Specifically, according to the Price Index at Origin and Destination (IPOD) for food prepared by the agricultural organization COAG, onion farmers receive 0.35 euros per kilo at the source, while consumers must pay 1.85 euros at the destination, which implies a difference of 429% and an IPOD difference - the number of times the price at origin is multiplied until it reaches the consumer - of 5.29. According to data from the consumer association Facua, the average price of onions in supermarkets in March was €2.16 per kilo, a 13.50% increase compared to the same month of the previous year, when it cost €1.90. The reality is that, despite consumers paying more than two euros for the product, farmers receive less than forty cents per kilo. Onions, with a price of 0.35 euros per kilo for farmers, do not cover production costs, which have increased - in all branches of livestock and agriculture - due to the higher cost of fuels, fertilizers and inputs as a result of the closure of the ...