Ingabo Syndicate & Agriterra help farmers to multiply their cassava yield by five

• Now, a farmer can harvest more than 50 tons per hectare
• The method used to increase the yield was acquired during a study tour co-organised and sponsored by Ingabo Syndicate and Agriterra

De Groot en Slot B.V. starts long-term onion project

“Using Ethiopian onion varieties and test 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 seed. A couple of weeks ago the project officially kicked off as the seeds are going into the ground. The knowledge of most of the onion farmers in Ethiopia is mainly passed on from generation to generation. 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.