Despite these potentials Nigeria’s sesame yield remained very low (367/ha) compared with Egypt and
Ethiopia’s, 1323kg/ha and 825kg/ha repectively (FAO 2009). This was attributed to the Nigeria’s farmers lack of
access to improve seeds, inaddition to ignorance and reluctance on the part of the sesame farmers to adopt
improved agronomic practices that can enhanced the yield of the crop. Low fertility status of savanna soils
particularly nitogen which is associated with continuous cropping and intensive over grazing by livestock that left
little or no crop residues to be incorporated into these soils warrated the use of fertilizers particularly nitrogen
fertilizers to improve growth and yield of crop plants (Brady 1984). Research earlier conducted showed great
yield improvement with fertilized sesame compared to unfertilized ones (Anon.2006; Malik 2003).