Romanian cooperative will reduce dependence on onion imports

The Romanian agricultural cooperative Argedava Novaci, cultivating around 800 hectares of land in several counties around the country's capital, Bucharest, plans to invest 8 million euros in onion storage and drying facilities to take advantage of the price difference between the period of overproduction and spring, when Romania imports it from the Netherlands, reported the local electronic publication Ziarul Financiar. "Currently, Romania produces between 30% and 40% of the onions consumed. The biggest problem is that we do not have drying and storage facilities because the vegetable needs several ventilation chambers for storage. However, they are expensive", explained Ionuc Vokin, chairman of the cooperative and executive director of the company Oxigen Agro Product, which is part of Argedava Novaci. The latest available data indicate that Romania imports more than 80 tons of onions from the Netherlands and other European Union countries every year, and currently an average of ...