KROTAJ, a joint venture company formed between an Israeli company named Genuine and Ethiopian Sesame Export, has opened a new sesame processing factory in Ethiopia. The company aims to export processed sesame known as Tahina and generates $10 million annually by processing 3,700 metric tones of sesame. Ethiopia has been earning around $300 million from the export of sesame every year. Ethiopia has high-quality sesame seed varieties suitable for wide range applications,