Philippines: Universities look to vertical farms 'to solve onion shortage'

Published 2023년 1월 27일

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the Philippines is partnering with Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU) and Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST) to enhance the country's onion supply. This collaboration aims to develop innovations and technology-based solutions to address the challenges faced by recent rains and to ensure a consistent supply of onions throughout the year. The universities have received a P3 million grant to support their research, which includes vertical planting of onions using smart technologies in a controlled environment.

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and two universities - Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU) and Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST) - have entered into a research collaboration to increase the country's onion supply. The rains of recent weeks have hit onion growers, so "innovations and technology-based solutions" are needed to address the problem, said Karen Dañez, the provincial director of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) region 3 . Onion prices have risen to P700 (11.79 Euro) per kilo during the holidays due to a lack of supply. But if the innovations of the two universities succeed, they will guarantee a continuous supply of onions all year round, mainly by planting the onions in a controlled environment, which increases the yield. Both ...

Source: AGF