The Chinese use sesame oil in the preparation of meals. In Japan, r¨¡yu is made of chili and sesame oil and used as a spicy topping on various foods, or mixed with vinegar and soy sauce and used as a dip. In South India, before the advent of modern refined oils produced on a large scale, sesame oil was traditionally used for curries and gravies.
Does Malawi have agro-ecological suitability for production of oilseeds?
Revised. Lilongwe: MoAFS. After considering the agro-ecological suitability of different areas in Malawi for production of oilseeds, two sets of analyses are done using nationally representative household-level data from the fourth Malawi Integrated Household Survey (IHS4) of 2016/17.
What is sesame oil?
Sesame oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from sesame seeds. The oil is one of the earliest-known crop-based oils. Worldwide mass modern production is limited due to the inefficient manual harvesting process required to extract the oil. Oil made from raw seeds, which may or may not be cold-pressed, is used as a cooking oil.
How can we improve sesame production to meet global demands?
Hence, integrating advanced genomic tools and breeding strategies provides promising ways to enhance sesame production to meet global demands.