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New Tanzania Sesame Marketing project gets underway
The Sesame Marketing Project began in November 2009. Initially villagers from the 23 villages involved will choose community members who are most at need to take part in the project. There will be two farmer producer groups per village, each formed of 10 men and 10 women. The groups will receive training in farming techniques, as well as having the opportunity to test new, hardier varieties of seeds.
Mr Charles, the chairman of the sesame marketing group in Golay village says that even though the community has been harvesting sesame for years one of the big problems they face every year is the size of the sesame crop. The villagers tend to use a mixed bag of seeds, which means that the plants grow at different rates. As a consequence they are unable to harvest a large crop, or to sell in bulk.
He hopes that by using the seeds provided by FARM-Africa the villagers are able to produce a larger crop and generate a profit.
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