Mapping Oilseed Market Integration and Trade Causality: A Focus on Tamil Nadu and India's Interstate Dynamics | Chapter 11 | Current Research Progress in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 6

India has been grappling with a chronic shortage of edible oils due to insufficient domestic oilseed crop production, even though it briefly achieved self-sufficiency during the “Yellow Revolution” in the early 1990s. Oilseed crops like Sesame and Groundnut experience significant price fluctuations due to factors like seasonal production patterns, their perishable nature, and the risk involved in the production and marketing of output. The farmers are further complicated by a lack of information about market conditions, including the timing of arrivals and prices. Market integration, which helps stabilize prices and improve the efficiency of the marketing system. This study focuses on analysing the market integration of major oilseed crops such as Sesame, and Groundnut in India from January 2013 to January 2024. Johansen's cointegration test and Granger Causality test were applied to examine how prices in different markets influence one another. The stationarity of the prices was tested using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller test. The results confirmed that the prices are cointegrated, showing a strong interdependence between them. The analysis also revealed causal relationships between regions, such as bidirectional causality in the case of Sesame and Groundnut. The findings underscore the importance of further research to address production challenges, improve technical methods, and develop informed policies to manage the issues faced by oilseed crop-growing farmers. This will help overcome obstacles in production and ensure a more efficient marketing system. The study recommended that a meticulous study on constraints that obstruct the production process can help in understanding the problems and bringing the new technology. There is a need to address new challenges that transcend the traditional decision-making horizons of producers, consumers and policymakers.

 

Author (s) Details

 

A. Malaisamy
Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural College & Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

 

Gowri Shankar
Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural College & Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

 

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Nutraceutical Benefits of Sesame Seeds and Oil: An Appraisal of Their Lignan Content and Health Implications | Chapter 7 | Contemporary Research and Perspectives in Biological Science Vol. 8

Sesame seed (Sesamum indicum L.) is a rich source of edible oil and lignans with a wide range of potential biological activities. The major lignans in sesame seeds are the oil-soluble sesamin and sesamolin, as well as glucosides of sesaminol and sesamolinol that reside in the defatted sesame flour. These properties have been proven to be very useful to humans when consumed. The information in this paper is very vital to those in the field of nutrition who are working on the job to handle the linkage between food and the well-being of humans. Subsequently, the eating of sesame seed products is growing steadily in many countries in the world, it is imperative to know about the contribution of lignans and sesame oil in food. Sesame seed is widely used in food and nutraceutical industries in many countries because of its high oil, protein and antioxidant contents. Sesame oil contains sesamin, sesamolin and sesaminol lignan fractions, which are known to play an important role in its oxidative stability and antioxidative activity. It is widely known as one of the natural health-promoting foods that have the potential to prevent various disorders such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia cancer and aging. Additionally, sesame oil may be useful in handling oxidative stress-associated diseases such as atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, obesity, chronic renal failure, rheumatoid arthritis, and neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease. Furthermore, sesame oil has multiple physiological functions such as decreasing blood lipids and arachidonic acid levels, increasing antioxidative ability and γ-tocopherol bioavailability, and providing anti-inflammatory function and potential estrogenic activity. Several health-promoting effects are attributed to its lignans. Hence, this article highlights and discusses the potential health-endorsing effects of sesame and its oil with prominence on the role of lignans.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Philip John Kanu
Milton Margai Technical University, Goderich, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Institute of Food Technology, Nutrition and Consumer Studies, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Njala University, Sierra Leone and Centre for Development and Safety, Earl Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

 

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Study on the Diversity in Sesame| Chapter 1 | Current Topics in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 7

In addition to being a popular food, sesame is utilised in pharmaceutics, manufacturing, and as a biofuel. Sesame has been propagated and grown in many ecological regions, including India, for hundreds of years. Sesame's ancient roots were boosted by its ability to grow where other crops couldn't. It's also the sort of crop that thrives in droughts, hot weather, and soil moisture left over after the monsoons have passed, or even when rains fail. Sesame productivity in India is not consistent. Although the maximum production was attained in 2003, productivity has fluctuated over time.

Author(s) Details:

Adil Iqbal,
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India and AICRP on Sesame and Niger (ICAR), Kolkata Centre, India.

Rambilash Mallick,
AICRP on Sesame and Niger (ICAR), Kolkata Centre, India and Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Science,  University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.

Sabyasachi Kundagrami,
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India and AICRP on Sesame and Niger (ICAR), Kolkata Centre, India.

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