Farmgate price of onions drops further

by Bella Cariaso - Catherine S. Valente

Jan 22, 2023 12:05 am

(UPDATE) THE farmgate price of onions on Saturday plummeted to P120 per kilo as a ranking official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) warned traders to refrain from profiteering.

'Yesterday (Friday), the farmgate price [of onions] was only P120 kilo and we expect this to further go down as the harvest increases,' Agriculture Assistant Secretary and spokesman Kristine Evangelista said in a radio interview.

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