Sesame seeds yet to list in the anchor program

 National President, Sesame Seeds Association, Alhaji Sheriff Balogun.

Despite the high demand for Nigerian sesame seeds across the globe, with a current global market of roughly $500m, currently generation over $700million annually with the production rate of Nigeria between 450-500 metric tons, the crop is yet to be enlisted on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers Program (APB), according to the National President, Sesame Seeds Association, Alhaji Sheriff Balogun.

Sesame seeds price crazy to high demand, scarcity, says the National President

The National President, Sesame Seed Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Sheriff Balogun has described the present high demand for the produce as too crazy due to scarcity as farmers could not cultivate because of insecurity in the country.

Sesame seed stakeholders ask CBN for special program

Stakeholders at the international conference on sesame seeds have demanded from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) a special programme on the value chains of the produce, being among the leading crops in terms of export earning in Nigeria of lately.