Bhavnagar, Talaja and Mahuwa marketing yards recorded a gradual increase in the daily revenue and price of sesame seeds. Bhavnagar: The market yards of Bhavnagar city and district are witnessing a gradual increase in the prices of white and black sesame due to the rise in the seasonal demand of sesame for the preparation of Chiki and Shakti Raja Sani due to the health-enhancing winter season. A gradual increase is being recorded. Sesame prices in Saurashtra are booming. Sesame income is gradually increasing in different marketing yards across the state including Bhavnagar. Along with this, the price of sesame seeds is also increasing. Currently, the price of sesame has increased by approximately Rs. 50. The farmers of the world are enjoying the fact that the prices of sesame seeds are relatively good compared to last year. Sesame seeds were planted in the districts of Saurashtra including Bhavnagar and Amreli. After Diwali, the prices of sesame seeds have increased. Next summer planting will also increase due to rise in sesame prices. During the last monsoon season, the prices of white and black sesame seeds are increasing in the marketing yards of Bhavnagar, Saurashtra, Gujarat, and Saurashtra, due to the rain falling on the valuable crops due to monsoon rains in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. According to farmers, the price of sesame seeds has increased significantly in recent years. On-year supply of sesame seeds is booming. Earlier in India, the sesame crop was estimated to be around two and a half lakh in Kharif. Meanwhile, unseasonal rains in some areas of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra affected the quality of the sesame crop at the time it reached the market. The boom in white sesame has overtaken black sesame. Every year, the price of black sesame remains relatively higher than that of white sesame. In Talaja marketing yard, on Monday 2-12, the highest price of white sesame was 2572 and the highest price of black sesame was 4150. In Mahuva marketing yard, the highest price of white sesame was on Monday 2-12. 2555 and the high price of black sesame was Rs 3750. While Bhavnagar Marketing The high price of 20 kg of white sesame was quoted at Rs 3007 on Saturday 30th in the yard.