In Southern Sudan, A Drive to Update The Image of Cows
Plans for Beef Industry Depend On Owners' Change of Heart
By Stephanie McCrummen
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, December 8, 2007; A01
CHUKUDUM, Sudan -- Romeo Lomunyamoi sat on a rock in the late morning sun, his sizable herd of cattle lumbering around the yellow-green field before him.
In the next few days, he said, he had a momentous decision to make, one he had been turning over in his mind for weeks like a stressed corporate executive: whether to sell a cow.
"I am always very sorry to sell a cow," he said, explaining that in his entire life he has sold exactly two.
"Roads across southern Sudan, where they exist at all, are a muddy mess of gullies and rocks, rendering the idea of transporting 18-wheelers full of cattle a stretch of the imagination, especially considering the cost of gasoline.
In Juba (Sudan), where demand is high and supply scarce, a gallon costs $64."
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