FTI to start stocking onions to prevent price collapse

2026-03-09 - 21:24

MANILA, Philippines — State-run Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) will begin purchasing onions from farmers in Occidental Mindoro by the third week of March to prevent a potential price collapse at the peak of harvest season. “With this intervention, we expect to limit the role of middlemen in determining onion prices and help growers obtain better