Background
Onion shortages are high in Bangladesh during several months per year (September- December). The shortages result from improper post-harvest handling, cleaning, grading, bagging, transportation and storage of the onions. Also the quality of the harvested onion is often poor. The consortium partners Allround Vegetable Processing BV, Bejo Zaden BV, Waterman Onions BV, Deltadesh Pvt Ltd, Lal Teer Seed Limited and Advance Consulting BV work together to support the development of the onion sector in Bangladesh. Together they aim to produce better quality onions, reduce post-harvest losses, leading to higher net incomes for growers and traders and reduced onion imports.
Advance Consulting is the consortium leader and started the implementation of this three-year project in January 2022. The Government of the Netherlands provides financial support.
What do we do
During the project period (2022-2024) activities are implemented which are centred around the following four different outputs:
The above activities are implemented at the storage facility of the selected local partner Giant Agro and at the demo fields of selected growers:
- Giant Agro Processing Limited is an agro-based company involved in the production, processing, preservation- storage and marketing of hybrid vegetable seeds. The company developed the online platform ‘Farmers Best’ through which it will market the fresh onions sourced from the growers.
Latest News
2022/2023 onion growing & harvest season
During the second half of 2022, in the selected regions Pabna and Faridpur demo locations were set-up where trials with 8 onion varieties were carried out. Five varieties were provided by Bejo Zaden and three by Lal Teer. In Faridpur 13 growers were selected and in...
Local partner Giant Agro Processing selected!
Giant Agro Processing was selected as one of the local partners of this cluster project. To formalise the cooperation, an agreement was signed. Giant Agro currently does not have an onion facility but promises to construct a building. The cluster is looking forward to...
Local partner A R Malik Seeds selected!
In March 2022, Advance Consulting, Waterman, Allround and Deltadesh met with several potential local partners in Bangladesh. A R Malik Seeds was finally selected as one of the local project partners. Together with the cluster partners, A R Malik Seeds will implement...

Address
Deltadesh (Pvt.) Ltd.
Apt. C-1, House 1/A, Road 79, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
project @ dutchbanglaonionsupport.com
+ 880 1632 845385