Gum and Resin Production and Marketing: Implications for Pastoral Livelihood in Adadle District, Somali Region, Ethiopia

Table 2

Mean monthly and annual harvesting of gum and resin.

Type of product	Daily harvesting (kg/individual)	Daily harvesting (kg/HH)	Monthly harvesting (kg/HH)	Yearly harvesting (kg/HH)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Gum	1.22^a ± 0.30	2.44^a ± 0.60	36.64^a ± 8.99	219.82^a ± 53.95
Resin/frankincense	0.32^b ± 0.10	0.65^b ± 0.20	9.71^b ± 3.00	58.27^b ± 17.98

Two family members were engaged in collection for an average 15 days/month for each product type and only six months/year as active collection time. Different superscript letters (a and b) in the same column indicate significant difference.