Nigeria eyes ₦540 billion from sesame seed production, if fully tapped

Sesame seed production has the potential to generate about ₦180 billion in four months if fully tapped, National President, National Sesame Seed Association of Nigeria (NSSAN), Alhaji Sherif Balogun, has said. Balogun, said sesame seed production could also provide employment to 900,000 youths annually, sayng that “what is needed is between ₦60,000 and ₦70,000 to cultivate […]

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Nigeria’s sesame seeds export can earn $4.69bn

Sesame seed, a highly nutritional produce with high investment value, which can compete with revenue from oil in Nigeria, has been neglected and left in the hands of peasant farmers and semi-commercial agriculturists for many years. The plant, which can grow in every state of the country, has the potential to generate about $4.69 billion […]

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