Kikondo, UG – Rose continuously improves her pig raising business during another breeding cycle – Oct 2025
Rose has been a member of the Kikondo team since the beginning of Wamukisa’s work in 2014, participating in all the organization’s activities in the village while also managing a pig raising business for extra income. Wamukisa’s trainings taught her knowledge and skills to operate a successful piggery project that earns profits she can invest in other skills and business opportunities.
Pigs can be raised in cycles: buying piglets, raising them to small meat market size or to larger breeding adult size, and then selling some or all. For her first cycle, Rose operated a piggery project which she sold to have time and tuition to attend adult literacy lessons with support from Wamukisa. After sale of her next pig cycle, she was able to raise money that she used to buy her first piece of land in Gomba District ( https://betterlives.org/2022/12/kikondo-ug-rose-sells-pigs-to-invest-in-income-producing-land-31-dec-2022/ ) She now grows trees for future sale from that land.
Since she now has extra time after her adult literacy lessons require less, Rose has restarted a new piggery project. She started with 2 small female piglets and 1 male. This cycle she bought a more mature male of a more desirable breed. After 6 months, her 2 females have given birth to 12 piglets. Continuously improving her business model, Rose added collecting breeding fees. Farmers pay her 100,000UGS (about $30) fee for each female pig they bring to breed with her male pig. Instead of cash fee those farmers can give her a two month old piglet to grow and mate or sell. So far, she has registered 10 pigs from 6 farmers. This adds to her income with only the cost of caring for the male.
Rose now has 12 piglets in her piggery business, helping her to expand. She now has knowledge, experience, and skills of operating a successful, more profitable, and sustainable piggery project. Uganda has two maize harvests each year, providing staple food to both people and pigs. In early September right after harvest, now having cash savings when supply was high and price lower, Rose bought 300 kilograms maize to supply three months’ feed. During the December holidays when demand and price for meat is higher, Rose may sell some pigs. With that income she can buy a large supply of more maize feed at lower price after the January harvest.
Investment capital saved enables Rose to continue and grow a self sustainable business to support her future business ventures such as expanding her tree growing area.
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