Wema Paulo's Innovative Onion Storage Solution for Farmers

Muhtasari

• Her idea won first place, giving her the resources to construct a facility capable of storing up to 2,000 kilograms of onions.
• Another example is Wema Paulo, a 26-year-old entrepreneur from Ilkiding’a village in Arusha Region.
• Through the programme, she identified a challenge facing onion farmers in her community: inadequate storage m eant farmers were often forced to sell immediately after harvest, when prices were low.
• She developed a proposal for an onion storage facility and presented it in a VKB youth entrepreneurship competition.
• Today, farmers can store their onions for as long as six months, reducing post-harvest losses and giving them the opportunity to wait for more favourable market prices.