9,000 ton onion harvest in Mauritius
The food security fund has targeted a 16,000 ton production for 2015. This requires an extra 150 ha of production acreage. To achieve 12,000 tons of production this year, a one off 10% financial aid was applied for onion producers to buy seeds. The varieties farmed in Mauritius are : Belle Rose, Francia, VĂ©ronique, Noflaye and Local Red.