Curriculum (PDF) - Biovision

Step 2: Apply one tea spoonful or soda bottle
top of triple super phosphate or two
spoonfuls of single super phosphate per
hole. You may also use a handful of good
quality manure per hole. Cover with a small
amount of soil.
Step 3: Plant two maize seeds per hole and
then thin to one plant per hill after first
weeding (see Season 1, Week 5).
Note
Planting in this way ensures that maize rows
alternate with Napier grass rows (i.e. they should
not be on the same row with Napier). This helps
make ploughing easier in the next season.
(b) Check plot
In the Check plot, the same maize variety
is planted in the entire 21 m by 21 m plot.
Labour costs
Push-pull Plot Field layout
Total
Activity No of people
working on
this activity
Planting Napier
Planting Desmodium
Planting maize
Fertilizer application
Manure application
Any other activity
Check Plot Field layout
Total
Planting maize
Fertilizer application
Manure application
Any other activity
Step 1: Dig holes at 75 cm between rows and
30 cm within the rows.
Step 2: Apply one tea spoonful or soda bottle
top of triple super phosphate or two spoonfuls
of single super phosphate in each
hole. You may also use a handful of good
quality manure per hole. Cover with a small
amount of light soil.
Step 3: Plant two maize seeds per hole.
When the maize germinates you will thin
to one plant per hill after the first weeding
(see Season 1, Week 5).
What NOT to do
Do not do any planting if moisture is not
enough or if the field is too dry.
Time taken to
complete the
activity (hours)
Cost of
labour per
day
Total cost of
this activity
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