The Social and Economic Significance of Natural Gum and Resin in the Woodlands of South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Commodity</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Mean daily harvesting (kg/individual ± SD)</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Mean annual harvesting (kg/individual)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Bena-Tsemay</td><td class="align_center">Hamer</td><td class="align_center">Bena-Tsemay</td><td class="align_center">Hamer</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Gum arabic</td><td class="align_center">2.56 ± 18</td><td class="align_center">1.98 ± 13</td><td class="align_center">360</td><td class="align_center">394</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Frankincense</td><td class="align_center">3.15 ± 14</td><td class="align_center">2.63 ± 13</td><td class="align_center">380</td><td class="align_center">360</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Myrrh</td><td class="align_center">1.87 ± 23</td><td class="align_center">1.68 ± 35</td><td class="align_center">200</td><td class="align_center">197</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Measurement taken through six months/year harvesting bases. Source: survey data (2018/19).<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Mean daily and annual harvesting of gum-resin products (in kg) in South Omo Zone woodlands.</div>

International Journal of Forestry Research

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Table 5: The Social and Economic Significance of Natural Gum and Resin in the Woodlands of South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia 