Crying onions

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Farmers will harvest more than 300,000 quintals of onions this week, but many producers fear the crops will be lost because of a measure passed by the government. This concern was expressed by the Horma Horticultural Producers Association (ASOPROHORMA). Cesar Mendez and Wilson Suazo, president and secretary general of ASOPROHORMA, say the 300,000 quintals are enough to supply the local market this coming summer. They added that the sector still hasn't recovered from the last harvest, when the government purchased 43,000 quintals of onions, but the sector lost 250,000 quintals because of a market surplus. Hoy reports that the government still owes onion growers RD$7 million.

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