Bangladesh to distribute 15,000 onion storage airflow machines

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Bangladesh’s Agriculture Minister Mohammed Amin Ur Rashid announces on July 23, 2026, at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council auditorium in Dhaka’s Farmgate, that the government will distribute 15,000 additional airflow machines to farmers to expand the country’s onion storage capacity.

The minister says that despite domestic onion production exceeding local demand, Bangladesh continues to import large volumes of onions each year because of insufficient storage infrastructure. He adds that the government intends to reduce onion imports to zero by scaling up storage facilities, and aims to increase production enough to enable exports in the future.

Mohammed Amin Ur Rashid says: “Our one crore people living abroad want to consume locally produced onions. Onions grown in many other countries are almost like vegetables, whereas our indigenous onion is the real one.”

The announcement comes during a national workshop chaired by Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Director General Md Abdur Rahim, and attended by Agriculture Secretary Dr Md Rafiqul E Mohamed and Project Director Dr Md Mahfuzur Rahman.

The onion storage project, implemented by the DAE under the Ministry of Agriculture, was launched in May 2025 and runs until April 2027 at a total cost of Taka 11.77 crore, financed by the Climate Change Trust Fund. It covers 107 upazilas across 16 districts, including Pabna, Faridpur, Rajbari, Rajshahi, Kushtia, Magura, Jhenaidah, Manikganj, Natore, Naogaon, Meherpur, Chapainawabganj, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Rangpur, and Bogura.

Under the project, 3,700 environment-friendly airflow machines are being installed to limit post-harvest onion losses, with the goal of reducing spoilage and cutting the country’s import expenditure. The project also provides technical training on onion storage management to 3,900 farmers.

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