Sesame (Sesamum indicum sp) seed security and breeding programme to improve resilience of small holder farmers in Somalia

This work tested on field 5 sesame accessions to identify the most appropriate GAP and to have a phenotypic description of the most relevant morpho–productive traits in different ecosystems. Eventually through the adoption of SSR markers it has been measured the genetic distances among these accessions and 6 more from different African countries in order to design the most appropriate breeding programme per the different ecosystems considered. A cropping financial analysis was eventually conducted to measure the profitability of the improved crop revealing that Those farmers in riverine on the Shabelle river who adopted the identified GAP (including the seasonal crop rotation with Maize) and best performing varieties increased their income at 1.04 USD/day/person.