The Onion Producers Association takes to the streets demanding "price guarantees."

"Onion producers must participate in the price determination mechanism" The National Onion Producers Association held the "National Onion Producers Conference" in front of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in Sejong on the 22nd, urging for the guarantee of domestic onion prices and the establishment of a countermeasure for imported onions. Onion producers who attended the event discussed the current reality of our onion industry on site and read out a resolution. They also showcased a performance of loading 200 20kg bags of domestic onions onto a truck and conducted a street march from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. According to the association, it is expected that the self-sufficiency rate of domestic onions will drop to below 50% within a few years due to the recent increase in imported onions. Furthermore, the losses of agricultural cooperatives and distributors who stored onions are also increasing ...