Did You Know…? Sesame Seeds Are Now Nigeria’s Largest Agricultural Exports
The NBS’s report says that exports of sesame seeds brought home ₦15.8 billion in the last three months of 2017; that’s more than 35% of what Nigeria earned from all its agriculture exports in that period. Other big internationally traded agricultural products included cocoa beans, frozen shrimps, flour and meals of soya beans and cashew nuts. However, only cocoa beans came close to matching the earnings from sesame seeds; they gave the country ₦14.5 billion.