Intended outcomes

The following table clearly presents the overall goal and specific objectives of the SBN and Benefit-SBN:

Goal	Competitive, sustainable and inclusive sesame sector development for farmers’ income improvement and spill-over effects
	Pillar 1	Pillar 2	Pillar 3
Primary outcomes	Production cost price reduction	Product and market development	Strengthened enabling environment for the sesame sector
Intermediary outcomes	Yield and quality improvement	Post-harvest value creation	Evidence-based information and sharing
	Harvest, transport and storage loss reduction	Improved market linkages and sales	Stakeholder capacity development
	Improved farmers’ access to input credit	Improved access to marketing credit	Enhanced stakeholder collaboration
	*Strategic sesame sector innovation*