MANILA, Philippines --- It may be best to observe the harvests of local onion farmers first before making a huge importation of the crop. Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday urged concerned government agencies to do this, pointing out that the reaping season would start soon and would even occur until April. Department of Agriculture (DA) deputy spokesman Rex Estoperez previously said that the onion harvesting season will start in mid-January and would peak in mid-February to May. Nevertheless, the DA had authorized the importation of at least 21, ooo metric tons (MT) of onions -- 17,100 MT of fresh red onions and 3,960 MT of fresh yellow onions -- in a bid to "address the ...Keep on reading: Hontiveros says ‘wait and see’ local onion farmers’ harvest first before importing crop