India with a population of 1.35 billion is the second largest producer of onion in the world (~25 Million MT in 2021). Over 70% of the onions are grown in the western and southern parts of the country. However, they are consumed across the country throughout the year. The imbalance in supply chain along with the high perishability of onions make the value chain inefficient. For the year-round consumption, onion is stored in traditional open ventilated storage structures where reported storage losses are in the range between 40 to 60%. The government is investing a large sum of money to stabilize the market prices through the construction of large sized open storage structures. Still, due to huge losses in traditional open structures, there is urgent need of affordable as well as scientific solution to this complex problem. With our research group at IIT Bombay, India, we addressed this issue by developing a storage technology with a transdisciplinary approach and came to very promising results.