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Drying onions in Mali

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

CTA. 1993. Drying onions in Mali. Spore 43. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Onions are the most important cash crop for farmers of the Dogon Plateau. Of the total grown only 1% are consumed by the growers themselves. The harvest period lasts from early December to the end of April and peaks at the end of February. During...

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