agribusiness opportunity

1. BY
SOTONYE ANGA
Managing Director
Dawacom international Ltd
Lagos, Nigeria.
May 2007
Email – anga4000@yahoo.com
SESAME SEED OIL PRODUCTION
PROCESS

2. NATURAL SESAME SEEDS

3. BUSINESS IN SESAME SEEDS
 The sesame seeds business in Nigeria is
worth over Nine Billion Naira annually. This
figure represents transactions on just raw
natural sesame seeds. However, with value
added processing of the seeds, the value of
business in this product can get to over
Twenty Billion Naira. What more? Over
100,000 jobs can be created.

4. HISTORY OF SESAME SEEDS
Sesame seed is one of the oldest seeds known to
mankind. The seed may have originated from
Asia or Africa and is now grown in most of the
tropical and temperate regions of the world.
As far back as 5,000 years ago, the Chinese were
using sesame seed oil for fuel and for making ink.
Also, paintings in ancient Egyptian tombs dating
back to 4,000 years show Bakers sprinkling sesame
seeds into dough.
The Roman Empire is not left out in the use of this
ancient seed as sesame was used as spreading for
bread amongst other things.

5. USES
Sesame seed has very high oil content of about 50‐
54%. It is used in making edible vegetable oil
(sesame oil).
Sesame seed is also used in many food preparations
worldwide.
Due to its unique nutty flavor, crunchy sensation and
small size, it has become a very important ingredient
in making hamburgers as toppings on hamburgers
buns.
Sesame seed also go well with chicken and other
meats; it can also be sprinkled over biscuits, bread
rolls, and pizza.

6. HARMBURGER

7. HAVING A BITE OF SESAME SEED

8. GLOBAL PRODUCTION
World production of sesame seed is
estimated at 2,500,000 tones of which about
50% is consumed in the producing countries.
However, this trend of consumption is not
same in Nigeria in that almost all of Nigeria’s
120,000 tons annual productions are
exported.

9. CONSUMING COUNTRIES
Japan, Turkey, United States, India, Israel,
Kuwait, Syria, Saudi Arabia, China, Egypt,
Morocco, Poland, Italy, France and Iran.

10. PRODUCING STATES IN NIGERIA
Benue, Taraba, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau,
Kano, Jigawa, Zamfara, Katsina, Yobe, Kogi,
Borno , Niger and Adamawa states etc.

11. SESAME SEEDS IN NIGERIA
 Production and sales of sesame seeds in
Nigeria, directly and indirectly affects about
60,000 families cut across the sesame seed
value chain which involves; farmers,
financiers, researchers, traders, processors,
labourers and transporters

12. PROCESS FLOW FOR SESAME SEED
OIL PRODUCTION
CLEAN THE 1ST ALLOW FOR 2ND FINAL
ROAST COOK CRUSH PACKAGE
SEEDS FILTRATION SETTLING FILTRATION FILTRATION

13. SESAME RECEIVED IN WAREHOUSE

14. PROCESS EXPLANED
When raw sesame seeds are received in the factory,
it is first cleaned to 100% purity level. Cleaning is
about destoning. The essence of this cleaning
process is to ensure that the grain is free of dirt,
dust, stones and all foreign matter. After
cleaning, the seeds are then roasted and then
cooked, thereafter the grain is crushed, then
filtered, and allowed to settle, and again filtered,
and allowed to settle a second time before the
final filtration before packaging into drums, cans
or bottles .