- The onion is a biennial vegetable that is grown as twice annually. It is used raw as a vegetable salad and cooked as a flavouring in soups, stews and is also pickled
- Europe has seen a shift from dehydrated onion to fresh & chilled onion for wet food applications
- Onions are produced in almost all the provinces mainly in Northern and Southern provinces
- Rwanda is currently producing more than 20,000 MT per year, mainly red, yellow and white onions.
