The Onion Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria has explained reasons for the upsurge in the price of onions and scarcity of the produce in the country.

The National President of the Association, Mr Aliyu Isah, who gave the reasons says they were multifaceted, leading to low production of the produce.

Isab says high cost from the last quarter of 2024 till now is caused by climate change effects resulting in extended rainfall and disease outbreak on onion farms.

He added that flooding which ravaged parts of the North, as well as the unavailability of the produce due to lack of improved onion seedlings contributed to the development.

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