Dependence on gum arabic — the sap from acacia trees — is helping to prolong the world’s worst humanitarian disaster ...

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 ...

Gum arabic, a resin tapped from the acacia tree, is used in everything from soft drinks to pharmaceuticals but for leading world producer Sudan it is also seen as a key weapon in the fight against ...

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Poor villagers have suffered most from the war that’s .ravaging the arid west of Sudan. But distant as the conflict may seem, the armed men on horseback who loot and burn villages ...

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 ...

New York, USA, April 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a Comprehensive Research Report by Market Research Future (MRFR), “Gum Arabic Market Information By Type, Application, Function, And ...

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 ...

SEATTLE, May 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gum arabic, also known as Indian gum, Senegal gum, acacia, gum acacia, Arabic gum, and by other names, is a natural gum consisting of two species of the ...

KHARTOUM, Feb 26 () - 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...