Final Impact Assessment Report.pdf

ARD/Gum Arabic Development Program Final Impact Assessment Report Final Draft March 2003 Rural and Agricultural Incomes with a Sustainable Environment (RAISE) Contract No. PCE-1-00-99-00001-00 Order No. 817 P.O. Box 1397 159 Bank St., Suite 300 Burlington, VT 05401 USA Tel: 1-802-658-3890 Mhuisenga@ PHOTOS COURTESY OF IMPORTERS SERVICE CORPORATION, J ERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, USA. OTHER PHOTOS PROVIDED BY TIC GUMS AND ARD, INC. ARD–RAISE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARD, Inc. acknowledges the work of the report’s authors, Mr. Mark Huisenga and Mr. Bello Aba Yakasai, and Mr. Gary Harrison, editor. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Project Objectives1 1.2 Gum Arabic Program Results Framework2 1.3 Impact Assessment Methodology4 2. RESULTS BETWEEN STATES 5 2.1 Productive capacity increased to deliver reliable and sustained supply of quality gum arabic 5 2.1.1 Increased volume of sales of Grade 1 gum by Nigerian exporters from selected states5 2.1.2 Increased unit price in selected states owing to higher quality product 6 2.1.3 Improved silvicultural practices increase supply reliability7 2.2 Institutional capacity of gum arabic sector assistan