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This project includes studies on coffee (Kenya, Uganda) and gum arabic (Kenya). It is coordinated by Bernard Charlery and Fabrice Pinard, researcher at ICRAF and CIRAD. The project is implemented by six French researchers and one Kenyan PhD candidate.
The ‘Coffee’ project within the context of crisis in Kenya coffee production, aims at making an inventory of the areas, the way of life and production methods of small-scale producers. The objective of the ‘gum arabic’ programme is to identify the improvement margins of the network, in order to offer a best quality raw material in the worldwide market, and to allow local communities to collect gum through a sustainable exploitation system.

Research Training

Patrick Mbataru, Kenyan PhD candidate at Toulouse University, working in the Tetu region.

Anand Aithal, Indian PhD candidate at Toulouse University, studying the integration of small-scale coffee producers in Rwanda (Lake Kivu), Kenya (Nyeri), Uganda (Mount Elgon).

Marion Chrétin, an economist, carried out research on the gum arabic network. In January 2007, she led a group of 12 students from ESITPA, on a field research trip.