Due to the collapse in prices, some farmers in China are having to give away their onion harvest to passers-by who are willing to bend over and pick them. Farmers in the Henan province are seeing prices of their harvest collapse. Picking the onions would cost the producers more than selling them.
At ¥0.1/kilo (€0.015) since last November, it is just not worth the harvest. This is not the first time that Chinese farmers are victims to market prices.
With increasing monoculture in each region, farming has become a lottery. Fluctuating prices of raw materials on the market promise a good income, but also the risk of losing everything. This has already been the case with cabbages, bananas, potatoes…