article · IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
Sesame is an established oil-producing crop that adapts well to tropical and subtropical environments. The seeds are increasingly sought after for healthy food production owing to their content of nutrients, antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins. Sesame production faces constraints in many countries, where cultivated areas remain limited due to labour shortages and a persistent reliance on manual sowing methods. Mechanised options, such as row planters, see only restricted use. Understanding the physical and chemical characteristics of sesame seeds is critical because these properties directly influence the design and operation of agricultural sowing machinery. Reviewing existing cultivation technologies and global development patterns highlights existing technical gaps, offering a foundation for future recommendations to improve mechanised planting practices.
Sesame is a valuable health food crop that thrives in warm regions, yet production is held back by labour-intensive hand sowing. Identifying how seed properties influence planting machinery can help address labour constraints, improve mechanised planting adoption, and guide technological development to boost crop cultivation globally.
Agricultural equipment manufacturers could use the physical and chemical seed parameters reviewed here to guide the design and refinement of sowing machinery, such as row planters. As this work presents an overview identifying technological gaps and recommendations rather than testing a specific machine, it represents early-stage conceptual guidance for developers seeking to mechanise sesame planting.
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Abstract Sesame crop is one of the oldest oil producing crops around the world, which has a high ability to adapt to tropical and semi-tropical regions. Sesame seeds are widely involved in making healthy foods, which is increasingly in demand nowadays. Moreover, they have positive effects on human health because of their contain of nutrients, antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins.The purpose of this work is to give a general view of the sesame crop in terms of physical and chemical properties, which affect the design and work of agricultural machinery that used for sowing sesame seeds, as well as aims to give a global overview of available sesame cultivation technology and its development in different regions of the world to indicate the gaps and make future recommendations. The low cultivated area of the sesame seeds in many countries is caused by the low labor, which is a fundamental factor in addition to using the traditional methods of planting and sowing sesame seeds such as hand planting, and limited use of mechanically planting such as row planteruntil.
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DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/403/1/012093
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