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To add to article[edit]

To add to this article: mention of the pyruvate content of onions (not just a link in the "See also" section). 173.88.246.138 (talk) 01:26, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Top Onion Producers[edit]

Mali is nowhere near the top 10 onion producers in the world, let alone number 2, according to dozens of online sources as well as current FAO data

https://beef2live.com/story-ranking-countries-produce-onions-fao-352-215891

. The FAO link that supposedly supports Mali as #2 onion producer is a dead link. Ajosephg (talk) 16:10, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to find an updated (or archived) FAO link that would be helpful, but we can't substitute a less reliable source like tridge.com. MrOllie (talk) 22:41, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Now that I double check, the FAO link works fine. It isn't dead. - MrOllie (talk) 22:49, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is the FAO link I used to update the 2021 onion production with this edit. Historically with UN-FAO production data displays, the site is slow and often awkward, but it does work. The table as shown in the article is correct for 2021 (with thanks for the extra check by MrOllie). Follow the instructions for setting up the results using the source given: "Crops/World Regions/Production Quantity and year from the pick lists". Zefr (talk) 22:54, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked at the FAO stats page extensively and I have no idea what you mean when you say 'The table as shown in the article is correct for 2021'. This is completely incorrect: scrolling through the countries and their onion production shows many, many countries with totals well above Mali's (Canada, Germany, Cyprus, France, Russia, Ukraine, to name a few).

Looking back through the FAO stats website Mali has never been anywhere near the top 20 countries in onion production since the statistics began...this article needs to be corrected immediately with accurate information. Ajosephg (talk) 20:15, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I concurr that Mali is not in the top 10 onion producers in the world on a quick google check. I think this part of the onion article should be rewritten. Endo999 (talk) 00:05, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

production numbers are mismatched -[edit]

the linked source has 2 numbers area and tonnage, so the numbers in table are mismatched - here area, not production - it is carried out automatically? Genchoo (talk) 11:43, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology is incomplete[edit]

Etymology section only discusses Latinate derivations of “cepa,” which is unrelated to the etymology of the English word “onion.”

“Onion” derives from early 12c. English ungeon, oinyon, unione, meaning "the underground bulb of the common onion plant," from Anglo-French “union,” Old French “oignon,” and directly from Latin “unionem” (nominative “unio”), a colloquial rustic Roman word for a kind of onion, also "pearl" (via the notion of a string of onions), literally "one, unity." The sense connection is the unity of the successive layers of an onion, in contrast with garlic or cloves.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/onion 71.205.14.105 (talk) 15:49, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]