Resources Tagged: Onion

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  1. Installing an Onion Field - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Onions need rich, fertile soil. Only grow onions once in 3 years in the same field. Plant the onions on raised beds, especially in the rainy season. Transplant when the onions are about 6 weeks old. Plant the onions 10 centimetres apart. By taking good care of...
    Onion AccessAgriculture Plant Health East Africa West Africa

  2. The Onion Nursery - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Onion seedlings need a healthy, loose soil. Add well-aged manure or compost. In the rainy season you need to raise the seedbed so the onion roots will not rot. If you use quality seed, most of the seed will germinate and you need much less of it. Onion seedlings...
    Onion AccessAgriculture Soil Health East Africa West Africa

  3. Making More Money from Onions - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Let us learn from the experiences of some innovative farmers in Ghana who make more money: by producing onions when there are few of them on the market; by storing them until the price comes up again; and by selling directly to clients in urban markets. ...
    Onion AccessAgriculture Post Harvest Marketing Market Opportunities East Africa West Africa

  4. Onions and Other Vegetable Alliums

    1994-01-01 The edible alliums are some of the most ancient cultivated crops and include onions, leeks, shallots garlic and chives. They are grown in most regions of the world, from the subarctic to the humid tropics, although bulb onions are best adapted to production in subtropical and temperate areas....
    Onion Allium

  5. Pest Control in Tropical Onions

    1986-01-01 The manual contains chapters on the control of weeds, diseases, nematodes, insects and mites and on storage of onion.
    Onion Weed Control Vegetable Diseases Pest Control Tropical Vegetables Vegetables

  6. The Storage and Handling of Onions

    1982-01-05 The Storage and Handling of Onions provides information on harvesting, field handling, drying, storage, cultivars, sprout suppression, packing and diseases of onions. Produced by the Tropical Products Institute, a British Government organisation.
    Postharvest Manage... Vegetable Storage Disease Control Onion

  7. C- Onion Growers Guide – ZAS

    Onion (Allium cepa) cultivation in Zambia dates back to more than 50 years ago. It belongs to the lily family, the same family as garlic, leeks, chives, scallions and shallots. It is a culinary ‘must use’ for Zambian diets and more than 10 million kg is consumed annually. There are over 600...
    Downloads Zambia Onion ZAS

  8. C- Diseases and Pests That Affect Onion Cultivation and Their Management – Practical Action

    Objectives: Understanding the diseases and pests that affect onion farming and their management and prevention.
    Plant Health Downloads ZAS Onion Diseases and Pest Practical Action

  9. C - Onion Production Guideline – Thomson Zulu

    There is consistent demand within the Zambian marketplace for high quality, locally produced onions. Premiums are paid for produce that meets the Zambian marketing standards, giving you access to sell through the ZAMBIAN Local Harvest Brand and take advantage of their minimum price guarantee....
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  10. All the Onions: And How to Grow Them

    1977-01-01 In this bulletin, Betty Jacobs tells you how to grow onions - and ten other favorite members of the onion family. She steers you to success, from preparing the soil to using the onions in preparing the dinner.
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