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Eye-watering onion prices make Philippine staple a luxury / 33883XK
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Even before his onions are fully grown, Philippine farmer Luis Angeles races to harvest the crop and cash in on eye-watering prices for a vegetable that has become a luxury item in the country.
Onion prices have soared in recent months, reaching as high as 800 pesos (nearly $15) a kilogram in Manila supermarkets, making them more expensive than chicken or pork.
"I was joking to my family 'let's just smell the onion' (instead of eating it)," Candy Roasa tells AFP as she walks through a Manila market for her morning grocery.
Experts and farmers said the high prices are due to different reasons, including high production and transport cost. But the agricultural industry is facing bigger problems: aging farmers and fewer people interested in farming. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES