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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has introduced a program that would directly link onion farmers, and possibly rice farmers, to institutional buyers and loan assistance to farmers as one of measures to stabilize prices of basic goods in the country. Dubbed  “Farmer Retail Market”...

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The regional office of the Department of Agriculture here is doubling its efforts in assisting onion growers by inking an agreement with private storage facilities and a supermarket chain to address the problem of overproduction of onions that practically leads to...