No fewer than N300 million is being lost annually in Nigeria due to lack of proper onion processing in the country. The country is producing about 2 million tons of onions in a year equivalent to about 40 percent of the total production in the country due to lack of effective processing facilities.
Speaking earlier, the Director General of Raw Materials Research And Development Council, represented by Engineer Emmanuel Ilyasu, said the commissioning of a processing factory marks an important milestone for the manufacturing industry in Nigeria.
“As we commission the first wholly indigenous onion and garlic flakes processing plant. I am particularly delighted that this plant was designed and fabricated by Nigerian engineers following the call by the Council to reduce the perennial post-harvest wastages associated with onion and garlic.”
“The RMRDC in collaboration with Afri-Generic Synergy Farms Limited, Chimbilco Technical Nigeria Limited and Sokoto State Investment and Properties Company Limited has assiduously worked to see to the objective of processing onion and garlic into flakes on industrial scale following successful R&D by the Council’s in-house research team.”
Source: tribuneonlineng.com