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It has been decided by the Board of Directors
in April 2007 that the Romogi farm will be gradually transformed
into a fruit tree farm. High bred orange, lemon and lime trees
will be imported and will produce within several years. Other
fruit, such as passion fruit, pineapples, papaya, guava and
other indigenous fruit will also be introduced. A nursery
will be established for raising stock for enlargement of the
farm, and for supplying nearby local farmers.
Established
in 2001, Romogi is located in a secure compound just outside
the bombed-out city of Kajokeji, in south-western Sudan, just
ninety miles north of Uganda in a very fertile area, but over
almost impossible roads. Several fields have already been
cleared, planted and harvested. They have their own grinding
mill as well as the tractors and equipment for 21st century
farming. The Manager is Captain Joseph Kenyi Killion who is
also a Wild Life Reservation Officer. It is on a sound operating
basis.
Approximately seventy-five acres have been cleared, with more
acreage to be cleared. This will bring self-sustainability
to this farm. Various grain crops have been successfully grown
in bulk.
Root plants, such as cassava have also been very successful,
although twenty-five acres of a mature crop were taken by
hungry returning refugees, setting the profitability of the
farm back by about a year. Highland rice, maize, beans of
many types, G-nuts (peanuts), millet and sorghum are presently
being grown. Market vegetables are now being introduced.
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