President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who also heads the Agriculture department, gave the go signal for his administration’s “calibrated importation” of onions to address its surging prices in the market but protect farmers at the same time.
Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista announced this during a press briefing on Saturday, Jan. 14.
“So a calibrated importation was something they had to look into . . . As of now, we are waiting for reports kung ilan po ang nag-apply , and at the same time, I don’t know if you noticed, mayroon pong cutoff iyong ating importation unlike before,” she explained, adding that the BPI put these parameters in place to safeguard the harvest of farmers.
This was done despite warnings from some agricultural sector and farmers groups that the decision to import onions at this time might result in its oversupply.During the briefing, Evangelista noted that the farmgate price of onions has already gone down to P250 per kilo. In December, onion prices spiked to as high as P450 to P460, a statement from the Presidential Communications Office claimed, but recent social media posts showed onions being sold for as much as P800 per kilo.
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