Onion market prices stay above P100/kg amid low farmgate value —SINAG

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Market prices of onions remain above the expected range in Metro Manila, even as farmers groups have reported decline in farmgate prices amid the local harvest season, and the arrival of imports into the country.

According to the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura , prices in Metro Manila should have gone down to as low as P80 per kilogram, after hitting over“‘Yung pula ngayon sa Nueva Ecija, lumalakad ng P55 to P60 naman and ‘yung puti rin, more or less nasa P60 per kilo ang puting sibuyas ang farmgate price. Dapat ang presyo sa Metro Manila siguro nasa P90 or P80 ,” SINAG Chairperson Rosendo So said in an interview on DZBB Super Radyo aired on “24 Oras Weekend” on Sunday.

At the Blumentritt Market, red onions were priced at P120/kg and the white variety at P140 a kilo. Increases were also seen in the prices of tomatoes and calamansi in both markets. Latest data available from the Department of Agriculture’s price monitoring indicate that prices of the local red onion ranged from P90 to P150, and the local white onion from P80 to P130 per kilogram in Metro Manila markets as of last Friday, March 10.GMA News is still trying to reach the department for comment on the matter.

 

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Sa amin 120/kg. Mangamoy sibuyas sana mga kili-kili at bunganga ng mga gahamang traders na nagsasamantala sa mga farmers at consumers.😂🤣😩

Hindi totoo tan. D2 sa cabanatuan 35 pesos na Lang kada kilo ng sibuyas milo

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