Category: Study reports
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RAPID ASSESSMENT- Sesame Alert #02
At the end of August 2020, the second rapid assessment of the most pressing challenges facing the sesame sector in light of the current circumstance including the Covid-19 pandemic was conducted by Benefit-SBN in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Amhara and Tigray Regions Agricultural Research Institutes (ARARI and TARI) . Data was…
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A study on marketing chains of sesame in Northwest Ethiopia
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Sesame yields and (post-)harvest losses in Ethiopia
In the sesame production and marketing season of 2013, a yield study was conducted through a survey and other methods with 93 farmers, as to gather data on farmers’ sesame yields and production practices. In addition, a study on harvest, transport, and storage losses has been undertaken to identify sources and quantities of sesame losses,…
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Financing’sesame’ production’in’ northwest’Ethiopia
To get more insights on the finance dynamics and mechanisms in the sesame sector in northwest Ethiopia, the Support Programme undertook a study on credit and production costs of sesame producers. This report demonstrates that the sesame sector consists of a variety of different credit providers, both formal and informal, which all play their role…
Sesame Business Network - Northwest Ethiopia 