Ipogoro CVP Visit Report - Nov 8-2012

2008CVP Companion Village Project 1st Visit Extension Network & YARA November 08, 2012 Village Ipogoro Pastor Nixon Mwitula Companion Augustana Attendees 25 Weather for the past month Dry Reporters Gabriel, Phil and Happy Purpose of the visit Extension Education; Fertilizers and Seed Introduction The demonstration meeting was conducted in the church. Fred delivered greetings from Augustana and US adversary comettee. Happy (an intern from Tumaini University) gave a presentation about entreprenaureship. Review of the handout We went through the extension network handout about seeds and fertilizers Training The training was divided into two parts: Fertilizers and seeds. The discussions were conducted in the church. Farmers had many questions and the discussion was very good. Comments/questions • are fertilizers poisonous to plants? No, this is not true, fertilizers are not poisonous. Fertilizers are neither dangerous nor harmful to you when applied in the soil. Fertilizers are beneficial to the soil and plants. As food to the human body, fertilizers are “food” to the soil. Benefits of fertilizer far outweigh any potential negative impacts on soil. • When applying fertilizers at planting, do I have to mix NPK and DAP? No, you do not have to mix NPK and DAP. Both are fertilizers used for the first application. Mixing them increases cost and do not make any big difference • You have told us Manure are good but do not have as high nutrient content as industrial fertilizers. Is it possible to mix manure and something else to add more nutrient in them? It s not recommended to mix manure and other staff just to make them more powerful. We would suggest to complement manure and industrial fertilizers. Apply manure before planting then later on add industrial fertilizers ie. Nitrogenous fertilizers. • Can we have an opportunity to learn other crops rather than corn and beans? Yes, in the next extension meeting, we will discuss crops or other areas of interest which you will suggest today. We will come with experts of various subjects to train you. Demonstration This village is one of the village that will have demonstration plot sponsored by YARA fertilizers’ company. Th company has offered the fertilizers and the institute is offering corn and bean seeds. We demonstrated on how to plant and apply fertilizers. Seeds and fertilizers The following were delivered Corn Seeds Bean Seeds Fertilizers Variety Amount (kg) Variety Amount (kg) Type Amount (bags) Pionner 3253 8 Wanja 40kg NPK 6 Conclusion We had a good participation here. Most of the evangelists from various preaching points participated. The topics for the next demonstration meeting suggested were marketing, livestock keeping and crop pest and diseases.