The Rise and Fall of Onion Production
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Food and nutrition security is not only addressed by increasing production alone, it should also ensure by reducing food loss. Onion has a great contribution to both economic and health issues, however, its production and productivity in the country is low.
The crop has a great contribution to both in economic and health issues, its production and productivity are not scaled to the required level. Its production trend is not consistent, raises over in a certain period of time and falls in another period of time. Thus, farmers are not yet benefited from onion production. There are a number of factors associated for this low levels of onion production. These factors are improper agronomic practices, cost of production inputs, lack of adequate storage facilities, limited access to improved seeds, high cost of transport, fluctuation of market price and lack of sufficient capital, and postharvest losses
Onion post-harvest loss begins from production and it is inevitable after harvesting particularly during storage. Its postharvest losses are incurred at each channel in the supply chain that the produce passes through. Therefore, identifying major constraints for onion is important to alleviate the existing problems along the supply chain and to design intervention strategies. Though, there are limited studies on onion production and postharvest handling constraints along the supply chain. Thus, detecting multiple factors that determining the rise and fall of the production and postharvest handling of onion from the farm to the consumers.
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