TRANSLATION FROM ORIGINAL SPANISH DOCUMENT:

COCOA REPORT


Department of the Presidency of the Republic
Project for the Development of High Huallaga


To: Engineer José A. Muñoz Cárdenas
Chief, Zonal Office Leocio Prado P.A.

Subject: Diagnosis of the situation on the Agricultural
Farm in PICURUYACU.

Date: Tingo María, November 22, 1998


Through this letter I address myself to you, to greet you and report to you, that according to what was coordinated under your direction, a local visit was carried out to the Farm where HOMA THERAPY is being practiced under the direction of Dr. Gloria Guzmán M. in Picuruyacu in order to evaluate the situation of the Farm.

Enclosed please find the results of the evaluation and description of achievements obtained with HOMA THERAPY, for your information and further action you choose to take.

Sincerely,
(Seal and signature)

__________________________
Eng. Carlos Juaregui Sánchez
COCOA EXPERT
PROYECTO ESPECIAL ALTO HUALLAGA (PEAH-PERU)

TECHNICAL REPORT

Situation concerning the health of plants.
· Initial State:
· Cocoa plantation, more than 25 year old.
· Pruning done with hatchet, without technical criteria.
· Broken branches, knuckles became sort of nurseries for black ants.
· Felled trunk trees, stripped from branches and leaves.
· Plants covered by moss and other parasite plants.
· An area with problems of ants which cut the leaves called "UTACA" which had continued to destroy the foliage of most cacao plants.
· Plants with no shoots at the base of the trunk.
· Abundant weeds, specially the "Cortadera" (a pernicious weed) which had reached approximately 2 meters height.
· Lack of the growing point in the plant, due to wrong pruning.
· Ants in the cultivation field, turning the soil not suitable to grow new crops and making agronomic management very difficult. Thus, the place was abandoned five years ago.
· The cocoa plantation was unproductive. It had some very old fruits, destroyed by the fungus Moniliasis.

PLAGUES AND DISEASES:

DISEASES:
a) Moniliasis: "Moliopthora roreri" with an incidence of 90%
b) Witch's broom "Crinipellis perniciosa" with an incidence of 60%
c) Phytopthora: with an incidence of 30%. 
d) Moss and other parasite plants with an incidence of 100%.

PLAGUES
a) Ants
b) Bugs which undermine fruits

OBSERVATIONS:

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR

The cocoa plantation was in a situation of emergency concerning the health of plants. Three months after having started the application of HOMA THERAPY, it was determined that through the implementation of this technique of organic agriculture called HOMA THERAPY one can observe the following:
· That in the cocoa plantation, the presence of Moniliasis, witch's broom, phytophtora, and attack from plagues (bugs) does not exist.
· Concerning production, one can observe plants producing healthy fruits of good size, showing a luminosity in the texture of each cocoa fruit or bean.
· The plants are full of vigor and with abundant production foliage.
· Most of the production units are in full flowering. Flower cushions are well activated, because there is a minimal presence of moss in the trunk of the trees. The moss dried up in spite of the rainy season. These months of observation have been the ones when the rains began. The fact that the moss and other parasite plants dried out, is due to the application of HOMA THERAPY.
· The signs of witches' broom and other sicknesses and plagues were substantially reduced until they disappeared. At the same time, the production of healthy fruits increased in number and quality, obtaining greater and better cocoa beans/ cocoa seeds (almonds). A harvest was carried out each 10 days.
· Due to the quality of the cocoa seeds which are free from sicknesses, a nursery of cocoa siblings got started, which is under observation.

BEHAVIOUR OF THE LEAVES

of the plants observed inside the experimental are:
From an average of 100 plants all look full of vigor, free from stains in the leaves. There is no vegetative witches' broom. The leaves are very healthy.


PRUNING DUE TO HEALTH REASONS

After finding the cultivation in bad shape due to the severe pruning carried out without technical criteria with lack of signs of life, the plants were showing their trunks and stems split apart, providing a dwelling for the ants. The trees had wounds which gave favorable conditions for sicknesses produced by fungus. With HOMA THERAPY techniques, however, these trees were rejuvenated. We can observe positive results in the effect of control. Badly developed plants, plants whose trunk was left with no branches, branches with old leaves; plants which could barely breathe or carry out the photosynthesis process, they are producing fruits, even though this is not harvesting time.


CULTIVATION OF MANGO

Concerning the cultivation of Mango one can observe a tree which had stopped producing 4 years ago and had produced only once. It was a plant with problems in the leaves, full of white stains.
Without having any knowledge about this specific sickness, "Homa Therapy" was applied in September, the time of greater flowering and fructification. The outcome was very positive, the tree started to produce mangos again. Also, mango plants from the neighbors adjacent to this farm had problems with the Fruit Fly and they used to produce mangos full of worms. Now, in this year the fruits are healthy and of good quality. This means that the technique HOMA THERAPY functions at all levels and it has an immediate effect.


CULTIVATION OF CITRUS FRUITS

· LIME tree with health problems, attacked by "UTACA" ants. These ants were making holes in the leaves. The plants also were suffering from defoliation (they were losing the leaves). The plants did not have any shoots at their base.
· ORANGE tree with problems of antraerosis, moss and ants.

After HOMA THERAPY techniques got started, in a short while, one could observe the results. These plants had a TOTAL RECUPERATION after applying HOMA THERAPY. Each 7 days new leaves began to sprout. Thus the plants were REJUVENATED. The same happened with the LEMON and CHERRY trees, which had never produced fruit and now they are in full production.

NOTE: In this area of 2 hectares of plantations from this region, such as cocoa, mango, citrus fruits, coconuts, etc., where HOMA THERAPY is applied, no Agro-chemical products are used.