Officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) will brief the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 24) on the state of the country’s onion industry and the interventions being done to address the current issues. Know more:
OFFICIALS of the Department of Agriculture will brief the House of Representatives on Tuesday on the state of the country’s onion industry and the interventions being done to address the current issues.
“The price is very artificial. The domestic retail price of onions domestically is 17 times the cheapest price in Bangladesh and 4.5 times the world average,” he said. “Just produce 5 more tons per hectare, or plant 5,700 hectares more of onion, and you’re essentially good. That’s just a bit over the size of the city of Caloocan City, and your entire onion self-sufficiency is addressed,” he said.
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