The current situation and prospects for gum arabic in Kenya: A promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands
Gum arabic, a natural exudate produced by Acacia senegal trees, is available in abundance in Kenya, mainly in the northern part of the country, but its exploitation is marginal. This study, conducted among harvesters, traders and other actors involved in the development and business of the gum arabic industry in Kenya has shown and confirmed the results of other researches, that the supply chain is currently under-developed. Harvesters do not collect sufficient quantities of gum arabic because they are not linked to buyers, and when they are the low prices they receive discourage them from developing that income generating activity. Pastoralists currently only collect gum when they see it, and do not use modern harvesting techniques. They stand to benefit from that activity if they are more organized and if that business was more developed in the country. Recognizing the unmet international demand for gum arabic and the largely untapped reserves growing in the wild and in abundance in the northern part of the country suggests that improvements can be made to harvesting and marketing. Through training, with specific attention to quality issues and international requirements, the constitution of stocks in collection areas and the development of direct links with traders, Kenya can penetrate the international market of gum arabic and improve its market share. Various activities have been undertaken and have already shown good results.
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dig-cirad-fr-5789422024-01-28T23:11:12Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/578942/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/578942/ The current situation and prospects for gum arabic in Kenya: A promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands. Chretin M., Chikamai B.N., Ekai Loktari P., Ngichili J., Loupa N., Odee David W., Lesueur Didier. 2008. International Forestry Review, 10 (1) : 14-22.https://doi.org/10.1505/ifor.10.1.14 <https://doi.org/10.1505/ifor.10.1.14> The current situation and prospects for gum arabic in Kenya: A promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands Chretin, M. Chikamai, B.N. Ekai Loktari, P. Ngichili, J. Loupa, N. Odee, David W. Lesueur, Didier eng 2008 International Forestry Review F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales gomme arabique secteur agroindustriel marketing pastoralisme Acacia senegal récolte marché commerce international http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3438 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_208 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4620 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16144 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_48 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3500 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4626 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3919 Kenya http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4086 Gum arabic, a natural exudate produced by Acacia senegal trees, is available in abundance in Kenya, mainly in the northern part of the country, but its exploitation is marginal. This study, conducted among harvesters, traders and other actors involved in the development and business of the gum arabic industry in Kenya has shown and confirmed the results of other researches, that the supply chain is currently under-developed. Harvesters do not collect sufficient quantities of gum arabic because they are not linked to buyers, and when they are the low prices they receive discourage them from developing that income generating activity. Pastoralists currently only collect gum when they see it, and do not use modern harvesting techniques. They stand to benefit from that activity if they are more organized and if that business was more developed in the country. Recognizing the unmet international demand for gum arabic and the largely untapped reserves growing in the wild and in abundance in the northern part of the country suggests that improvements can be made to harvesting and marketing. Through training, with specific attention to quality issues and international requirements, the constitution of stocks in collection areas and the development of direct links with traders, Kenya can penetrate the international market of gum arabic and improve its market share. Various activities have been undertaken and have already shown good results. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/578942/1/Chretin%20et%20al%20IJF%202008%20copie%202.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1505/ifor.10.1.14 10.1505/ifor.10.1.14 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1505/ifor.10.1.14 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1505/ifor.10.1.14 |
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Gum arabic, a natural exudate produced by Acacia senegal trees, is available in abundance in Kenya, mainly in the northern part of the country, but its exploitation is marginal. This study, conducted among harvesters, traders and other actors involved in the development and business of the gum arabic industry in Kenya has shown and confirmed the results of other researches, that the supply chain is currently under-developed. Harvesters do not collect sufficient quantities of gum arabic because they are not linked to buyers, and when they are the low prices they receive discourage them from developing that income generating activity. Pastoralists currently only collect gum when they see it, and do not use modern harvesting techniques. They stand to benefit from that activity if they are more organized and if that business was more developed in the country. Recognizing the unmet international demand for gum arabic and the largely untapped reserves growing in the wild and in abundance in the northern part of the country suggests that improvements can be made to harvesting and marketing. Through training, with specific attention to quality issues and international requirements, the constitution of stocks in collection areas and the development of direct links with traders, Kenya can penetrate the international market of gum arabic and improve its market share. Various activities have been undertaken and have already shown good results. |
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F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales gomme arabique secteur agroindustriel marketing pastoralisme Acacia senegal récolte marché commerce international http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3438 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_208 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4620 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16144 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_48 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3500 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4626 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3919 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4086 |
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Chretin, M. Chikamai, B.N. Ekai Loktari, P. Ngichili, J. Loupa, N. Odee, David W. Lesueur, Didier |
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The current situation and prospects for gum arabic in Kenya: A promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands |
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The current situation and prospects for gum arabic in Kenya: A promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands |
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The current situation and prospects for gum arabic in Kenya: A promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands |
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The current situation and prospects for gum arabic in Kenya: A promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands |
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The current situation and prospects for gum arabic in Kenya: A promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands |
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current situation and prospects for gum arabic in kenya: a promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands |
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