improved bean variety to try in their place. Both plots have little improvement compared with last year performance. 5. Adoption During the discussion, they said that there many people in the village using the techniques. The most adapted techniques are leaving crop residues, minimum tillage and fertilizer applications. Conclusion We instructed them to prepare the land for the establishing a pyrethrum nursery. We are working on getting another corn variety to introduce here. We asked them to improve the management. We thank them for good record keeping especially rainfall data.

Lusinga CVP Visit Report - Aug 29-2012

2012 CVP Companion Village Project & PCT 6th Visit, Year One August 29, 2012 Village Lusinga Pastor/Leader Galosi Kwamba Sponsorship Pyrethrum Company of Tanzania (PCT) Attendees 04 Weather for the past month Dry Ag inst/ PCT Staff Gabriel and Pastor Mang’ulisa We met four church leaders here. There has been problem with communication. Many parish members have no information on our visit today. We asked the four attendees to inform the rest what we are going to discuss and training. 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: Corn has not been harvested yet. Beans were harvested but not yet threshed. Pyrethrum flower picking has started, 2 picks has been done. 3. Storage We trained them on marketing of the food crops. Food crops should be stored for domestic uses and excess can be sold in the month when crop prices are highest. We instructed on how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. The storage pesticides will be used for both corn and beans. About pyrethrum drying, PCT will provide simple structures to all demonstration plots for the farmers to learn how to dry the flowers without spoil them during the rain season. 4. The past farming season Bean and bean plots At the beginning of the farming season, there was a problem with the germination of the corn seeds. Replanting was done and upt to now the plants are still in the field. Pyrethrum Plot The crop is doing well, the flowers stage that have to be picked. Picking has already started. The parish is now preparing a small land for the pyrethrum nursery. The nursery will be in the valley, close to the water stream. Conclusion We told them that next season the seeds will arrive earlier; they should prepare the plots as earlier as possible. The pyrethrum seeds will be delivered soon.

Nyanzwa CVP Visit Report - Aug 30-2012

2009 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit, Year Three August 30, 2012 Village Nyanzwa Pastor Luhwano Mwafute Companion Easter Lutheran Attendees 12 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Gabriel and Rev. Mang’ulisa In this visit we were accompanied by Ms Itiweni Luhwago, personnel from Microfinance Institute of Tumaini University. She came here to meet and talk with the leaders of the Parish and leaders of the saving and Credits Cooperative Society of this village. 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 yields of both corn and seeds are very poor. Both crops were late planted and management was not good. 3. Storage: We trained them on the storage of food crops. Since they depend on selling onions and buy corn from near by villages, we told them they should buy the corn and beans now before the prices have risen. We instructed them to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain as recommended. The storage pesticides can be used for both corn and beans. 4. The past farming season Corn and bean plots have not performed well. This has been occurring every year due to drought condition and poor management of the demonstration plots. Although the seed varieties are drought resistant, without good management they can not performed well. Comments  Pastor said, although the demonstration plots have not performed well, some of the techniques have been adopted by the some people. They have learned to close spacing, minimum tillage and leaving the crop residues to minimize water loss from their farms Conclusion The parish has not been doing a good job in managing the plots. However we were encouraged by the reports about people who are now adopting the good farming techniques. We advised them to save food for domestic uses to prevent hunger I their village.

Ukumbi CVP Visit Report - Aug 28-2012

2012 CVP Companion Village Project & PCT 6th Visit, Year One August 28, 2012 Village Ukumbi Pastor/Leader Reuben Nendya Sponsorship Pyrethrum Company of Tanzania (PCT) Attendees 08 Weather for the past month Dry Institute/PCT Staffs Gabriel and Pastor 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: Both corn and beans were harvested and threshed. The pyrethrum crop did not perform were hence there are no records of flower picking. Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 7bags 5 tins 1 bag 3. Storage: We trained them on marketing of the food crops. Food crops should be stored for domestic uses and excess should be sold at the month when crop prices are highest. We instructed on how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. The storage pesticides will be used for both corn and beans. 4. The past farming season Bean and beans The performance has not been good due to late planting and rain shortage. Pyrethrum Plot This season, the transplanting was delayed and the seedlings were very poor to survive. We asked them to prepare a nursery for the coming season. The PCT will provide them with seeds but they have to promise good management Conclusion We asked them to prepare the land for all crops as earlier as possible. The seeds for the pyrethrum nursery will be delivered soon as it was agreed in the pyrethrum training which was conducted at PCT – Mafinga. The plot for pyrethrum nursery has to be ready this month.

Wami - CVP Visit Report - Sept 4-2012

2012 CVP Companion Village Project & PCT 6th Visit Year One September 4, 2012 Village Wami Pastor/Evangelist Pascal Fyataga/Evang. Mwelelwa Sponsorship PCT Attendees 10 Weather for the past month Dry Institute Staff Gabriel and Pastor Mang’ulisa In this visit we were accompanied by Ms Itiweni. She is microfinance officer from Tumaini University. She came here to conduct training about microfinance and look at the micro loans record keeping. 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 have not yet been harvested. The pyrethrum flower picking has started. Small amount of flowers were spread close to the plot for sun drying 3. Flower drying and cereals Storage This is cloudy and rainy areas. Drying pyrethrum flower is challenging. We told the farmers that, PCT is working on developing a wooden-nylon structure that might help farmers in safely drying flowers. We trained them on marketing of the food crops. Food crops should be stored for domestic uses and excess should be sold in the month when crop prices are highest. We instructed on how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. 4. The past farming season The pyrethrum plot looks good but is very small. The place is close to the church so an ideal place for people to learn when they attend the Sunday services. Corn; There was poor germination during the early season. It is the first time the program is run here and at the planting stage, some of the participants mixed seeds and fertilizers causing the fertilizers to destroy the germinating seeds. Conclusion Evangelist said that the parish is preparing the large size of land for pyrethrum plot. We told them to start prepare the small peace of land so as to establish a pyrethrum nursery. The pyrethrum seeds will be delivered soon.

Magome CVP Visit Report - Sept 4-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year One September 4, 2012 Village Magome Pastor Samwel Kasuga Companion Elim Lutheran Church Foundation Attendees 07 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Pongolani 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. The yield record was as follows: Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 5.7 bags(40 tins and 8 litres) 1 bag (7 tins and 3 litres) Some amount of corn estimated to be about one bag was rotten. 3. Storage: We instructed the parishioners 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 planted had a problem of rotting though the rotting was not severe. They suggested for a change of corn variety to a variety which can resist rotting. We agreed and thought of buying them a variety of corn which was planted at Ipalamwa parish. They said the beans grew well but were affected by blight disease, therefore, asked for a change if possible. Alternatively they thought of trying the local type which is found in the village because it is not affected by the blights. 5. Adoption The parishioners were still learning the practices since they were in the first year of the program. The expectation is that they will begin adopting some techniques in the second year of the program. Comments/questions  The parishioners showed interest by asking many questions about insect pests, diseases, insecticides, corn varieties and crop subsidies. We answered their questions and advised them on general crop management to reduce pests and diseases on the farm.  They were excited about bee keeping program and said they have plenty of land suitable for that purpose. A few of them were keeping bees locally. Conclusion The parishioners were interested and eager to learn good farming methods. They said were paying attention to” modern agriculture” radio program broadcast by Radio Furaha every Friday night as well.

Magulilwa CVP Visit Report - Aug 21-2012

2009 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Three August 21st, 2012 Village Magulilwa Pastor Tula lukosi Companion Amazing Grace Lutheran Church Attendees 07 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Rev. Mang’ulisa, 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. The yield record was as follows: Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 7 bags(48 tins and 17litres) 3.5 tins According to the Pastor, corn productivity dropped this year because of the dry spell which occurred between January and March. Bean production has never succeeded for the past three years now. 3. Storage: We instructed the parishioners 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 H 628 was noted to be OK for that area; the low yield was caused by the dry spell of January - March this year. The members thought the bean seed” Uyole Njano” was OK too, but they should change the planting date for beans to happen at the same time as corn. 5. Adoption Some members are adopting techniques such as planting certified seed, planting in rows and weeding though not as many times as done in the demonstration plot. They have a problem of applying insufficient amount of fertilizers and the reason they gave was that they can’t afford to purchase as much fertilizer as we recommend. Comments/questions  The parishioners showed interest by asking many questions about insect pests and insecticides, corn varieties and crop subsidies.  We encouraged them to try changing the planting date for beans; preferably plant earlier than before to make use of the rain which seems to go away after a short duration.  We advised them to continue weeding after harvesting in order to preserve nutrients in the soil and make the subsequent operations easier for the coming season.  They said there was no possibility of bee- keeping in their area, but wished to have another demonstration plot at a preaching point known as Ndiwili. Conclusion Magulilwa area has a great potential for corn production if farming practices are followed properly. We emphasized that they should follow the practices taught in the demonstration plot and translate it into their own plots.

Ugesa CVP Visit Report - Sept 4-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project & PCT 6th Visit, Year One September 04, 2012 Village Ugesa Pastor Pascal Fyataga Companion Christ Lutheran Attendees 07 Weather for the past month Sunny Reporters Gabriel and Pastor Mang’ulisa In this visit we were accompanied by Ms Itiweni. She is microfinance officer from Tumaini University. She came here to conduct training about microfinance and look at the micro loans record keeping. 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. Pyrethrum flowers are now picked. Crop Corn Beans Pyrethrum Yield per ½ acres 6 bags 5tins Flower picking has began 3. Flower drying and cereals Storage The weather here is cloudy and rainy like. Drying pyrethrum flowers is challenging like. PCT is working on developing a wooden-nylon structure that might help farmers in safely drying flowers. We trained them on marketing of the food crops. We told them that food crops should be stored for domestic uses and then the excess can be sold in the month when crop prices are highest. We instructed on how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. 4. The past farming season The pyrethrum plot is doing well. The new pyrethrum nursery will be establish and managed by the parish. Corn has performed well, however the variety seem not suitable with this area. Next farming season, new variety will be introduced here. The beans were affected by the rain patterns. Better planting timing is needed. Conclusion We instructed the parish to prepare small land for the pyrethrum nursery. The PCT will provide seeds. The land should be ready when the seeds arrive. We promised them we will change the corn seed variety in accordance with the climatic condition of this area.

Mgama CVP Visit Report - Aug 29-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Two August 29, 2012 Village Mgama Pastor/Evangelist Edward Mgeyekwa Companion St. Paul Lutheran Church Attendees 07 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. The yield was as recorded in the table below:- Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 6 bags(42 tins) 1.2 bag (8 tins and 3 litres) They expected to harvest more corn than the 6 bags recorded above, however, some corn was stolen by thieves. They reported the case to the village government and hope to take measures to protect their produce in the coming season. 3. Storage: We instructed the parishioners 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: The corn grain grown in this season looked small. Two possibilities were thought for the small size of the seed; varietal characteristics or the bad weather which occurred this year. The Parishioners thought of changing the corn variety from H 614 to H 625 or H 628 and” Uyole Njano” beans for the next planting season. The beans suffered a wilting problem at flowering stage. We thought the problem was caused by bean flies and advised them to make sure they spray “thionex” pesticide at the right time and use correct dose. 5. Adoption: According to the Pastor of this parish and the members who attended the meeting, 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 plots because they can’t afford to buy as much fertilizer as applied in the demonstration plot. Comments/questions:  We agreed to look for H 625 or H 628 and give to them for the next planting season if we succeed to get those varieties.  We insisted they should apply “thionex” pesticide 3 – 5 days after seed emergence against bean flies  They said they have land for bee keeping and a few people keep bees already using the local methods, therefore, they are ready for bee keeping program. Conclusion We hope they will do better in the coming farming season and cooperate with the village government to stop theft of their produce.

Kitowo - CVP Visit Report - Aug 28-2012

2010 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Two August 28, 2012 Village Kitowo Pastor/Evangelist Hezron Kiswaga Companion First Evangelical Lutheran Church Attendees 05 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. The yield was as recorded in the table below:- Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 9 bags (63 tins) 1.4 Bags (10 tins) 3. Storage: We instructed the parishioners 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: The parishioners thought the corn variety i.e. H628 planted in this season was OK although it rots if rain becomes excessive; therefore, they suggested an alternative variety H 614 if it is available in the market. They suggested “Uyole Njano” for bean seed. They mentioned another bean variety by the name of Sarungi which is not well known to us. Explaining about this year’s yield, they said their harvest was not very good because of the change in weather which happened between January and March adversely affecting crop growth and development which resulted into reduced yield. 5. Adoption: Many village members plant certified corn seed in rows though the spacing used is wider than the spacing used in the demonstration plot. They still have a problem of weeding after harvest; they think weeding after harvesting is not important. They don’t apply as much fertilizer as we do in the demonstration plot. Comments/questions:  We told them to continue adopting the techniques and make use of the knowledge provided through the demonstration plot. We advised them to continue weeding after harvesting to cut off weeds from consuming nutrients from the soil and make the work easier for the coming season.  They are somehow aware of the bee- keeping activity through the knowledge provided by the Catholic nun who is in Pommern running a local organization known as MAWAKI – a development agency for people of Kilolo district; therefore, would appreciate to have such a project in their parish.  They asked for the Microfinance person to visit them because they want to establish a SACCOS. Conclusion They are hard workers and they seem to be interested with farming. They expressed their interest by asking a variety of questions on farming. We answered their questions accordingly.

Kilolo Star Vocational - CVP Visit Report- Aug 27-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year One August 27, 2012 Village Kilolo Star Pastor/Evangelist Castor Sanguya Companion Kilolo Star Water Project Attendees 06 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Pongolan and Venance Purposes of the visit: • To collect yield measurement and 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 school was late to plant corn this year; the seed and fertilizers were kept for use in the coming season. The school recorded a bean yield of 7tins and 4 liters which is a low yield. 3. Storage: We instructed the attendees on how to store the beans for home usage and for selling at the time of high price. We instructed how to mix storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of beans per bottle of the pesticide recommended. We left the pesticide to them to mix with their harvested beans. 4. Discussion about the farming season: The school was in recess, therefore, students were on vacation; the six attendees were members of staff. Four of them had participated fully in attending the demonstration plot, therefore, had some comments about this season’s bean farming. They thought the variety of beans was good for production and tolerant to the rainy weather. However, they said the cooking quality was not very good and thus the market for it was low. They thought they planted the beans a bit late in the season and will try to plant earlier in the coming season. They promised to prepare land for corn early to be able to plant at the right time in the coming season. 5. Adoption: There was no any testimony for adoption of the techniques taught so far. Comments/questions  We encouraged the teachers to practice the good farming methods in their personal plots and teach the students.  They were curious to know if the chemical “shumba “pesticide was not harmful to the users. We cleared their doughty by emphasizing adherence to the instructions provided by the manufacturer and use the chemical carefully.  We advised them to prepare land early so that they can plant corn in the next planting season.

Mlafu CVP Visit Report - Aug 1-2012

2009 CVP CompanionVillage Project 6th Visit Year Three August 1st, 2012 Village Mlafu Pastor Daison Mpesa Companion Our Saviour’s Stillwater Attendees 12 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Gabriel, Itiweni, 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. The yield record was as follows: Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 12 bags 3.5 bags Some amount of corn estimated to be about one bag was rotten. 3. Storage We instructed the parishioners 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 was noted to be partially good. It yields higher than the local variety although a little of it was rotten. They suggested having another variety of corn for trial in the next planting season so that they can make comparison with the current one. The bean variety was noted as good too. 5. Adoption Some of the parishioners have adopted some of the techniques. The Pastor showed us his plot and we could see corn planted in rows with spacing slightly wider than the spacing used in the demonstration plot for the reason that he used a less quantity of fertilizer than the demonstration plot. Comments/questions  The parishioners showed interest by asking many questions about insect pests and insecticides, corn varieties and crop subsidies.  They expressed a great potential for bee keeping in the area because they said they have a good land with plenty of varieties of flowers and a good supply of water. A few of them were keeping bees locally. Conclusion We congratulated them for the good job they have done in the demonstration. We encouraged them to adopt the techniques taught. The Pastor and Parish members were happy with the performance of the corn and beans demonstration plots.

Ipalamwa Parish - CVP Visit Report - Aug 23-2012

2010 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Three August 23, 2012 Village Ipalamwa Pastor Ajenista Maliga Companion Mount Calvary Lutheran Attendees 06 Weather for the past month Dry and warm Reporters Rev.Mangu’lisa, 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. The yield of each crop was as indicated in the table below: Crop Corn Beans Yield in ½ acre 6 bags (42.5 tins) 2.3 bags (16.5 tins) This is midway yield; it is In between the highest and lowest yield. The parishioners expected to harvest more corn than what they got. The crop stand looked high when we visited last time. It was not obvious what had happened to lower the yield. 3. Storage: 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: As mentioned above, the parish recorded average yield of both corn and beans. The parishioners had expected to harvest more than that. The seed they used was local. According to Pastor, the seed was taken several years back from Dabaga Seed Company once a government seed center for the highland areas, but no longer serving the purpose any more. My guess is probably the seed’s productivity has decreased, however, its quality looked excellent. It does not rot as our hybrid seeds. 5. Adoption Many people adopted some techniques and their plots performed better than before. We saw two corn plots which adopted the spacing on the way to the church. Comments/questions  The local variety of seed planted is OK since it does not rot. We think the same seed should be used in the other upland areas which have the problem of high amount of rain which extends up to June and cause rotting.  It is amazing to see the parishioners who are knowledge thirsty in this parish, they ask many questions about farming and they want to try. Conclusion The parishioners are now confident of some techniques such the right planting date for corn and beans, spacing and variety to plant after learning for two years. We encouraged them to continue trying the techniques.

Image Secondary School CVP Visit Report - Aug 17-2012

2010 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Two August 17, 2012 Village Image Secondary School Pastor Andeck Ngogo Companion Augustana Lutheran Attendees 03 Weather for the past month Dry and warm Reporters Rev.Mangu’lisa, 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. The yield of both the corn and the beans were very little. The school harvested only 5tins (about 100kg) of corn and 4kg of beans. The yield is extremely low, it makes anyone coming across it ask what happened, we were curious to learn the reason for the alarmingly low yield. The school was in recess and we met only three members of staff. According to them the reason was drought but the crops were planted late in the season. After seeing the plot, we thought the site was not suitable for crop production. After discussion with Rev. Mbangwa and the school storekeeper named David Mbululo who supervises the plot at this school, they decided to move the plot to a new site for the next farming season. 3. Storage: Despite the low yield, 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 some pesticides to them to mix with their harvested grains. 4. Discussion about the farming season: As mentioned above, the school recorded very little yield of both corn and beans. The two leaders of the school plot confessed that the site selected for the demonstration plot was not suitable for crop production but also added that the time for planting the crops was already late. The two factors contributed to the poor performance of the plot. 5. Adoption Reverend Mbangwa said he applied some techniques taught by the institute and succeed to more than double the harvest from his plot. Comments/questions  The attendees thought the corn variety was Ok to try in the coming season but were pessimistic on the bean variety. They thought cow peas would do better than beans because the area was hit by drought. Conclusion We encouraged them move the plot and plant crops early in the season. We thought they can try part of the bean plot with cowpeas to see any difference in performance with beans in the coming season.

Pommern Secondary School -CVP Visit Report - Aug 22-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Two August 22, 2012 Village Pommern Secondary School Pastor Haran Ngede Companion Faith Lutheran Church Attendees 03 Weather for the past month Dry and warm Reporters Rev.Mangu’lisa, 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 The yield was as recorded below Crop Corn Beans Yield in ½ acre 16 bags - As can be seen in the table above, only corn was harvested and there was total failure of bean production. According to the headmaster, corn harvest was 16 bags in half an acre which is the highest so far recorded this year. The bags of corn were already put together with the bulky of all the school harvest which were more than 100bags harvested this year. Contrary to the corn production, there was no any bean harvest. When we asked him he said they went wrong in timing the season for bean planting and planted the beans under eucalyptus tree which affected the crop. 3. Storage: We instructed how to mix grain storage pesticides “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. We left the pesticides for the school to mix with their harvested grains. 4. Discussion about the farming season: As mentioned above, the school recorded the highest yield of corn but did not harvest any beans. The soil at Pommern Secondary School has the potential to attain high yield if the plot is well managed. The teacher who supervised the corn plot managed it well but did not plan well the bean plot. When we talked to the headmaster he had a positive idea for the coming season. He thought of dividing the whole school field into two halves so that they can plant one half with corn and plant beans in the other half. 5. Adoption We did not get any evidence of adoption yet. We expect adoption to take place in the coming season after learning from the school’s good corn performance. Comments/questions  We encouraged the school to implement the idea of the headmaster of dividing the school field into two halves so that they plant corn in one half and bean in the other half; and then they can rotate the crops and practice the techniques taught by the Institute of Agriculture  The corn variety is good; the same variety should be brought for planting in the coming season. Conclusion We advised the school to observe the planting time for beans and move the bean plot from under the tree to open site. We cautioned them that crops planted under trees do not perform; therefore, they must avoid cropping under trees.

Wasa CVP Visit Report - Aug 16-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year One August 16, 2012 Village Wasa Pastor/Evangelist Juhudi Mkenge’ Companion Fish Lake Lutheran Attendees 12 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Gabriel, Pongolan, Rev. Mangu’lisa 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 7.3 bags 2.6 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 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 Pastor of this parish and the evangelists, 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 plots 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 make use of the knowledge which will continue to be provided to them through the demonstration plot for two more years to come.  For beekeeping they thought it would be possible to do it at a preaching point of Wasa but not at Wasa itself.  We hope to send inputs on time to give them the opportunity of scheduling their activity on time for good performance . Conclusion We hope they will continue picking up the farming techniques we teach them in the next farming season because they are eager to learn and cope. You can see this quality in their attendance as well. The Pastor works hard to make sure evangelists from all preaching points attend the meetings so that they spread the knowledge gained to all preaching points.

Ipalamwa Secondary School CVP Visit Report-Aug 23-2012

2010 Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Three August 23, 2012 Village Ipalamwa Secondary School Headmaster Minga, C.J. Companion Raquet Family Fundation Attendees 04 Weather for the past month Dry and warm Reporters Rev.Mangu’lisa, Pongolan and Venance Purposes of the visit: The purpose of the visit to Ipalamwa Secondary School changed from the routine purposes of collecting the yield measurement and delivering grain storage chemical “Shumba” because there was no yield to measure and was no need to deliver the chemical “shumba”. Instead there was a discussion between us and the new headmaster to the school and the other members of staff on what will be in the coming season after losing all the corn and beans which were grown this season. All the crops which were grown this season disappeared after the closure of the school and no one was able tell us where the crops were. Ipalamwa parish had taken care of the crops until when they had matured but unfaithful people harvested the crops for their own use. The New headmaster wanted the program to continue for the benefit of the students, members of staff and people living near the school. He argued that since he is new to the school, he would take care of the plot and be held responsible for any irregularity. The school bursar also new to the school supported the headmaster and agreed to work hand in hand with the headmaster to make sure the school plot works according to the Institute teaching and performs well. They were advised to move the plot close to school environment where the crops can be seen by everyone and be managed easily. Decision After the discussion we agreed to take the matter to the University for Scrutiny, get response from the sponsoring congregation and let them know their fate when we come back for input distribution in October. Conclusion It is obvious now that the success of the CVP lies largely on the supervising pastor/ evangelist or head of the school’s interest on farming. The previous head of the school had no interest on farming. We are therefore optimistic that the current leader is interested and therefore let them have another chance of operating a demonstration plot.

Ifunda - CVP Visit Report - Aug 27-2012

2010 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Two August 27, 2012 Village Ifunda Pastor Irene Msalilwa Companion House of Prayer, Oakdale Attendees 07 Weather for the past month Dry Institute staff Gabriel and Pastor Mang’ulisa We met the new Pastor, Rev. Irene Msalilwa. The other Pastor has been moved to another Parish. We went to the preaching point were the plots are located to see the crops then we came back to the parish. There were 6 evangelists waiting for us. We conducted a meeting in the church office. Purposes • 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 have already been harvested Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 4 bags* 2 tins 3 tins *1 bag = 7 tins (plastics) 3. Storage: We had short discussion on crop storage and marketing. We trained them on marketing of the food crops. Food crops should be stored for domestic uses and excess can be sold in the month when crop prices are highest. We instructed them how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. 4. The past farming season Both corn and bean plots have not performed well. The hardness of the soil is still a problem in this zone. We discussed with the parish leaders on how to improve the situation. We told them that the deep tillage practices should be done next season. However, cow manures should be added to the plots to add organic matter to the soil. This parish is waiting for the new Pastor to arrive. Pastor Irene is the Pastor working at the Secondary school. Meanwhile the evangelists are planning for the coming farming season Conclusion Next season, the plots will be ploughed. Land preparation and ploughing will be done as earlier as possible. From our two years experience and from the advices from other agronomists, we have come into conclusion that; a minimum tillage practice is not ideal in this area.

Ifuwa CVP Visit Report - Aug 15-2012

2010 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Two August 15, 2012 Village Ifuwa Pastor Gervas Nziku Companion Lord of Life Lutheran Attendees 04 Weather Dry Reporters Gabriel and Pastor Mang’ulisa There is a village meeting about village social and economic development. Almost all villagers have gone to attend the meeting. Four church leaders have remained behind to meet us. We told them that what we are going to training them and discuss should be passed to the other parish members in the coming Sunday service. Purposes • 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 have already been harvested Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 6 bags* 2 bag 5tins *1 bag = 7 tins (plastics) 3. Storage: We had short discussion on crop storage and marketing. We trained them on marketing of the food crops. Food crops should be stored for domestic uses and excess can be sold in the month when crop prices are highest. We trained them how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. 4. The past farming season Bean Plot There is improvement of the performance of the demo plots after being moved to a new location. The incidents of termites have not reported and the yields have increase. The variety introduced is good and yield higher than local variety. Corn Plot The harvest is higher than that obtained last year. However, we told them they can still get higher than that in that small area. At least now the villagers can learn something from the demo plot. They want to try another corn variety. We will try to get another variety to test here. 5. Adoption Pastor said that, since there is improvement in the demo plots, many people are growing interest to learn more on the farming techniques applied. Comments/questions:  How should we mix storage pesticides with corn or beans? Use a flat hard surface. Put small amount of corn then mix well with the pesticides. Use 200gm to 3 bags of corn or beans. Make sure the pesticide has not expired.  Pastor said that training through demonstration plots is good and something the parish members like. He hopes his parish will highly benefit from this program. He is optimistic with the new location of the plots and insists that there will be improvement next season and many people will learn from the plots. Conclusion We told them that we expect more improvement next year. We will deliver the seeds and fertilizers October. The plots should be well prepared by then. The new plots location seems to be ideal for the demonstrations though is located to the preaching point.

Irindi - CVP Visit Report - Aug 14-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit, Year One August 14, 2012 Village Irindi Pastor Alex Kikoti Companion St. Timothy Lutheran, St.Paul Attendees Weather 07 Dry Ag Institute Stuff Gabriel, Msigala and Pongolani Purposes of the visit: • Discussion for the coming season Topics: 1. Last farming season In the previous reports it was reported that drought has affected this area. The village is located in a place where rainfall is a problem. This year the corn and beans yields have not been good. A combination of rainfall shortage and sandy soils has led into crops’ failure. 2. New crops We discussed with the farmers about the crops they suggested for the coming growing season in the previous meeting. They suggested sesame and rice; • Sesame Sesame is an oil seeds very drought resistant crop. Farmers they somehow have an experience with the crop and they hope it will tolerate the drought usually experienced by this area. • Rice This is not drought resistant crop; The village has an access of irrigated water from a small river passing close to the village about 5 km from the church. Many villagers are growing rice in this area. 3. The plots The parish will hire the irrigated plot about 5km from the church, in the irrigated farmland. The plot will be used for rice. The rice nursery will be planted in November. Farmers have suggested the improved variety called “Silo 5”. Sesame will be planted in the other plot, not in irrigated farmland. The crop will be planted in January. Farmers have suggested “Naliendele” variety. 2. Plan for the coming season we agreed with the villagers. We told them that the decision has been made for the coming season in accordance with their suggestions; sesame and rice crops will be planted in the demonstration plots. We will buy and introduce new improved varieties of rice and sesame. Together we will work on determine the suitable agronomic practices of the crops Conclusion We told them to prepare the land for the rice and sesame. We hope the program will be successful next year. Pastor and parish members have shown commitment and promised to manage well the plots.

Kilolo - CVP Visit Report - Sept 5-2012

2008 CVP Companion Village Project Visit Report 5th Visit 4th Year May 10, 2012. Village Kilolo Parish Pastor Yona Kinganga Companion King of Kings Lutheran Church Attendees 4 Weather Dry and cool Reporters Don, Karen, Rev. Mangu’lisa and Venance. Purpose of the visit • To explain and demonstrate how to take yield measurement Topics 1. Went through the handouts o 5th Visit handout o Yield recording sheet 2. Demonstrations Kilolo Parish is in the fourth year of practicing CVP, we decided to ask the members of the congregation to explain how they would go about measuring yield. One of the members volunteered to explain as follows; that he would take a 10m piece of string and use it to measure a 10m row, count the number of plants and number of ears within the measured row and record them. He would then harvest the ears from the measured row, thresh them and measure the volume of the grains and record in liters. He said he would repeat the exercise at two more places. The explanation given by the member of the congregation was precise and accepted by us and other members as the right procedure to take yield measurement. Then we went to their plot to see. Plots information Their Corn looks good except in few spots where the plants reported earlier to have unusual root development were poorly developed. In these spots, plants had fallen down because the roots were poorly developed and could not support the plants but also they had small cobs. We also observed a few plants with disease infection. The infected plants had wilted with droopy ears, the same disease infection was observed at Pommern Parish. The grains were poorly filled and shriveled. We could not identify the disease immediately, we continue to investigate. Beans were at maturing stage. However, the bean pods were poorly filled. The Parish planted two varieties; BIFA and UYOLE NJANO. By appearance BIFA was seen to be performing better than the other variety. Pyrethrum plants survival was good (about 75%) but the plot was not weeded. There were many weeds. Comments Some members of the congregation have adopted the agricultural practices which are taught at the demonstration plot. The Pastor reported 14 members to have adopted. 4/14 use certified seed and fertilizer as recommended, the rest use local varieties because they have a feeling that the certified seed is expensive and they used DAP fertilizer instead of NPK recommended. Because of little fertilizer they apply, they widen the space between plants to 30 – 40cm instead the 20cm. Conclusion Parishioners were encouraged to try all the methods taught at the demonstration plot except the fertilizer if they cannot afford space. They were advised to maintain inter – row space of 60cm and alter the intra – row space depending on the amount of fertilizer they have. They were reminded to weed their pyrethrum plot immediately. The Parishioners also are studying the performance of the two bean varieties; Uyole njano and BIFA planted in their plot, which is good for them to make choice variety for the next planting season.

Lukani CVP Visit Report - Aug 29-2012

2011 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit, Year One August 29, 2012 Village Lukani Pastor Najabeli Madembo Companion St. Stephen the Martyr Lutheran Attendees 03 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Gabriel and Pastor Mang’ulisa There is a big funeral here. Most of the villagers have gone to attend it. Pastor has gone too to conduct the funeral service. We met two evangelists at the Parish. 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 have already been harvested Crop Corn Beans Yield per ½ acres 4 bags 3 tins 3 tins 1 bag = 7 tins (plastics) 3. Storage: We trained them on marketing of the food crops. Food crops should be stored for domestic uses and excess can be sold in the month when crop prices are highest. We instructed on how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. The storage pesticides will be used for both corn and beans. 4. The past farming season Bean and corn plots There has been rain shortage at the end of the growing season. The filling stage of the crops became very poor. The harvested has not being good. They requested to try a different bean seeds next growing season. We told them we will change the seeds variety. However the improved varieties we are using in the demonstration plots requires good management such as timely application of fertilizers, weeding and pest and diseases control. Since this is their first year, we told them that we expect improvement in the next season. Conclusion Lukani is one of the high agricultural potential villages in Kilolo districts. The evangelists said that if the program become successfully, many farmers will be benefited by learning the good and modern farming techniques.

Kiponzelo CVP Visit Report-Sept 3-2012

2010 CVP Companion Village Project 6th Visit Year Two September 3, 2012 Village Kiponzelo Pastor Jazbeli Ndendya Companion Gustavas Adolphus Lutheran Attendees 05 Weather Dry Ag Institute staff Gabriel and Pastor Mang’ulisa • 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. Corn has not yet shelled. They got one bag of beans from a plot (½acre) 3. Storage: We had short discussion on crop storage and marketing. We trained them on marketing of the food crops. Food crops should be stored for domestic uses and excess can be sold in the month when crop prices are highest. We instructed on how to mix grain storage pesticide “shumba” and the appropriate volume of grain per bottle recommended. 4. The past farming season The demonstration plots seem to lack organic matter especially in the portion were corn were planted. The germination was good and plants look well. The spacing were wide than what was recommended. We told them that this will reduce the yield from the plot. Question/comment  What are we going to do with the unfertile part of the plot? We instructed pastor to go and purchase cow manure from near by livestock’s’ keepers. The money used will be reimbursed to them. The aim is to increase organic matter content of the plots. After applying the plot should be tilled. The crop residues and cow manure will be incorporated in the soil. Cow manure and crop residues will improve soil fertility, increase water retention of that soil.  Pastor said that on behalf of his parish, he thank their friends from Gustavas Adolphus Lutheran, for their continuous support and friendship. May God bless them Conclusion We told Pastor and other parish members that we expect improvement in the demonstration plots. Good looking plots will attract many villagers to participate and adapt the techniques. The land should be added organic matter then ploughed earlier before the planting season. We asked pastor to encourage more people to attend the demonstration meetings.