Mozambique: Sesame generates more than five million in Mavago

Sesame farmers in the family sector in Mavago district, Niassa province, expect to generate 16 million meticais by the end of August as a result of the sale of around 402 tons of sesame oilseed crop. Since the beginning of the marketing of surpluses from the last season, last March, producers based in the district of Mavago have collected around six million meticais from the sale of 120 tons of sesame, which is cultivated intensively at the administrative post of M’saise. The amount of oilseeds sold may see a significant increase next August; local government authorities of Mavago foresee the commercialization of 402 tons of sesame by the end of that month. Around 1,500 producers in the family sector are involved in the production of sesame, the main raw material for manufacturing cooking oil and for the national poultry industries. Initial projections point to the collection of revenues in the order of 16 million meticais, one million less than levels of collection achieved in ...