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Sesame Research Program:
Sesame is one of the most important oil crops and has recently become the largest earner of foreign exchange, ranking second to petrol. It is grown in an area estimated at 2,880,000 feddans mainly under rain-fed conditions, producing about 209,500 t. Average productivity is about 73 kg/fed., which is extremely low compared to an average productivity of 0.5 t/fed in Egypt.
This program seeks to:
a) Increase productivity
b) Improve quality through breeding new white varieties
