To establish sesame oil company is a capital-intensive project and the process of obtaining loan from banks will always discourage one. “Another thing is that awareness on the consumption of sesame oil is still very low. “In Nigeria, sesame has remained a popular cash crop among farmers due to its good local and international market potentials. “This will be a far departure from the national earning of $798.05m from sesame seeds in 2012. The poor number of functional processing plants has affected the quality of the seeds, as most seeds are processed manually.

Source: The Guardian February 24, 2019 04:30 UTC