According to new data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, onion production recovered in the second quarter of 2023, but harvests of other vegetables like cabbage, tomato and sweet potato fell in the same period. The PSA said that onion production in the second quarter reached 84,900 tons, up 3.4 percent from 82,080 tons a year earlier.
The most produced type of onion was Bermuda with 83,730 tons, contributing 98.6 percent to the onion production in the country. Data showed that the area harvested for onion increased 7.4 percent in the second quarter to 19,800 hectares from 18,430 hectares in the same period of last year.
Potato production from April to June also went up by 2.1 percent in the second quarter to 15,430 tons from 15,120 tons in the same quarter of 2022. Area harvested for potato from January to June was estimated at 2,500 hectares or 0.4 percent lower than 2,510 hectares reported in the same period last year.
Source: manilastandard.net
