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Canzil Group Limited is a limited liability company incorporated under the Companies Code 1963 (Act179) of Ghana. It obtained the relevant operational license in March, 2010. The current investors are Madam Joana Oduro, David Adusei & Clement Gomez Lahenor. Canzil Trading Ltd is led by Madam Joana Oduro a visionary entrepreneur and social activist.

Canzil Group Ltd is mainly engaged in agri-business, farming, trading, marketing & distribution and import & export activities. The Company serves as representatives of foreign investors in Africa based on acquired specialist knowledge of international and domestic marketing of agricultural commodities. As a result, the group with the support of Ghana Incentive Risk Based Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) conducted a comprehensive pilot project on Seseme seed.

The outcome of the pilot was successful with the expected yield very satisfactory. The current focus of the Canzil Group Ltd is to invest and engage in sesame seed production in Ghana. The global output for sesame seed is about nine (9) million metric tonnes per annum. This is comparable to world cocoa production of 4.9 million metric tonnes and cashew at 4.2 million metric tonnes per annum, respectively. The demand for sesame seed is growing worldwide in response to global population growth.

Canzil Group has engaged with a number of farmer groups in the country to produce sesame seed for purchase and export to identified markets in south-east Asia.

Executive Summary

Sesame can be an important export crop in Ghana and the country can play a substantial role in the global sesame trade. Annual exports of sesame from Ghana can reach about USD 3 billion. These opportunities are currently poorly recognized and it is time to develop support and action to facilitate promotion, production and export of this crop. The benefits of sesame are not well understood in Ghana, and a significantly clearer interpretation of the country's competitive position and opportunities is essential. This industry overview reveals areas of uncertainty in the formulation of strategy and associated activities to promote and produce sesame in Ghana. Firstly, a greater understanding of Ghana's prospects in sesame production and options for promotion is needed.

The following presents elaborate recommendations towards this goal.

Recommendations

1. Appraise and evaluate research, trials and extension services available to the sesame

sub-sector.

2. Investigate opportunities in potential markets, with particular focus on the oil markets in

the Far East such as South Korea and Taiwan.

3. Explore the possibility of changes in the Korean tendering process.

4. Evaluate the potential competitive position of Ghanaian sesame in the international market

comprising Asia, Europe, America, Middle East and assess the opportunity for increasing

market share.

5. Evaluate the opportunity for diļ¬€erentiating Ghanaian sesame for oil users and explore

the economics and market potential for pressing sesame in Ghana on an industrial scale.

6. Appraise the requirements of other sesame sub-sectors.