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.

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. is sponsored by Green Climate Fund (GCF) / FAO.

This project aims to enhance the adaptive capacity of local communities and restore the carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt in Sudan, contributing to the expansion of Africa's Great Green Wall.

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* Policies and strategies Partner with GCF: 2nd accreditation window of 2026 now open # 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 Date approved13 Nov 2020Est.

completion 25 Nov 2028 ESS Category Category C Financing Public sector EntityFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Sudan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change impacts such as rising temperatures and severe and increasing moisture stress. In the Kordofan States, where the project will be located, 98% of agriculture is rainfed and greatly exposed to weather and climate threats.

Gum Arabic, harvested from Acacia trees, provides livelihood to smallholder farmers. Gum trees are usually grown together with annual food crops to increase crop yields by enhancing soil fertility, improving water infiltration and lowering evaporation by reducing wind speed. Climate change is impacting the yield of gum arabica in Sudan due to moisture stress as much as by 50 percent annually.

The objective is to enhance climate resilience of livelihoods and agro-sylvo-pastoral ecosystem services in Kordofan, Sudan, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions from land use by 9. 23 million tonnes of CO2e.

The restoration of agroforestry systems with gum arabic trees will protect the annual crops against increased moisture stress, improving the resilience of the livelihoods of poor smallholder farmers and by building the capacity of 500 smallholder gum arabic producer associations (GAPAs) to produce larger quantities of clean, dry gum, benefiting a total of 1. 58 million people.

The project will also facilitate contract farming arrangements with small scale farmers and will mobilize private sector financing for the GAPAs. The project will invest in livestock mobility and rangeland restoration of 275,000 hectares of land, which will improve the resilience of pastoralists to climate shocks and take pressure off the gum agroforestry systems, thereby reducing further land use emissions.

* Livelihoods of people and communities * Ecosystems and ecosystem services * Least Developed Countries * ##### Concept note received * ##### Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval * ##### Funding proposal received * ##### Cleared by GCF Secretariat * ##### Approved by GCF Board #### Under implementation 25 Nov 2021· 1,751 days so far * ##### Disbursement - USD 1,972,090 25 Nov 2028· 807 days to go Size Micro Project number SAP019 Risk category Category C Subtype Public sector Theme Cross-cutting Group African States, Least Developed Countries Status Under implementation Duration 5 * Total project value$10.

0 M million * Anticipated tonnes of CO2 equivalent avoided 9. 2 M million * Anticipated number of people with increased resilience 1.

6 M million Show details Hide details * Total GCF-financing USD 9,975,000 * **2023 Annual Performance Report for SAP019: 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** * Annual Performance Report· * 18 Sep 2024 * FAO * SAP019 * **2022 Annual Performance Report for SAP019: 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** * Annual Performance Report· * 26 Sep 2023 * FAO * SAP019 * **2021 Annual Performance Report for SAP019: 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** * Annual Performance Report· * 23 Feb 2022 * FAO * SAP019 * **Gender assessment for SAP019: 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** * Gender assessment· * 19 Nov 2020 * FAO * SAP019 * **Gender action plan for SAP019: 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** * Gender action plan· * 19 Nov 2020 * FAO * SAP019 * **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** * Approved funding proposal· * 13 Nov 2020 * FAO * SAP019 Find the appropriate contacts for this project, including partner organizations and responsible entities.

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