Idasi - CVP Visit Report - Oct 29-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 2nd Visit, Year Two October 29, 2012 Village Idasi pp of Ng’ang’ange Pastor/Evangelist Simon Msula Simon Msula/Victor Companion Roseville Lutheran Church Attendees 13 Weather for the past month Dry and cool Reporters Pongolan, Phil and Venance Upon our arrival, we saw a few attendees around the church area, more members gathered after our arrival. We were accompanied by Phil Larson from Minnesota. We got curious of the size of the plot as we were going around the corn plot. We decided to take measurements of the plot. It was challenging to get the actual size of the plot because of the irregularity of the plot and many obstacles in the plot. We managed to get only half an acre of the land near the church and asked parishioners to secure another half-acre near the church area. Purposes of the visit • To see the corn and beans plot • To demonstrate on planting of corn and beans • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration o Planting and fertilizer applications. The demonstration plot is close to the church. We measured the plot then demonstrated on how to plant and how to apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans. 3. Rainfall gauge and record They did not have rainfall record sheet and said the rainfall gauge was at the primary school. We asked them to take the rain gauge from the primary school/or bring one from the institute and put it near the church at an open place where no obstacles and start taking readings. 4. Delivery We delivered corn and bean seeds and fertilizers Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety TMV Uyole 96 NPK cereal for basal application NPK cereal for 2nd application NPK winner for planting Amount 8kg 40kg 2 bags 2 bags 2 bags Conclusion Idasi requires more teachings to be able to follow properly the good farming practices that we teach, however, the distance and the dangerous road is big challenge to the Institute Research Assistants. We insisted that they have been given inputs early in time so that they can plant in time all crops corn and beans.

Wami - CVP Visit Report - Oct 25-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 3rd Visit, Year Two October 25, 2012 Village Wami Pastor/Evangelist Pascal Fyataga Companion The Pyrethrum Company of Tanzania Attendees 10 Weather for the past month Dry and cool Reporters Fred, Pongolan, and Venance We went to Wami accompanied by Fred from Minnesota. We talked about Wami corn and beans harvest as we travelled. Fred was interested to know how much they had harvested. I referred to my record and told him they had harvested 2 bags of corn and just one bag of beans. Their harvest was very low, one reason for the low harvest is that the corn plot had poor germination, they replanted late in the season, and another reason could be they did not follow the teachings well because they were doing the CVP In the first year. Fred raised a concern about low bean harvest in most of the CVPs and wanted to know from my understanding. I thought farmers have not determined the right planting dates for beans and the rainfall pattern has been so erratic in a couple of years taking into consideration that beans life cycle is short (about 80 -90 days). Purposes of the visit • To see the pyrethrum nursery • To demonstrate on planting of corn and beans • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration: o Planting and fertilizer applications We demonstrated on how to plant and how to apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans. 3. Rainfall data We collected the rainfall data for the past season and insisted that they should continue recording rainfall data in order to establish a data base which is very useful for future farming decisions. 4. Delivery We delivered corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers as shown in the table below:- Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety TMV Uyole 96 NPK cereal for basal application NPK cereal for side dressing NPK winner for bean planting Amount 8kg 40kg 2 bags 2 bags 2 bags Conclusion We hope that they will do better in the coming farming season because they are given a good corn seed and other inputs at the right time. They had some questions on fertilizers; we took time to answer their questions. One of their interesting questions was “If I did not apply fertilizers at planting can I compensate by doubling the amount at 2nd application time?

Ilambo - CVP Visit Report - Oct 19-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 2nd Visit, Year Two October 19, 2012 Village Ilambo Pastor/Evangelist Erasto Chaula Companion Prince of Peace Lutheran Attendees 16 Weather for the past month Dry and cool Reporters Location Rev. Mang’ulisa Happy, Pongolan and Venance 07022.867S 036010.050E 1939m above sea level Our visit day coincided with the birth control clinic; therefore, we had a meeting with men mostly because all women went to the health clinic for a birth control seminar; even though the attendance was encouraging. The demo plot had no crop residues, the parishioners said they rented the plot from a villager who grazed the crop residues to his cattle soon after they had harvested corn and it was not possible to stop him from doing that. They think of moving the plot to another place. Purposes of the visit • To see the corn and bean plot • To demonstrate on planting of corn and beans • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration o Planting and fertilizer applications. The demonstration plot is not far from the church. We demonstrated on how to plant and apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans. 3. Rainfall record We took the rainfall record for the season, provided them with more record sheets and insisted that they should continue recording the data for data base establishment to be used in future. 4. Delivery We delivered corn, bean seeds and fertilizers as indicated in the table below: Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety H614 Uyole 96 NPK cereal for basal application NPK cereal for side dressing NPK winner for planting Amount 4bags 30kg 2 bags 2 bags 2 bags Conclusion They had some questions about bean diseases; we insisted the use of insecticide (thionex) 3 -5 days after seed emergence to avoid bean flies which cause severe crop loss if not checked. We also insisted that they should retain crop residues on the soil in order to maintain fertility in the soil.

Ilogombe CVP Report - Oct 15-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 3rd Visit, Year Two October 15, 2012 Village Ilogombe Pastor/Evangelist Anita Nyaulingo Companion The Pyrethrum Company of Tanzania Attendees 07 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Chaula,Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan and Venance Ilogombe is another distantly located village and the road conditions are not reliable during the rainy season; we had to deliver corn and bean seeds this time of the year. Upon our arrival, we met a few members of the church waiting at the church premises. We started the meeting immediately so that we could finish in time and travel to Kipanga parish. Purposes of the visit: • To see the pyrethrum nursery. • To demonstrate on planting of corn and beans. • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Pyrethrum nursery We did not get enough time to see their pyrethrum nursery but they said they have a good nursery which will supply them seedlings to meet their need and other people as well. 3. Demonstration Ilogombe village is doing the CVP for the second time; therefore required a thorough demonstration on planting corn and beans and fertilizer applications; we did the demonstrations and insisted to put fertilizers about 5 cm away from the seeds. 4. Rain record sheets We gave them the rainfall record sheets and insisted that they should continue recording the amount of rain that falls. 5. Delivery We delivered corn and bean seeds and fertilizers Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety TMV Uyole 96 NPK cereal NPK winner Amount 8kg 30kg 2 bags 2 bags Conclusion Last season the parish did not do well with the corn and beans. They did very well with the pyrethrum though the size of the plot was small for the reason that they did not get adequate quantity of seedlings. We hope they will perform well in the coming season because we have delivered good quality seed and the deliveries have been done on time. They asked a few questions to the pyrethrum guy who answered them accordingly.

Magome - CVP Visit Report - Oct 18-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 3rd Visit, Year Two October 18, 2012 Village Magome Pastor/Evangelist Samwel Kasuga Companion Elim Lutheran Church Foundation Attendees 14 Weather for the past month Dry and cool Reporters Location Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan, and Venance 080 04.994S 0350 58.008E 1829m above sea level Upon arrival, we saw members of the church very busy outside the church burning a pile of bricks they made for a church building. They stopped the brick burning activity for a while so that we could do the meeting and let them continue with the brick work after we had finished. Purposes of the visit • To see the corn and bean plot • To demonstrate on planting of corn and beans • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration o Planting and fertilizer applications The corn demo plot is close to the church; it was already weeded. We demonstrated on how to plant and how to apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans. 3. Rain gauge We asked the parishioners to give us the rainfall record data for the past year; and reminded them the importance of keeping rainfall data for future use and thus they must record whenever it rains. We provided more rainfall record sheets for them to continue recording the amount of rainfall. 4. Delivery We delivered corn and bean seeds and fertilizers as indicated in the table below: Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety TMV Uyole 96 NPK cereal for basal application For side dressing NPK winner for planting Amount 8 kg 40kg 2 bags 2 bags 2 bags NPK 5. Pyrethrum seeds They had seeds of pyrethrum which they were expecting to sow in a few days to come. Conclusion They want to try two types of corn seed and two types of bean seeds in their plot to compare their performances so that they can be in a better position for making choices. They will plant the seed we gave them and another locally found in the village for both corn and beans. We accepted their idea and let them go ahead with the trials and be carefully to keep records.

Kipanga CVP Visit Report - Oct 15-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 3rd Visit, Year Two October 15, 2012 Village Kipanga Pastor/Evangelist Winled Fwimi Companion Lake Park Lutheran Church Attendees 33 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Chaula, Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan, and Venance We made a quick visit to this parish out of schedule because Magnus Chaula, the pyrethrum coordinator was not feeling well to drive his vehicle, so we had to combine the teams and all of us drove in the Institute’s vehicle through Ilogombe , then Kipanga. Upon arrival at Kipanga that afternoon after the teachings at Ilogombe , we met so many members of the village (33) anxiously waiting to go to the pyrethrum nursery and later do the teaching on corn and beans. It was challenging to walk down the steep slope to the valley bottom where the pyrethrum seedlings are being raised and walk back to do the meeting at the church, but we managed to do so. It was quite an adventure but also amazing to see the large number of nursery ‘beds’ with small seedlings growing well there. Purposes of the visit: • To see the pyrethrum nursery. • To demonstrate on planting of corn and beans Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration o Planting and fertilizer applications on corn and beans . The demonstration plot is close to the church. We demonstrated on how to plant corn and beans and how to apply fertilizers. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans. 3. Rainfall record We provided them with more rainfall record sheets and insisted that they should continue recording the amount of rain that falls in order to establish a database and use it to determine when to plant different crops. 4. Delivery There was no any delivery done on this day because the deliveries were made during the sixth visit in July. We promised to bring two bags of NPK for bean planting when the fertilizer becomes available. Conclusion The pyrethrum seedlings were not in lines. The pyrethrum coordinator insisted to the villagers that next time they must sow seeds in drills to make seedlings grow in lines. There were complaints from the villagers that the pyrethrum buying agent was not always available to buy the flowers and make payments in time. The pyrethrum coordinator took the matter for solutions, and on the way back we stopped at Ilogombe to meet the buying agent and the coordinator had time to talk to the agent and finally gave him money for paying the villagers as he buys the pyrethrum flowers.

Bomalang'ombe Parish CVP - Oct 12-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 3rd Visit, Year Four October 12, 2012 Village Bomalango’mbe Parish Pastor/Evangelist Lutango Tewele Companion Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Attendees 31 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Magnus Chaula, Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan, and Venance There were a big number of attendees at Bomaang’ombe Parish all eagerly waiting to see the Institute workers and the pyrethrum guy. Upon arrival at the church campus we saw 11 women and 20 men waiting outside the church. They were very much excited of the pyrethrum program. We did the CVP teaching and then most of them moved with the pyrethrum guy and pastor Mang’ulisa to the nursery site where the pyrethrum seedlings are growing. Purposes of the visit • To demonstrate planting of corn and beans • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers • To see the pyrethrum nursery Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration Bomalang’ombe parish is doing the CVP in their fourth year, therefore we involved the parishioners to review the planting and fertilization procedure for corn and beans and the spacing required for each crop. They could follow the demonstration very well. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans. 3. Rain gauge We instructed them on how to record rainfall. We gave them a rain gauge and ask them to start recording as soon as the rain starts. 4. Delivery We delivered corn and bean seeds and fertilizers Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety TMV Uyole 96 NPK NPK Amount 8kg 30kg 2 bags 2 bags Conclusion The villagers seemed very excited to have the pyrethrum nursery and were happy that the seedlings in the nursery were doing well. There is great hope that many of the villagers will plant pyrethrum in 2013 and this cash crop will add a substantial amount of money and thus improve their economic level.

Ifuwa - CVP Report Oct 11-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 3rd Visit, Year Three October 11, 2012 Village Ifuwa Pastor/Evangelist Gervas Nziku Companion Lord of Life Lutheran Attendees 07 Weather for the past month Dry and Sunny Reporters Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan, and Venance Ifuwa is among the distantly located villages and the road conditions are not reliable especially during the rainy season, we had to deliver corn and bean seeds this time of the year. Upon our arrival, there were some seven attendees waiting to begin the meeting in the pastor’s house. We started the meeting soon after arrival. Purposes of the visit: • To demonstrate planting of corn and beans and fertilizer applications. • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration: Planting and fertilizer applications Ifuwa village is having the CVP for the third time, therefore we involved the parishioners to review the planting and fertilization procedure for corn and beans and the spacing required for each crop. They could follow the demonstration very well. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans at planting.. 3. Rainfall record sheets We gave them the rainfall record sheets and insisted that they should continue recording the amount of rain that falls. 4. Delivery We delivered corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers as indicated in the table below Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety H 625 and H614 Uyole 98 YaraMila cereal YaraMila Winner Amount 2 bags and 2bags 40kg 2 bags 2 bags Conclusion The Pastor and the parishioners were actively involved and asked a good number of questions pertaining to the new fertilizers. Based on their last season’s performance , we hope that they will produce more crops in the next season and many of them will begin copying the good farming practices that we teach them.

Ipalamwa Parish - CVP Report Oct 10-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 3rd Visit, Year Three October 10, 2012 Village Ipalamwa Pastor/Evangelist Ajenista Maliga Companion Mount Calvary Lutheran Attendees 12 Weather for the past month Dry & Sunny Reporters Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan, and Venance Since this is distant located village and the road conditions are not reliable during the rainy season, we had to deliver corn and bean seeds this time of the year. Upon our arrival, some villagers were at the pyrethrum nursery and a few were at the church to meet us. We delivered the inputs and went to see the nursery. There were many nursery beds and the seedlings were doing well. Purposes of the visit • To demonstrate on planting of corn and beans • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers • To see the pyrethrum nursery Topics 1. Review of the handouts • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration Ipalamwa parish is doing the CVP in their third year, therefore we involved the parishioners to review the planting and fertilization procedure for corn and beans and the spacing required for each crop. They could follow the demonstration very well. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans. 3. Rain record sheet We gave them new rainfall record sheets and insisted that they should continue recording the amount of rain that falls. 4. Pyrethrum nursery We saw a pyrethrum nursery with a lot of seedlings growing in a good shape. 5. Delivery We delivered corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers of the type and amount as indicated in the table below Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety TMV Uyole 96 NPK (cereal) NPK( winner) Amount 8kg 30kg 2 bags 2 bags Conclusion We might make another visit to this area in this year to deliver Yara Mila cereal (NPK 23-10-5) for side dressing on corn before the heavy rains begin. We told them that they should communicate with us on the progress of the demonstration plots. Whenever there are pests and disease they should call us and we will send pesticides for controlling them.

Ukwega-PCT - CVP Report Oct 10-2012

2012 Companion Village Project 1st, 2nd & 3rd Visit, Year One October 10, 2012 Village Ukwega Pastor Rev.Hezron Makongwa Companion The Pyrethrum Company of Tanzania Attendees 13 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Rev. Mang’ulisa, Pongolan, and Venance Ukwega is a new pyrethrum site which has attracted the CVP program to chip in. It is a distantly located site where road conditions are not reliable during the rainy season, we had to deliver corn and bean seeds this time of the year. Upon our arrival, there were many people already waiting to do the meeting. They expected to see the pyrethrum extension officer to be with us; unfortunately he did not come with us. We did the meeting in the church and the demonstration outside the church. The pastor and church elders attended the meeting with great enthusiasm. The parishioners were very excited to have the CVP and the pyrethrum plot. Purposes of the visit: • To demonstrate on planting of corn and beans. • To deliver corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers • To see the pyrethrum nursery and emphasize on early land preparation for planting pyrethrum Topics 1. Review of the handouts o 1st and 2nd Visit Instruction • 3rd Visit Instruction • Plant population with 60 cm. rows and Fertilizer applications • Fertilizer needs template 2. Demonstration: Planting and fertilizer applications Ukwega village is having the CVP for the first time, therefore we spent much time to demonstrated on how to plant and fertilize corn and beans and the spacing required for each crop. The demonstration took place in a plot just outside the church. We insisted that they should not place seeds and fertilizers together. There should be at least 5cm apart. The spacing is 60×20cm for corn and 30×10cm for beans. Fertilizers should be applied to both corn and beans. 3. Rain gauge We instructed them on how to record rainfall. We gave them a rain gauge and rainfall record shheets and asked them to start recording as soon as the rain starts. 4. Pyrethrum nursery They had sown pyrethrum seeds in the nursery beds and the seedlings were growing well. 5. Delivery We delivered corn seeds, bean seeds and fertilizers as indicated in the table below Item Corn Beans Fertilizers for corn Fertilizers for beans Variety TMV Uyole 96 YaraMila cereal YaraMila Winner Amount 8kg 40kg 2 bags 2 bags Conclusion We have to find time to deliver Yara Mila cereal fertilizer (NPK 23-10-5) for side dressing on corn before the heavy rains begins. We told them that they should communicate with us on the progress of the demonstration plots. Whenever there are pests and disease they should call us and we will send pesticides for controlling them. We asked them about the possibility of bee keeping at that site, they said there was a great potential for bee keeping because they have plenty of land covered with natural vegetation with plenty of water, and some people keep bees locally and collect some amount of honey.