What is the importance of sesamum as an oilseed?

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Sesame seeds are one of the oldest oilseed crops being cultivated from 3000 years ago.

Sesame has very high benefits. 100gram dries old sesame seed has 573 kilo calories, 5% water, 23% carbohydrates, 12% dietary fiber, 50% fat and 18% protein.

The flour after oil extraction contains 35-50% protein and carbohydrates.

This flour which is also called as sesame meal is used as livestock and poultry feed.

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60. Consider the following statement,

India continues to be dependent on imports to meet the requirement of oilseeds in the country because:

1. farmers prefer to grow food grains with highly remunerative support prices.

2. most of the cultivation of oilseed crops continues to be dependent on rainfall.

3. oils from the seeds of free origin and rice bran have remained unexploited.

4. it far cheaper to import oilseeds than to cultivate the oilseed crops.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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