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Survival of the driest – Olam’s innovative onion breeding program
Olam implemented a long-term selective breeding program and irrigation optimizations in California to produce onions with higher solid and lower water content. Since 2009, these initiatives have resulted in quantified savings of 9.7 billion liters of water and 20,138 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. The program utilizes the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) standard and collaboration with approximately 60 local growers, including the use of buried drip irrigation which reduced grower water usage by 25%. Olam is now transferring these learnings to its operations in Egypt.
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Document type: Case study