The present study investigates the extent to which the economic gains derived from gums and resins commercialization impact rural livelihood improvement under different resource management regimes in the drylands of Ethiopia and Sudan. Primary data was collected through semi-structured interview from 240 randomly selected smallholder producers in four regions with different resource management regimes. The survey was complemented by secondary data, group discussions and key informant interview. In the four regions, gum and resin income contribute to 15–28% of the smallholder producers’ household income. The absolute income was positively correlated with resource management regime and commercialization level. The absolute income was higher from the cultivated resources on private lands, followed by regulated access of wild resources. In open access resources the producers’ income was the lowest although accessed by the poor and women. However, dependence on gum and resin income was higher in open access resource area. Households’ socioeconomic characteristics, resource access, production and marketing variables determining income from gum and resin were identified and their variation across the cases discussed. Overall, gum and resin commercialization in the study areas bear potential poverty alleviation roles through their safety net role and helping producers to move out of poverty.

Contribution of gum and resin commercialization to rural livelihood in the drylands of Ethiopia and Sudan.

SECCO, LAURA;
2014

Abstract

The present study investigates the extent to which the economic gains derived from gums and resins commercialization impact rural livelihood improvement under different resource management regimes in the drylands of Ethiopia and Sudan. Primary data was collected through semi-structured interview from 240 randomly selected smallholder producers in four regions with different resource management regimes. The survey was complemented by secondary data, group discussions and key informant interview. In the four regions, gum and resin income contribute to 15–28% of the smallholder producers’ household income. The absolute income was positively correlated with resource management regime and commercialization level. The absolute income was higher from the cultivated resources on private lands, followed by regulated access of wild resources. In open access resources the producers’ income was the lowest although accessed by the poor and women. However, dependence on gum and resin income was higher in open access resource area. Households’ socioeconomic characteristics, resource access, production and marketing variables determining income from gum and resin were identified and their variation across the cases discussed. Overall, gum and resin commercialization in the study areas bear potential poverty alleviation roles through their safety net role and helping producers to move out of poverty.
2014
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