Major Vegetables and Rootcrops Quarterly Bulletin, January-March 2017
May 2017
Native Onion
- The January-March 2017 production of native onion increased by 9.5 percent, from 24.94 thousand metric tons in 2016 to 27.31 thousand metric tons this year. Increment could be attributed to the following:
- increase in area planted in Ilocos Sur due to higher price, use of high yielding varieties and control of root rot caused by thrips; and
- bigger bulbs harvested in Ilocos Norte due to availability of more quality seeds from the LGUs coupled with favorable wind during bulb formation.
- increase in area planted in Ilocos Sur due to higher price, use of high yielding varieties and control of root rot caused by thrips; and
- Ilocos Region, the top producer of native onion at 25.58 thousand metric tons shared 93.7 percent to the national total this quarter.
