Sesame seeds are healthy and tasty, but they are a very labour-intensive crop, as pods must be picked by hand. As a result, sesame production has left Israel, moving entirely overseas. Now, Idan Sabag is working to bring it back. Together with Prof Zvi Peleg, he is bringing sesame into modern agriculture, making it better suited for mechanised harvest.
Idan Sabag is a doctoral student in the Department of Plant Sciences & Genetics in Agriculture.
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