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, and to come up with

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 in their own specific way