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Promotional video

Mar 29, 2024

The Bangladeshi company Red Orange Communications (www.redorangecom.com) has been contracted to produce a promotional video on the Onion Impact Cluster project. They will capture all relevant activities and the final video will be shown during the 7th Food Bangladesh...

Farmer training on harvest and post-harvest practices

Mar 14, 2024

On the 12th and 13th of March 2024 trainings were given to the selected onion demo farmers in Faridpur and Pabna on recommended harvest and post-harvest practices with the aim to reduce post-harvest losses as much as possible. The training was provided by Lal Teer...

Farmer training completed!

Jan 30, 2024

On the 25th and 26th of January 2024 trainings were given to the selected onion demo farmers in Faridpur and Pabna for the 2023-2024 season. The farmers received a refresher training on recommended onion cultivation and GAP. The training was facilitated by Lal Teer...

Kick-off of new season!

Oct 23, 2023

On the 18th and 19th of October 2023 trainings were given to the selected onion demo farmers in Pabna and Faridpur for the 2023-2024 season. Some demo farmers also participated last year and some are newly selected farmers. The farmers received training on recommended...

Processing and storage equipment installed at Giant Agro cold storage

Aug 31, 2023

In August 2023, the processing and storage equipment supplied by Allround was installed at the newly built cold storage of Giant Agro. The newly built cold storage is located in Bhaluka, Mymensingh. After installation, the storage staff received a training on how to...

2022/2023 onion growing & harvest season

Aug 30, 2023

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!

Jan 5, 2023

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!

Sep 11, 2022

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...

Consortium partners

Allround Vegetable Processing

Allround offers a range of storage, sorting, grading, washing, polishing, brushing, weighing, bagging and material handling lines for vegetables and potatoes. The company has dealerships worldwide, including in Bangladesh. Allround will demonstrate its storage, sorting and grading solutions at the selected onion traders. In addition, the company will provide technical assistance to facilitate the uptake of the demonstrated solutions.

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Bejo Zaden

Bejo Zaden is a major horticultural seed supplier with global outreach and experience in Southeast Asia including Bangladesh. Bejo breeds and produces a range of onion varieties suitable for Bangladesh. Together with the local partner Lal Teer, Bejo will set up demonstrations of new onion varieties and provide training to farmers and distributors.

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Waterman Onions

Waterman Onions is a leading Dutch onion company, that handles, packages and delivers around 150,000 tonnes of onions across the world each year. The company has expertise in all steps of onion postharvest handling, storing, packaging, distribution and marketing, and will transfer this knowledge to its counterparts in Bangladesh. Waterman Onions will be responsible for training onion sector stakeholders such as medium farmers, traders, storage providers and agriculture extension workers.

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Deltadesh Pvt Ltd

Deltadesh is a Dutch-owned private company headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The company is specialized in procurement, contracting and implementation of turn-key projects in different sectors, including agriculture. Deltadesh will act as the local support office and will assist with the data collection for monitoring and evaluation of the project’s progress and impact.

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Lal Teer Seed

Lal Teer Seed Limited is the leading vegetable seed supplier in Bangladesh. The company has outstanding technical knowledge of agricultural farming in Bangladesh and, through its field officers, delivers tailor-made advice to farmers all over the country. Lal Teer will supply the seed varieties, set up demonstration units, organise and implement field days and farmer training.

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Advance Consulting

Advance Consulting is a Dutch business advisory firm for investments and projects in emerging economies. The company assist government agencies and development organisations on sustainable business development. Advance Consulting is responsible for the overall project coordination and management of the Onion Impact Cluster. In addition, the company will provide technical support on business assessments and financial and economic analyses of new business models in the onion sector.

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RVO

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) encourages entrepreneurs in sustainable, agrarian, innovative and international business. RVO provides 50% co-funding for the pilot activities implemented with support from the private sector partners.

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Address

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