Group: Farm gate price of onions is P30 per kilo

By Bella Cariaso

Oct 07, 2022 12:12 am

(UPDATE) AN onion farmers' group said that the traders buy red onions at a farm gate price of P30 per kilo but the retail price of the bulb reached as high as P250 per kilo in the local markets.

In a radio interview, Makabaklay Farmers Association Chairman Rodante Dionisio said that the red onions are in the hands of traders.

Workers unload sacks of Red onions as they delivered it to stores inside the Marikina public market on August 20 2022. Photos by John Orven Verdote

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