Of the three participating groups, the Kewerimide Group, one of Save's
marketing groups, is the largest with more than 60 members.
Additionally, it is also the most geographically isolated group, and this
isolation was a major constraint both in developing and marketing their
product as the cost of transport makes up a large portion of the overall
costs. One of the major crops produced by the members of
Kewerimide Group is groundnuts; therefore, after meeting with Group
members, the students developed a peanut butter made from these
groundnuts. This enabled the group to focus on reducing food
insecurity by targeting children as the main consumers of this
nutritious product. At the recommendation of the Group, the name of
the product was changed to the local name of peanut butter, "Kipooli
Supa", which is more familiar to potential consumers. While the Group
purchases groundnuts and sesame from its members, the members are
hesitant to provide groundnuts on credit. This could be due to the
internal dynamics of the very large group, which appears to be fairly
strongly controlled by one of the more prominent members who
donated the land for the construction of the processing unit. The
Group's production capacity is limited due to a lack of operating capital
and the unwillingness of members to provide inputs on a credit bases.
Despite the constraints, the Group continues to market their product
over 11 km away at a local landing site on Lake Kyoga.
When not in use for processing peanut butter, the hand grinder is used
by the Group members to grind grains for their own consumption.
