21 September 2022, Morogoro, Tanzania - Vachellia Species tree leaves -commonly known as Acacia- are seen near Morogoro, Tanzania on September 21, 2022.

21 September 2022, Morogoro, Tanzania - A Vachellia Species tree -commonly known as Acacia- is seen near Morogoro, Tanzania on September 21, 2022.

20 September 2022, Morogoro, Tanzania - Tanzanian Forest Service workers select and sift Acacia Tortilis seeds -commonly known as thorn acacia- at a Tanzanian Forest Service -TFS- Tree Nursery and See...

20 September 2022, Morogoro, Tanzania - Tanzanian Forest Service workers select and sift Acacia Tortilis seeds -commonly known as thorn acacia- at a Tanzanian Forest Service -TFS- Tree Nursery and See...

20 September 2022, Morogoro, Tanzania - Tanzanian Forest Service workers select and sift Acacia Tortilis seeds -commonly known as thorn acacia- at a Tanzanian Forest Service -TFS- Tree Nursery and See...

20 September 2022, Morogoro, Tanzania - Tanzanian Forest Service workers select and sift Acacia Tortilis seeds -commonly known as thorn acacia- at a Tanzanian Forest Service -TFS- Tree Nursery and See...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya is seen next to his house in Golbo ward, Moyale, Kenya on July 7, 2021. Hassan is an Agro pastoralist, he rears cows, goats, an...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya feeds his goats with silage at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moyale, Kenya on July 7, 2021. Hassan is an A...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya and his store dry silage in silage bags used to feed his goats at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moyale, Ken...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya and his son transport dry silage in silage bags used to feed his goats at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moy...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya and his son transport dry silage in silage bags used to feed his goats at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moy...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya and his son store dry silage in silage bags used to feed his goats at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moyale,...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya and his son store dry silage in silage bags used to feed his goats at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moyale,...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya and his son store dry silage in silage bags used to feed his goats at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moyale,...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya harvests silage to feed his goats at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moyale, Kenya on July 7, 2021. Hassan i...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya harvests silage to feed his goats at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moyale, Kenya on July 7, 2021. Hassan i...

Kenya7 July 2021, Golbo Ward, Moyale, Marsabit County, Kenya - Hassan Bonaya harvests silage to feed his goats at his piece of land next to his house in Golbo ward, Moyale, Kenya on July 7, 2021. Hassan i...

BURKINA FASO10 October 2018, Burkina Faso - Barkissa Fofana, a young microbiologist from Burkina Faso monitors the development of Acacia trees on an experimental site in northern Burkina Faso.

NIGER30 July 2019, Zinder, Niger - Acacia senegal seeds in Zinder, Niger on July 30, 2019.

NIGER30 July 2019, Zinder, Niger - Acacia seyal seeds in Zinder, Niger on July 30, 2019.

SENEGALSAND DUNE FIXATION, Senegal, 1985 - Camel chewing at Acacia tree. Uncontrolled grazing may eventually destroy the tree. The aim of this FAO project is to assist the government in carrying out sand dun...

BURKINA FASO21 June 2016, On the way from Djibo to Dori, Burkina Faso - Moments after an heavy rainfall on a desertic place on the way from Djibo to Dori, green leaves sprouting on bare branches of Acacia Senegal...

BURKINA FASO21 June 2016, On the way from Djibo to Dori, Burkina Faso - Moments after an heavy rainfall on a desertic place on the way from Djibo to Dori, green leaves sprouting on bare branches of Acacia Senegal...

NIGER03 March 2016, Tera, Bajirga, Niger - Natural rubber springs from Acacia Senegal tree. FAO project GCP/INT/157/EC: Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and P...

NIGER03 March 2016, Tera, Bajirga, Niger - Natural rubber springs from Acacia Senegal tree. FAO project GCP/INT/157/EC: Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and P...

NIGER02 March 2016, Tera, Bajirga, Niger - A woman farmer portraid under the shade of an Acacia Senegal tree. FAO project GCP/INT/157/EC: Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the Afric...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer tilling the land before planting acacia seedlings as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer carrying acacia tree seedlings to the forest for planting as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery befor...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker weeding an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it ta...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer tilling the land before planting acacia seedlings as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker weeding an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it ta...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer tilling the land before planting acacia seedlings as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker weeding an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it ta...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker weeding an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it ta...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer planting an acacia seedling as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in t...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker weeding an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it ta...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer and his son tilling the land before planting acacia seedlings as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery b...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker weeding an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it ta...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer planting an acacia seedling as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in t...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker weeding an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it ta...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer planting an acacia seedling as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in t...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker weeding an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it ta...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - An Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it takes five years be...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer planting an acacia seedling as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in t...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A farmer planting an acacia seedling as part of an afforestion effort. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in t...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker watering seedlings at an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - An acacia tree forest. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it takes five years bef...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - An Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it takes five years be...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - An acacia tree forest. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it takes five years bef...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - Workers at an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it takes fi...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - A worker watering seedlings at an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - An Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it takes five years be...

VIET NAM19 May 2012, Back Kan, Viet Nam - Workers at an Acacia tree nursery. Acacia seedlings are grown within six months in the nursery before being sold for planting in the forest. Once planted, it takes fi...

KENYA10 May 2005, Makoror - Children attending a lesson in the shade of an acacia tree at a school for pastoralist communities. Enrollment has jumped by more than 50 percent in the past year as the drought...

KENYA10 May 2005, Makoror - Children attending a lesson in the shade of an acacia tree at a school for pastoralist communities. Enrollment has jumped by more than 50 percent in the past year as the drought...

KENYA10 May 2005, Makoror - Children attending a lesson in the shade of an acacia tree at a school for pastoralist communities. Enrollment has jumped by more than 50 percent in the past year as the drought...

KENYA10 May 2005, Makoror - Children attending a lesson in the shade of an acacia tree at a school for pastoralist communities. Enrollment has jumped by more than 50 percent in the past year as the drought...

KENYA10 May 2005, Makoror - Children attending a lesson in the shade of an acacia tree at a school for pastoralist communities. Enrollment has jumped by more than 50 percent in the past year as the drought...

KENYA10 May 2005, Makoror - Children attending a lesson in the shade of an acacia tree at a school for pastoralist communities. Enrollment has jumped by more than 50 percent in the past year as the drought...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Liguere - A farmer water an acacia seedling that was just planted. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Operation. Support to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Soil Degradation...

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - Agronomist Dr. Venanzio Vallerani posing with his invention, the tractor behind him. The tractor, a mechanized water harvesting technology, implements the Vallerani System where...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - The President of the Women's Committee Fatou Seye extracting scoring the bark of an Acacia tree to start the sap flowing (gum arabic). Acacia trees offers many benefits....

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - A worker at the Valdafrique Processing Plant, where gum arabic is processed into a variety of products, cleaning the floors. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Operation....

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - Agronomist Dr. Venanzio Vallerani posing with his invention, the tractor behind him. The tractor, a mechanized water harvesting technology, implements the Vallerani System where...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - The President of the Women's Committee Fatou Seye extracting scoring the bark of an Acacia tree to start the sap flowing (gum arabic). Acacia trees offers many benefits....

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar, Senegal - A bag of gum arabic flour for use in the pharmaceutical and food industries to make medicines, soft drinks, confectionary and dairy products. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/38...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Liguere - A farmer and beneficiary of the FAO Acacia Project. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Operation. Support to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Soil Degradation Cont...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Gum arabic or sap being extrcted from an acacia tree. When the trees have reached maturity, the sap is collected by FAO project beneficiaries and sold for processing. Th...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - Candies made with gum arabic. Gum arabic is widely used in the pharmaceutical and food industries to make medicines, soft drinks, confectionary and dairy products. FAO Project...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Liguere - A farmer planting acacia seedlings. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Operation. Support to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Soil Degradation Control in the Gums...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Gum arabic or sap being extrcted from an acacia tree. When the trees have reached maturity, the sap is collected by FAO project beneficiaries and sold for processing. Th...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - A worker at the Valdafrique Processing Plant, where gum arabic is processed for use in medicines, soft drinks, confectionary and dairy products, monitoring a processing machine....

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - A tractor ploughing degraded land using the Vallerani System, invented by Dr. Venanzio Vallerani. This mechanized water harvesting technology creates a system of micro-basins...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Gum arabic or sap being extrcted from an acacia tree. When the trees have reached maturity, the sap is collected by FAO project beneficiaries and sold for processing. Th...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - A worker at the Valdafrique Processing Plant, where gum arabic is processed for use in medicines, soft drinks, confectionary and dairy products, monitoring a processing machine....

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - A tractor ploughing degraded land using the Vallerani System, invented by Dr. Venanzio Vallerani. This mechanized water harvesting technology creates a system of micro-basins...

SENEGAL11 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Participants of the Africa Drylands Week conference visiting the Great Green Wall (Grande Muraille Verte) Project. The Great Green Wall (Grande Muraille Verte) is a p...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Gum arabic or sap being extrcted from an acacia tree. When the trees have reached maturity, the sap is collected by FAO project beneficiaries and sold for processing. Th...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - Workers at the Valdafrique Processing Plant breaking down gum arabic harvested from acacia trees. Once processed, the gum will be sold on international markets. FAO Project:...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - A tractor ploughing degraded land using the Vallerani System, invented by Dr. Venanzio Vallerani. This mechanized water harvesting technology creates a system of micro-basins...

SENEGAL11 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - A participant of the Africa Drylands Week conference visiting the Great Green Wall (Grande Muraille Verte) Project. The Great Green Wall (Grande Muraille Verte) is a...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - The President of the Women's Committee Fatou Seye extracting scoring the bark of an Acacia tree to start the sap flowing (gum arabic). Acacia trees offers many benefits....

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - Workers at the Valdafrique Processing Plant breaking down gum arabic harvested from acacia trees. Once processed, the gum will be sold on international markets. FAO Project:...

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - Participants of the Africa Drylands Week conference visiting the FAO Acacia Project and Great Green Wall Project out in the field. Here they are attending a meeting held by the...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - A tractor ploughing degraded land using the Vallerani System, invented by Dr. Venanzio Vallerani. This mechanized water harvesting technology creates a system of micro-basins...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Gum arabic or sap being extrcted from an acacia tree. When the trees have reached maturity, the sap is collected by FAO project beneficiaries and sold for processing. Th...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - Workers at the Valdafrique Processing Plant breaking down gum arabic harvested from acacia trees. Once processed, the gum will be sold on international markets. FAO Project:...

SENEGAL12 June 2011, Nguith - A tractor ploughing degraded land using the Vallerani System, invented by Dr. Venanzio Vallerani. This mechanized water harvesting technology creates a system of micro-basins wh...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - More than150 women in the village are participating in the FAO Acacia Project. From 2004 to 2007, in partnership with the Senegalese forestry service, FAO provided seeds...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Beneficiaries of the FAO Acacia Tree Project holding a village meeting about the income-earning product from the trees, gum arabic. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Ac...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - A crate of raw gum arabic just harvested and ready for processing. Once processed, the gum will be sold on international markets. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Opera...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - The President of the Women's Committee Fatou Seye extracting scoring the bark of an Acacia tree to start the sap flowing (gum arabic). Acacia trees offers many benefits....

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - Beneficiaries of the FAO Acacia Tree Project holding a village meeting about the income-earning product from the trees, gum arabic. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Ac...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - The President of the Women's Committee Fatou Seye is one of 150 women in the village benefiting from the FAO Acacia Tree Project. From 2004 to 2007, FAO, in partnership...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Liguere - An acacia tree plantation. With two thirds of the African continent now classified as desert or drylands and desertification affecting a quarter of the world's population, this...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - Boxes of sweets known as "pastilles" are displayed at the Valdafrique Processing Plant where gum arabic, the hardened sap of the Senegal Acacia tree, is used in the pharmaceutica...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Liguere - A worker on the acacia tree project planting a seedling. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA - Acacia Operation. Support to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Soil Degradation...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Thikene Ndiaye - A local villager tending a crop of acacia trees showing the sap or gum arabic that is harvested for eventual sale to a processing plant. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/ITA...

SENEGAL08 June 2011, Dakar - Portrait of the Chief Pharmacist at the Valdafrique Processing Plant Dr. Madiagne Sakho, where gum arabic is processed into a variety of products. FAO Project: GTFS/RAF/387/IT...

SENEGAL09 June 2011, Linguere - A worker watering acacia seedlings in a plant nursery run by the Forestry Service. Gum arabic production is a growing industry where demand is high for a variety of uses in th...