{"id":10609,"date":"2020-08-10T08:53:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T05:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=10609"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:31:12","slug":"generating-sustainable-revenue-from-sesame-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2020\/08\/10\/generating-sustainable-revenue-from-sesame-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"Generating Sustainable Revenue from Sesame Exports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Discussions on the state and future of Zimbabwe\u2019s exports places emphasis on agricultural produce for a good reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a low-hanging fruit that can drive exports from farmers across the country, given the good climatic conditions which can promote abundant supply of grain, tobacco, fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zimbabwe was once considered the breadbasket of Africa, a position not difficult to retain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country has potential to grow and export an array of produce that is sought-after in major regional and international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To realise this potential and increase revenue in exports from agriculture, there is a need for farmers to diversify their crops, focusing on niche produce that can be value-added into different high-end products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of these crops is sesame seed. Sesame is fast becoming the cash crop for some economies in Africa. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundaymail.co.zw\/generating-sustainable-revenue-from-sesame-exports\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussions on the state and future of Zimbabwe\u2019s exports places emphasis on agricultural produce for a good reason. This is a low-hanging fruit that can drive exports from farmers across&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}