ʻO Sesame, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo benne, he mea kanu maʻamau me nā ʻano hana like ʻole i ka mahiʻai a me ka hana meaʻai. E ʻimi ana kēia ʻatikala i nā pono o ka ulu ʻana i ka sesame, kona waiwai waiwai, a me kona hiki ke kōkua i ka mahiʻai hoʻomau.
ʻO ka Sesame kahi mea kanu hoʻomanawanui maloʻo e hiki ke ulu i nā ʻano kaiapuni, e lilo ia i koho maikaʻi no ka poʻe mahiʻai ma nā wahi he nui. Wahi a ka Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ua hoʻonui mau ʻia ka hana ʻana o nā kumulāʻau sesame i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala aku nei, a hiki i ka 6.9 miliona tonnes i 2020. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka hana sesame i hana ʻia ma Asia, me ʻApelika a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e hāʻawi nui ana.
ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o ka sesame ʻo ia kona waiwai meaʻai kiʻekiʻe. ʻO nā hua Sesame kahi kumu waiwai o ka protein, nā momona maikaʻi, a me nā minerale e like me ka calcium, ka hao, a me ka zinc. Ma waho aʻe o ka lilo ʻana i meaʻai momona, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka sesame i ka lāʻau kuʻuna a ma ke ʻano he mea kanu biofuel.
Hiki i ka ulu ʻana i ka sesame ke kōkua i nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau. Ma muli o kona ʻae ʻana i ka maloʻo, pono ka sesame i ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai ma mua o nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe, e lilo ia i koho maikaʻi no nā wahi me nā kumu wai liʻiliʻi. Hiki ke hoʻoulu ʻia ka Sesame me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino lepo a hōʻemi i nā mea ʻeha a me nā maʻi.
I ka hopena, he mea waiwai nui ka sesame no ka poʻe mahiʻai a me nā mea ʻai. ʻO kāna mau meaʻai meaʻai, versatility, a me ka hiki no ka mahiʻai hoʻomau i lilo ia i koho maikaʻi no ka poʻe e ʻimi nei e hoʻololi i kā lākou mea kanu a kōkua i kahi ʻōnaehana meaʻai hoʻomau.
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