Sesame yields about six million meticais in Niassa, Mozambique

Sesame producers in the family sector in Mavago district, in Niassa province, collected around six million meticais corresponding to the sale of 120 tonnes of sesame, this since the start of marketing surpluses from the last season, in March. Practiced intensively at the administrative post of M’Sawize, the producers estimate that the sale of around 402 tons of this oilseed crop will yield, by the end of August, a total of 16 million meticais. According to a publication in Notícias, 5,500 producers in the family sector were involved in the production of sesame, the main raw material for the food oil and national poultry industries. Initial projections point to revenue collection in the order of 16 million meticais, one million less when compared to the levels collected in the last marketing year. At the moment, some sesame producers are still in the harvesting process. The incidence of pests and diseases, as well as the entry of some animals into the fields, such as the eland, ...