African Agency for Arid Resources Limited

african agency for arid resources limited (agar ltd) is an award-winning kenyan company dealing in natural resources from the arid and semi-arid lands of east africa. started as a commodities’ agency specializing in the trade of gum arabic and resins such as frankincense and myrrh, we soon started creating value addition and distil the resins into essential oils. shortly after a retail line followed comprising of 10+ essential oils, aloe-based cosmetics, shea butter and carrier oils under the jua by agar brand, now present in 4 countries. we express strong environmental and social impacts through our work in arid and semi-arid lands: when we collect and process arid lands’ resources such as frankincense and sweet myrrh which are present in jua by agar we actively diversify income and strengthen the livelihood of pastoralist communities and while doing so we raise awareness and advocate for conservation, bio-diversity and sustainability, being the two resins products of trees. we are a