Onion is one of the daily used spices in N~palese kitchen. Production and marketing of
onion and its value added products have shown great promise recently in some rural
and urban areas in Nepal. This crop not only harnesses specific ecological niches but
also has it's potentials in local income and employment generation as well as import
substitution. Study on onion production and marketing wa~ carrieq out in 2007. Primary
and secondary data were used for the mterpretation. Primary data were collected
purposively from the onion producing farmers. Out of different types of vegetable
production the income contribution of onion was one percent only. The average price of
onion in the farm gate and wholesale market were Rs 9 and Rs 12 respectively. The
dry onion bulb supply was 97% from India and 3% from Nepal where as the green
onion vegetable supply was one percent from lndai and 99% from Nepal. The
constraints of onion production were high cost of cultivation, low price, available to
farmers and poor seed quality. There is po_ssible of growing off session onion in Nepal
as Agri found dark red variety is performing well both in mountain Tarai.

Onion is one of the daily used spices in N~palese kitchen. Production and marketing of
onion and its value added products have shown great promise recently in some rural
and urban areas in Nepal. This crop not only harnesses specific ecological niches but
also has it's potentials in local income and employment generation as well as import
substitution. Study on onion production and marketing wa~ carrieq out in 2007. Primary
and secondary data were used for the mterpretation. Primary data were collected
purposively from the onion producing farmers. Out of different types of vegetable
production the income contribution of onion was one percent only. The average price of
onion in the farm gate and wholesale market were Rs 9 and Rs 12 respectively. The
dry onion bulb supply was 97% from India and 3% from Nepal where as the green
onion vegetable supply was one percent from lndai and 99% from Nepal. The
constraints of onion production were high cost of cultivation, low price, available to
farmers and poor seed quality. There is po_ssible of growing off session onion in Nepal
as Agri found dark red variety is performing well both in mountain Tarai.