Former agriculture secretary William Dar also believes that the country can achieve 100% sufficiency with locally produced onions, if the department properly pursues agriculture development.
, would never have skyrocketed if only the Department of Agriculture had allowed timely imports, according to former DA secretary William Dar.
The decision, however, has been met with fierce criticism for its poor timing. Farmers’ groups pointed out that imports are now set to clash with the harvest season. Traders can now use the “import card” as a bargaining chip to buy onions from farmers at a price that can hurt farmers. Dar emphasized that the government must already have identified who the smugglers are by now. It was only a matter of holding them accountable.
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