Customers use onions to pay for selected items at a department store selling Japan-made home products in Panay, Quezon City, on Saturday, February 3, 2023 during its one-day only ‘Pay with Sibuyas’ campaign.People flocked to the store’s one day only “Pay with Sibuyas” campaign where a piece of onion is equivalent to one item worth P88 or less.Farmgate prices of onions have since gone down to about P180 per kilo from a high of more than P700 per kilo in December as imports arrive.
onion…However, DA Assistant Secretary and deputy spokesperson Rex Estoperez said only 5,000 metric tons of onions were applied for importation.Onion Farmers Philippines’ James Ramos, however, said the importation is hurting farmers whom he claimed were not consulted before the DA approved the importation.Estoperez belied this immediately. “We consulted some farmers before the onion importation plan was approved.
Mitzi Gamboa, the store’s marketing head, said the onions collected would be turned over to a community pantry.
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