Before war broke out, Sudan was the world’s biggest gum arabic exporter, with an estimated market share of 70-80%.

The conflict in Sudan has turned attention to a rarely discussed commodity: gum arabic. This product, the dried sap of certain species of acacia trees, is used mainly as an additive in the soft drinks ...

JUBA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Traders of gum arabic in South Sudan have called for increased public and private investment in the sector amid hopes of recovery after years of decline in production due to ...

Hilat Ismail Village, North Kordofan State, April 4, 2013- Hamed Adam stands patiently in the sand under a scorching sun as a laborer gathers gum Arabic from the skinny Acacia Senegal trees. The ...

Umm Ruwaba, Sudan — FARMERS here call these sandblasted acacia orchards the “gardens of our grandfathers,” and for centuries the sticky amber sap flowing from them helped to bind civilization.

Ms. Namoe Naput, a mother of four, and a resident of Loputuk village, Nadunget Sub County in Moroto district, is part of a group of 20 women who leave their homes early each morning and spend most of ...

A vast belt of trees vital for global production of fizzy drinks helps Sudanese farmers adapt to climate change, but in the harsh drylands many are reluctant to take up the trade. Gum arabic, golden ...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has faced multiple armed conflicts, economic slumps and nationwide protests, but one of its little known exports has proved resilient through all the turmoil: gum arabic, an ...

Mauritania was once a top exporter of gum arabic, but the severe droughts of the 1970s-1980s cut production dramatically. Seventy percent of Mauritania’s poor live in rural communities dependent on ...

As the growing demand for charcoal and firewood hastens the decline of shea trees in Ghana, communities living on the fringes of the country’s Mole National Park are planting fast-growing trees of ...

DEMOKAYA: A vast belt of trees vital for global production of fizzy drinks helps Sudanese farmers adapt to climate change, but in the harsh drylands many are reluctant to take up the trade. Gum arabic ...