Insight
The onion originally comes from Central Asia, Southern Europe and Egypt. It is a perennial vegetable of the Alliaceae family named: Allium cepa var. proliferum
The onion thrives best on light, sandy, nutrient-rich soil and needs a sunny location. This makes the fertile fields of Upper Egypt an ideal place for this agriculture.
Culture
The Egyptian onion is a plant whose stalks can reach a height of up to 80 cm.
Inflorescences appear at the end of these stems at the beginning of summer, from which numerous bulbs then emerge. Seed production is achieved through phenotypic selection.
These seeds of the varieties Giza 6 and Giza 20 are grown in dedicated nurseries located in the growing area from August.
The young plants are then planted in October and November on well-prepared fields through gentle treatment, a balanced biological fertilization and a carefully selected pre-culture.
The young plants are then planted outdoors in well-prepared fields in October and November.
These soils are optimally prepared through careful tillage, balanced biological fertilization and carefully selected previous crop cultivation.
Depending on the variety and the date of sowing or planting, the harvest takes place when the onions are ripe and their leaves have dried up.
Later they have to dry on the ground for a few days to increase their quality and durability.
At the end of this stage, the bulbs are firm, compact and virtually free of root debris.
Production
Our onions can be sorted by experienced employees directly in the fields, manually and/or mechanically in our packing station.
In both cases, the onion is stored dry and at low temperatures.
This enables us to process all common onion sizes and offer them to our customers.
We offer different packaging options, ranging from 10-25 kg rustle bags to 1000-1200 kg big bags.
Small packaging can be supplied under the retailer’s or end customer’s brand. Labels can be provided with EAN or other codes on request.
After sorting and calibrating, the onions are pre-cooled, packaged and then stored in cold stores.
Each batch is provided with a lot number. Using this reference, the plot where the onions were grown, the plot
on which the seed was grown and the packaging date of the product can be traced.
Export
Moorgate Trade ensures that their customers receive the orders smoothly.
We ensure that the documents are processed and processed quickly and that the loading and delivery is correct and careful.
Due to the location of our packing station, which is located between most of the production fields and the seaports in northern Egypt, as well as our reliable and long-standing relationships with both local transport providers and shipping companies, we are able to offer not only a range of high-quality products , but also to offer optimal logistics solutions.