Crisis looms for onion growers – Sinag

The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) over the weekend warned of a looming onion crisis in Central Luzon as tons of unsold stocks pile up despite depressed farmgate prices.

Sinag officials and Nueva Ecija farmers blamed the alleged cartel of onion traders and importers for overstocking on imported onions, thus forcing the price of locally produced onions to sink to “ridiculously low levels,” the group claimed.