ABSTRACT
Part I-World Sesame Production and International Trade: Trends and Revelations ...................424 Production .................................................................................................................................424 Transformation of World Sesame Production: Least Developed Countries Increase Yields ...... 426 Ethiopian Sesame Market Sizzles ............................................................................................. 427 African Production Elsewhere .................................................................................................. 430 Sesame Is Often a Woman’s Crop in Africa .............................................................................. 431 The Gambia ............................................................................................................................... 431 Sudan ......................................................................................................................................... 434 Mozambique .............................................................................................................................. 435 Burkina Faso ............................................................................................................................. 436 Dilemma of Sesame Growers in Senegal .................................................................................. 436 Production Trends, Asian Continent ......................................................................................... 437 U.S. Sesame Cultivation, Trends toward Industrialization........................................................440
Consumption-Global Supply and Trade: Exports and Imports ...................................................440 Exporters ...................................................................................................................................440 Importers: Asian Market Surpasses All .....................................................................................442 Importers: Europe and the United States .................................................................................. 443
Economic Value of Sesame Products ............................................................................................. 443 Sesame Oil ................................................................................................................................ 443 Sesame Oil Value in World Trade: Gains with Processing ........................................................445 Sesame Commerce in Context with Other Edible Oilseeds ......................................................446 Mali’s Inadequate Domestic Supply .........................................................................................448 Fair Trade: Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Replaces Gloomy Coffee Future with Sesame Oil, Successfully .......................................................................................................................449 Fair Trade: Mozambique ........................................................................................................... 450 Value-Added Products ............................................................................................................... 450
Part II-New International Partners, Globalization of Agriculture, Scramble for Land: Matters of Concern for Sesame Farming ....................................................................................... 452
