Africa has a number of active biotrade value chains at different stages of development, and with different levels of maturity with regard to implementation of ABS.
The ABioSA project and the BioInnovation Africa project work with several biotrade value chains and plant species in (southern) Africa. The value chains and species were selected based on criteria including traditional knowledge, ecological sustainability, market demand, potential for value-adding and job creation, and opportunities for participation of small and medium enterprises (SME) and indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs).
The biotrade value chains supported by ABioSA phase II are:
Three of those value chains are supported by ABioSA and the BioInnovation Africa project:
More value chains supported by the BioInnovation Africa project are:
- Mondia or African ginger (Mondia whitei)
- Aidan tree (Tetrapleura tetraptera)
- Bees wax
- Indian pennywort or Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
- Ylang ylang (Cananga odorata)
- Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis)
- Devil's claw (Harpagophytum procumbens)
- Silver Cluster-leaf (Terminalia sericea)
- Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
- Ravintsara (Cinnamomum camphora)
- Mopane (Colophospermum mopane)
- Namibian Myrrh (Commiphora wildii)
- Saro (Cinnamosma fragrans)
- Manketti (Schinziophyton rautanenii)
Value Chains supported by ABioSA:
Value chains supported by BioInnovation Africa:
For more information on value chains, please contact
Adrie El-Mohamadi,
Project/Component manager South Africa - ABioSA and BioInnovation Africa
adrie.elmohamadi(at)giz.de