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New network, by gum

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Africa
  • World
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CTA. 2001. New network, by gum. Spore 91. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

World consumption of arabic gum (see also the article on restorative trees) has risen fast in the last decade. Between 1991 and 1998 it rose by more than 25%, reaching 44,000 tonnes. Arabic gum is used in the food processing and pharmaceuticals...

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