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.