Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan (GAMS): Enhancing adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt, expanding Africa’s Great Green Wall

The GAMS project seeks a USD 9.975 million grant from the Green Climate Fund to restore 276,000 hectares of land in North, South, and West Kordofan, Sudan. The initiative focuses on scaling up gum Arabic production through the capacity building of 500 producer associations (GAPAs), linking them to private sector financing and formal markets to incentivize the sequestration of 9.23 million tonnes of CO2e over 20 years. Additionally, the project will rehabilitate 400 km of livestock corridors and 151,000 hectares of rangelands to improve pastoralist mobility and reduce conflict between farmers and herders.

• The project aims to sequester 9.23 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over a 20-year investment lifespan through the restoration of 125,000 hectares of agroforestry and 151,000 hectares of rangeland.
• The initiative targets the Kordofan States in Sudan, where average temperatures increased by 1.95 °C from 1989 to 2016, a rate more than double the global average.
• The project will build the capacity of 500 smallholder gum Arabic producer associations (GAPAs) to produce high-quality, clean, dry gum according to international IAPG standards to increase their market value.
• To ensure sustainability and a paradigm shift, the project leverages USD 14.72 million in private sector financing from Elemats gum company and Ebda’a Bank to provide pre-financing and credit to GAPAs.
• The project will establish 400 km of negotiated and demarcated livestock corridors in South Kordofan, including 60 km of concrete markers at conflict hotspots, to restore pastoralist mobility.
• The project intends to increase water supply along livestock corridors from 2,712,000 m3 to 3,112,000 m3 through the rehabilitation of watering points.
• The project targets 371,528 direct beneficiaries (including 53,000 farm households and 13,338 pastoralist households) and an estimated 1.21 million indirect beneficiaries.
• A key strategy for long-term sustainability is the promotion of 'clean, dry hashab gum' as a new market standard in public auction markets, starting with the El Obeid Crop Auction Market.
• The project incorporates gender-responsive actions to address inequalities in Sudan, such as providing literacy and numeracy training for women and supporting women-led producer groups.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2020). Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan (GAMS): Enhancing adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt, expanding Africa’s Great Green Wall. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap019-fao-sudan.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan (GAMS): Enhancing adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt, expanding Africa’s Great Green Wall. 2020. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap019-fao-sudan.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2020gums, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan (GAMS): Enhancing adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt, expanding Africa’s Great Green Wall}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap019-fao-sudan.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }