Shreyas Dixit, Shravani Pulliwar, Kritika Narware, Kiran Napter

India is the second largest producer of onions in the world. Indian dry and humid atmospheric conditions throughout the year are unfavorable for the shelf life of onions. The traditional heap storage of onions or bamboo sheds for ventilated storage of onions is not enough to increase the storage life of onions for a longer time period. The onions rot in these types of storages over a period of time throughout the year until the next harvest comes in. Nearly 40% of the total onion stored after harvest is lost due to rotting throughout the year. This reduces the onion reserves throughout the year to meet the required supply of onions for the public. The shortage of onions increases the price of onions. Onions are a very basic food that is needed by the majority of people. The shortage and increased rate of onions create a huge problem for the people of the country. India is also the second largest exporter of onions in the whole world. A shortage of onions can put a big dent in the country’s economy. This stated the importance of a reliable storage system for onions to increase their shelf life. The reduction of weight and physiological losses during the storage of onions will stabilize their availability throughout the year. Healthy storage of onions will provide the country’s public with its basic necessity of food as well as the country’s economy by increasing the export of onions. This system for storing onions will help increase the shelf life of onions. This system will provide the onions with their preferred temperature (25oC-30oC), humidity (65%-70%), and proper ventilation to increase their shelf life of onions. It will also detect rotten onions from the storage to intimate the user/client to remove them and stop the bacteria from affecting other onions.

https://doi.org/10.58357/jedcs.2023.v2.i2.3