Nduli - CVP Visit Report - Jan 10-2013

2008 CVP Companion Village Project 4th Visit Year Five January 10, 2013 Village Nduli Pastor Laiton Muyinga Companion Christ the King Lutheran, New Bringhton & YARA Co. Attendees 14 Weather for the past month Rainnny Inst staff Gabriel and Roger In this demonstration meeting, we were joined by the Extension Agent of this area Mr. Avit Shirima Topics 1. Greetings Roger delivered greetings from Christ the King Lutheran, New Bringhton and St.Paul areas synod 2. Review of the handouts  4th visit instructions • Discussion about germination, Replanting and Pest • Weeding after planting • Second fertilizers application 3. Demonstration on second fertilizer application on corn There were only few people who had never attended demonstration on planting and fertilizer application. Those who have been attending the meetings demonstrated before others. 4. Insecticide Application. We delivered a bottle of pesticides and demonstrated the ratios to be used for pesticides application. 5. Delivery. We delivered fertilizers and insecticides Item Fertilizers for Corn Pesticides Variety/Type NPK Thionex Amount 2Bag 1 bottle Demonstration plots Corn was planted on December 20, 2012. Spacings were propwerly followed and plants look good. Beans will be planted in the the mid of January. The plot for bean has already been planted. Questions/Comments from Audience  If I don’t have enough fertilizers, can I skip the first aplication and apply later? Yes you can do that, however we recommend you to apply animal manure if you do not have industrial fertilizers for the second application  Whe plants turn yellow, what kind of disease is that? Yellowish in the plat leaves is not necessarily the indication of the presence of disease. In the areas with sandy soils like here, yellowish in the plant leaves is common and in most cases is the indication of nutrients deficiency especially nitrogen. Remember to fertilizer the soil and leave crop esidues to increase organic matter in the soil Discussion and Conclusion We told them that we will be back in March/April for the Extension network visit. We asked them to apply second application of fertilizers when the plants get at knee high. There were sign of leaf eating insects. We instructed them to apply pesticides as asoon as possible. The demonstration plot has been here for four years, we expect the instructed will be followed properly.