Sustainability
Sesame is grown by smallholders.
Trade it accordingly.
This page makes no grand claims. It states what we practise today, and one ambition we are working toward. Nothing we cannot stand behind in an audit.
01
Prompt farm-gate payment
Smallholders carry the least leverage in any supply chain. We pay at the farm gate, promptly and in full. It is the single most meaningful thing a trader can do for a farming household's cash flow.
02
Season-long relationships
We buy through the same local aggregators season after season rather than chasing the cheapest lot of the week. Predictable demand lets farming communities plan planting with confidence.
03
Aflatoxin-safe handling
Aflatoxin is the quiet tax on African oilseeds, and it is preventable. We hold our chain to dry-season discipline: tarpaulin drying off the ground, moisture checks at aggregation, and clean, ventilated storage.
04
No child labour, no exceptions
Our buying agents work to a written sourcing code. We will walk away from a lot before we look away from how it was produced.
Our stated ambition
Traceability to the local government area.
We are building lot-level records that trace every container back to the local government areas it was aggregated from, the foundation for the farm-level traceability that EU and Japanese buyers increasingly require. We will publish our progress here, season by season, rather than announce it in advance.
Sourcing sesame for the 2026/27 season?
New-crop arrivals begin in late November. Forward bookings open from August. Send us your specification and destination, and you will have a formal quotation within 48 hours.