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Nile Sugar Co, the Arab Co for the Production of
Veterinary Medicines and the Arab Company for
Agricultural Production and Processing. The total of
the loons granted by AAAID to develop some of the
companies in which it has shareholdings amounted
to $215 million. In addition, AAAID issued Loan guar-
antees to companies in the amount of $75 million.
Several projects are in the stage of study for Sudan:
an Arab Agricultural TV Channel, a Red Meat Pro-
duction and Processing project, the reactivation of
the Dairy Unit, enhancement of the rain-fed crops
and the restructuration or rehabilitation of the Arab
Sudanese Seed Company.
“The Arab Authority is seeking to build strong bridges
of fruitful relations, not only with international, region-
al and Arab institutions, but also with the private sec-
tor. I call upon all of AAAID partners in development
- governments, international, regional and national
institutions and organizations, the private sector, and
the civil society institutions, to double efforts so that
we can all contribute effectively towards achieving
food security and reducing poverty, by working in a
framework of integration between resources and col-
laboration between all of us as partners.”
Ali Bin Saeed Al-Sharhan
President
DAR SAVANNA INTERNATIONAL (SSG)
Tel: + 249 912147153/+249 912304858
darsavanna@ssgum.com
Date of Creation: Dar Savanna: 1993, SSG: 2002
Dar Savanna Ltd (Savanna Sudanese Gums), a fully
private company, is a leader in the Gum Arabic pro-
duction. Thanks to a very modern stainless steel fac-
tory, fully computerized, and free of dust, it produces
natural gum Arabic mechanical powder in all forms,
in compliance with HCCP and ISO requirements.
The quality of the product is not affected thanks to
the use of natural organic methods.
The company is a pioneer in marketing the mechani-
cal Gum Arabic powder worldwide. It works closely
with the farmers of the organic forests in Sudan
where it sources so as to provide them with security
and sustainability. The procurement follows the ideal
tapping and harvesting technique to get a contami-
nation-free raw Gum Arabic directly from the Acacia
Senegal wild tree. SSG (Savanna Sudanese Gum)
is increasing its production and its exports, espe-
cially to the US and Far Eastern markets.
GUM ARABIC
Abubakr ElDosogi
General Manager
St 39, PO Box 857, Khartoum, Sudan
Tel: + 249 183 461061
Fax: + 249 183 468664
info@gac-arabic.com
www.gac-arabicgum.com
Gum Arabic is the trade name for a natural forest
product of the genus Acacia and mainly obtained
from Acacia Senegal. The name “Gum Arabic” was
derived from the fact that the product shipped to
Europe from Arabian ports in the old days. Gum
Arabic was long established in the worlds’ markets,
since 4000BC it has been used in trade especially
in Egipt. The species have a wide distribution and a
remarkable adaptability. It is essentially a semi-arid
zone species, but it is so adaptable that it is not only
drought-resistant but also frost-hardy.
The main area of its occurrence is the central parts
of Sudan. Sudan has the advantage of being the big-
gest producer and exporter of the best quality of Gum
Arabic, supplying 60% of the annual global require-
ments. As a result of possessing pure forms of Acacia
Senegal and the consequent ease of collection, Su-
dan remains the dominant producer of Gum.
The Gum Arabic Co Ltd is aware that Gum Arabic
is a natural resource that needs to be conserved,
maintained and developed not only for the provision
of a sustained yield of Gum but furthermore for its
imperative, environmental, socioeconomic and de-
velopment impact.
GAC is committed to:
• Poverty eradication
• Sustainable production system
• Environmental conservation
• Improvement of social economical and cultural
indigenous knowledge
• Eco-diversity
Its main objectives are:
• To organize the gum trade aiming to maximize
hard currency revenue.
• To enable gum producers to achieve fair share
of revenue.
• To afford better services and quality for importers
and end users, strengthen trust in global markets.
• To organize efforts with concerned parties to
maximize production and protect botanical
resource to satisfy markets needs.
• To prepare feasibility studies to establish Gum
Agriculture