Big onion farmers benefit from raising import levy

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As a result of increasing the special commodity tax on imported big onions local farmers have received a good price for their big onion
crops.The price of a kilogram of big onion at the Dambulla Economic Center is now between Rs
105 and Rs
110, farmers say.In Anuradhapura district about 1700 acres have been cultivated with big onion in this Yala season
Successful harvests have been reported from Getalawa, Kokawewa, Kiwulekada and Mihintale villages.