ISesame, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-benne, isitshalo esishintshashintshashintshayo esinezinhlobonhlobo zokusetshenziswa kwezolimo nokukhiqizwa kokudla. Lesi sihloko sizohlola izinzuzo zokutshala i-sesame, ukubaluleka kwayo komsoco, namandla ayo okufaka isandla kwezolimo ezisimeme.
ISesame iyisitshalo esimelana nesomiso esingakhula ezindaweni eziningi, okuyenza ibe inketho ekhangayo kubalimi ezifundeni eziningi. Ngokusho kwe-Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ukukhiqizwa kwembewu kasesame emhlabeni wonke kukhule kancane kancane kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, kwafinyelela kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-6.9 ngo-2020. Iningi lokukhiqizwa kwesesame lenzeka e-Asia, i-Afrika neLatin America nayo inikela ngamanani abalulekile.
Enye yezimfanelo eziyingqayizivele ze-sesame inani layo eliphezulu lokudla okunempilo. Imbewu yeSesame ingumthombo ocebile wamaprotheni, amafutha anempilo, namaminerali afana ne-calcium, insimbi, ne-zinc. Ngaphezu kokuba ukudla okunomsoco, i-sesame ibuye isetshenziswe emithini yendabuko kanye njengesitshalo se-biofuel.
Ukukhula kwesesame nakho kungaba nomthelela emikhubeni yezolimo esimeme. Ngenxa yokubekezelela isomiso, i-sesame idinga amanzi amancane kunezinye izitshalo eziningi, okwenza kube inketho enhle ezindaweni ezinemithombo yamanzi elinganiselwe. I-sesame ingatshalwa ngokushintshana nezinye izitshalo ukuze kuthuthukiswe impilo yomhlabathi futhi kunciphise izinambuzane nezifo.
Sengiphetha, i-sesame iyisitshalo esibalulekile kubalimi kanye nabakhiqizi bokudla ngokufanayo. Izinzuzo zayo zokudla okunomsoco, ukuguquguquka, kanye namandla ezolimo ezisimeme kuyenza ibe inketho ekhangayo kulabo abafuna ukuhlukanisa izitshalo zabo futhi bafake isandla ohlelweni lokudla oluzinzile.
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