“Using Ethiopian onion varieties and testing the best possible circumstances to improve the onion crop will be the starting point of this project”, says Jan Slot of De Groot en Slot B.V., Dutch world market leader in onion seeds. With this project, De Groot en Slot B.V. and Agriterra aim to use that local knowledge and add the expertise of Dutch agricultural research to make the farmers more self-sufficient. The coming years, De Groot en Slot B.V. will work together with Agriterra on improving the onion sector in Ethiopia. Quite different than desert-like Niger, where De Groot en Slot B.V. did its previous (very successful) project with Agriterra. To make a solid comparison, varieties from De Groot en Slot B.V. are transplanted alongside the local varieties to find out what has the best results.

Source: The Local February 23, 2021 13:07 UTC