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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A ranking official of the Department of Agriculture yesterday vowed that cases of profiteering and price manipulation await traders and retailers who fail to comply with the P150 per kilo suggested retail price for red onions and P140 per kilo SRP for white onions.
The Department of Agriculture will implement a P150 per kilo suggested retail price for red onions and P140 for white onions starting Monday to address the spike in prices of the bulbs.
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