Kilolo Parish - CVP Visit Report - Jan 21-2013

2008 Companion Village Project 4th Visit, Year Five January 21, 2013 Village Kilolo Parish Pastor Yona Kinganga Companion Yara Fertilizer Company Attendees 10 Weather for the past month Cloudy and Moist Reporters Ibrahim , Mang’ulisa, Roger and Venance Introduction Upon arrival, we were received by the Pastor and nine members of the church waiting outside the pastor’s house. We all gathered around the newly completed parish mud silo to see it. The pastor said seven bags of corn were in the silo after removing the other seven for sale. He confirmed that the silo was working well. Purpose of the visit: • To deliver NPK cereal fertilizer for 2nd application & Tracel BZ in corn and the pesticide • Demonstrating second fertilizer application and insecticide application Topics covered • Review of the handouts - 3rd Visit Instruction - Plant population and Fertilizer applications • Demonstrations: 2nd Fertilizer application; The attendees were given an opportunity to demonstrate on how to apply fertilizers which they did precisely. They were instructed on how to apply the Tracel BZ fertilizer on the leaves of the plants after proper dilution. • Corn plants, beans and pyrethrum Corn plants were knee high tall; they looked well spaced, weeded and fertilized and in good shape; however, we noticed some stunted plants with yellowish color in a small area of the plot. We also saw some plants with drying margins with unusual coloration on evangelist’s corn plot which was near the demonstration plot. We thought the plants were facing some nutritional disorder but were not certain of the deficient minerals. We provided the parish with 2kg of Tracel BZ fertilizer in a powder form. This fertilizer is for the remedy of trace elements deficiency. The beans were not yet planted, the parishioners said they would plant beans later in the season. The pyrethrum was cut back and was flowering again vigorously. Comments/Questions The parishioners asked questions on the Tracel BZ fertilizer and the nutritional deficiency seen on the evangelist’s plot and we answered them. We advised them to apply the Tracel BZ fertilizer on the plant leaves and observe for the changes. Conclusion: We are confident with the pastor of this parish because he likes to try things which eventually end up making good performance. He is an example for others to follow. The parishioners are hard workers too.