www.global trade in gum Arabic
www.unctad on gum Arabic
www.gum Arabic (E-414 market 2019 with top countries
www.gum Arabic and resins market news services
INTER Africa Investement Group Holdings Ltd
The above countries produces gum Arabic and gum Talha which both are recognized as gum Arabic (E-414) gum Talha is used when the shortage of gum Arabic are in the world demand has the same chemicals specification except negative optical rotations.
INTER AFRICA Investments Group Holdings Ltd is dealing with ASAL’s Natural resources and non-wood forest products and the only company working in Northern Kenya, South Sudan, Northern Uganda, Southern Ethiopia and Western Somalia and expertise through resources mapping and GPS reading of all gum Arabic and resins producing tree species and have 187 page report. INTER Africa has created awareness and inventory in Kenya. The personnel have been involved also among others on the consultancy on gum Arabic world demand structure and opportunity to revitalize Sudan (Khartoum) gum Arabic sector supported by the (WB) World Bank), www.revitalization gum Arabic in Sudan (Khartoum).
The company directors having the expertise personnel from the indigenous community being from ASAL’s, has advised through technical support (KEFRI) Kenya Forestry Research Institute and (KFS) Kenya Forest Services through informal partnership. The personnel has trained many personnel in Somalia (Mogadishu) in Kenya, South Sudan, Northern Uganda, Southern Ethiopia for over 30 years from government institutions, NGOs, companies dealing with gum Arabic and resins and Communities on gum Arabic and resins value chain development.
The sustainable supply chain and marketing is hindered by other unprofessional companies, middlemen who have no knowledge and completely don’t know from which are the tree species gum Arabic and resins are harvested, from and technically advice their agents and harvesters despite getting a lot of donor funds which are misplaced. Internationally this gives Kenya gum Arabic and resins a bad reputations and losing international market
ASAL’s Kenya’s Arid and Semi-arid lands are endowed with a rich diversity of plant resources especially gums and resins. These are articles of commerce that can contribute to the living standards of local inhabitants and the region.
The region, which depends almost entirely on livestock production, is impoverished with poverty levels being among the highest in the country and during severe drought the clocks are completely turned anti-clockwise. Members of INTER Africa recognized the potential that exist in developing the off take of gums and resins as the right step –towards sustainable economic development of these arid and semi-arid of Northern Kenya. The main objective is to develop the off take of gums and resins and assist the social – economic development to poverty eradication through feasibility studies, awareness creations, extensive training on primary quality control – natural production(YIELD), tapping techniques ( tree management and increased productions), harvesting and post – harvesting, handling, sorting and grading, storage, processing, packing and packaging and marketing. From the experiences where already gum Arabic are collected from very few trained communities they no longer cut trees for charcoal as they see the value for money of collecting gums and resins. Hence the program through the Company has also a big environmental positive impact through protection, conservation and landscape restoration.