CROPS
Sesame has become Brazil's fastest-rising farm export
Sesame field in Mato Grosso. Photo: Nair Helena de Castro Arriel/Embrapa
Brazil's national statistics agency, IBGE, began tracking sesame in its official crop survey with the 2026 harvest. Its August estimate puts national output at 356,300 tonnes from 575,000 hectares. Mato Grosso accounts for 212,700 tonnes, or 59.7% of the total.
By weight, sesame is roughly 0.1% of the record 352.9 million tonnes of grain IBGE expects this year…
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