Farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura countered the claim of a ranking official of the Department of Agriculture that the implementation of the P150 suggested retail price for red onions and P140 for white onions was supposed to be an internal agreement, after a senior DA official did not sign the draft memorandum order.
The retail price of onions went down by P10 per kilo as the Department of Agriculture reported that the highest cost of the bulb is now at P190 per kilo compared to P200 per kilo in the previous days.
Farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura yesterday questioned the Department of Agriculture decision to delay the enforcement of a suggested retail price scheme for onions – P150 per kilo for the red bulbs and P140 for the white variety – as an attempt to bring market prices down.
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Farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura warned yesterday that the retail price of onions could reach as high as P500 to P700 per kilo amid the abrupt spike in the cost of the bulbs.